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Ofsted Inspection Report

Posted on by kev cooper

September 2024

We were judged ‘Good’ across all criteria in our recent Ofsted inspection in July 2024. There have been significant improvements made across all aspects of our school. The published report states that the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management are all good.

Specific highlights include:

  • A warm and welcoming environment for pupils.
  • Pupils feel safe and happy.  They have strong relationships with staff.  The vast majority behave well in lessons and around school.
  • Teachers know pupils well and have high ambitions for their success.
  • The school has built a reading culture across all age groups.  Pupils who find reading more difficult have the support that they need to catch up quickly.
  • Pupils prosper from a range of wider opportunities.
  • Current pupils have benefitted from a much-strengthened quality of education and most pupils are now achieving well.
  • Staff meet the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities well.

“I am hugely proud of all our young people and our staff. I also want to thank our parents and our community for the confidence they have shown in us in our determination to make St. Anne’s one of the very best schools for young people in our area. We continue to be on a journey of change and improvement to achieve the best for everyone, and it is wonderful to see that being recognised by Ofsted. We can give our young people a great future when we work together and have faith, focused on the best for everyone and the best from everyone.”

Chris Heyes, Headteacher of St Anne’s Academy


” It’s all about the people. Our purpose as a trust is to ensure that all our young people have an education that enables them to achieve well and become the best people that they can be. It’s to invest in and develop all our staff so that they can do their best for our students and be proud of what they do and the difference they make. We are delighted that the quality of what St Anne’s is doing for the young people of Rochdale has been recognised by Ofsted,  and by our students’ GCSE outcomes this summer which will enable them to progress confidently and well to the next stage of education and training.”  

Julie Hollis, CEO of the Cranmer Education Trust

You can download a full copy of the report here:

St Anne’s CE Academy Monitoring Visit July 2024Download

Let’s Keep Swimming Safe and Fun…

Posted on by kev cooper

When we think about swimming and spending time in the water, it’s usually the good times that come to mind.

As we are now in the summer term and the weather is improving people are naturally drawn to our outdoor spaces. Many of these outdoor spaces have sites of open water which do not benefit from the professional supervision we may enjoy at beaches.

Most sites do have safety warnings and advise people not to enter the water, but as we know in hotter weather people are inclined to ignore these signs. In recent years this has resulted in several deaths within the open water sites of Greater Manchester, some of the those being young people.

Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service (GMFRS) crews have seen a rise in young people using open water sites in the past couple of weeks and we want to ensure that our students are aware of the safety messages.

GMFRS produces a range of safety advice for the summer period, please take the time to view the link of their annual Safe4Summer campaign.

Safe4Summer – Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

GMFRS also works in partnership with all ten Local Authorities, GMP and United Utilities to provide advice and guidance to keep our communities safe when they are around sites of open water. In 2020 a dedicated Water Safety campaign was launched, a similar campaign will be launched very soon for 2021 and a range of safety messages will be included in this campaign.

Further water safety advice can be found using the below link.

Water safety – Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service

St Anne's Church of England Academy is proud to be part of the Cranmer Education Trust

Cranmer Education Trust is a company limited by guarantee and an exempt charity registered in England. Company registration number: 07687709. Registered Office: Cranmer Education Trust, c/o The Blue Coat School, Egerton Street, Oldham OL1 3SQ. The website address is www.cranmereducationtrust.com and the phone number 0161 785 5082.