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St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 130Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 150307URN

Sandy Lane, Office 204 Group House Mead Road Shuttleworth Mead, Accrington, BB5 2AN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Inadequate
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.7per place
1.1 above Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

44 applications for 12 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
36%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Overall effectiveness: Inadequate · 25 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Early years provisionInadequate

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.7applications per place, Reception
1.1 above Lancashire median (2.6) 1.5 above England median (2.2)

44 applications · 12 places offered · 9 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 23.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  5. 2022 4.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 8.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as St Anne's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 119656), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202612443.790.75
Sep 202513483.7131.00
Sep 202412323.011.00
Sep 2023 *12433.6110.92
Sep 2022 *9404.480.89
Sep 2021 *6498.230.50
Sep 2020 *20562.8180.90
Sep 2019 *22582.6160.73
Sep 2018 *27702.6230.85
Sep 2017 *451202.7390.87
Sep 2016 *37902.4360.97
Sep 2015 *441012.3400.91
Sep 2014 *45972.2390.87

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 59% · Writing 68% · Maths 45% → all three 36% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard36%404th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard59%
Higher standard9%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard68%
Greater depth9%
Maths
Expected standard45%
Higher standard5%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2536%0%10298
2023/24
2022/23

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
150307 · 888/2023
Trust
Romero Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 130 on roll
Free school meals
36.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2023
Replaced
St Anne's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 119656)
Address
Sandy Lane, Office 204 Group House Mead Road Shuttleworth Mead, Accrington, BB5 2AN
Local authority
Lancashire · Hyndburn

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources