St Anne’s Primary School, Seaford VIC

Gender

Co-Ed

Years

Prep-6

Enrolments

207

Established: 1968

Principal: Mr Roderick Shaw

Address: 86-94 Austin Road, Seaford 3198

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Key Information

Staff

18 Teaching

9 Non Teaching

Fees

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Languages

Italian

About our school

St Anne’s is a school where there is an expectation of student learning, with continual development and review of the teaching and learning programs offered, to address specific needs of all students. Community engagement between school and family is strong at St Anne’s. As part of our last review our key actions are • continue to build staff capacity within a culture of high expectations through strengthened data literacy, widespread adoption of high impact teaching strategies and peer observation.

• embed a whole school approach to the learning and teaching of numeracy through coaching and facilitated planning.

• strengthen student voice, agency and engagement by building staff capacity to facilitate student empowerment in learning and decision-making.

The strengths of St Anne’s noted include · a strong focus on the wellbeing of each child. Students’ needs are at the core of decision- making and the school has an aligned approach to behaviour management that is embedded through its Be statement values.

· the school has a welcoming and inclusive culture; families value and trust the school. There is a strong sense of community.

· a caring, committed staff who demonstrate high levels of teamwork and teach to the point of need.

· instructional leadership is underpinned by rich curriculum knowledge that drives school improvement.

Learning is always viewed at St Anne’s as a partnership between home and school with parents acknowledged as the first educators of their children. Currently a number of technological apps are used to support this partnership including Seesaw and Nforma The school continues to develop strong student wellbeing programs to improve connectedness. This has resulted in better learning outcomes and improved student engagement. A variety of cross age activities have also enabled the students and staff to better know each other.

St Anne’s staff have implemented Prep-6 programs across all areas of the curriculum that cater to the learning needs of each and every child with explicit, point of need teaching. The strategic targeting of learning programs and curriculum that identifies and addresses student needs, we believe, is a factor in the significant growth for the majority of our students displayed through the norm-referenced tests that we use to ensure our student’s data is relative to other student’s data across Australia.

Through developing teacher capacity, and with a stable and enthusiastic teaching staff, the structures and programs that are in place have created a cohesive, connected school where student learning is the priority. Data is collected to inform teacher practice so that we can better target individual need. We have strongly targeted those at risk through focused teaching. We also continue to implement further teaching approaches and activities that support those children at the other end of the spectrum with enrichment activities.

St Anne’s has an excellent reputation as a provider of Catholic education in the Seaford area. The school has developed, and continues to enhance, strong parish and community connections evidenced in the participation of our school community in the parish celebration of the Eucharist. Our Religious Education program is an area of strength with a scripture- based approach. Our classes, on a rotational basis, participate in either a Mass or liturgy most weeks, which enhances their understanding of Church traditions.

During 2024 we were able to gain a grant through the Victorian Government to improve our facilities. The new senior wing of the school was opened to start the 2026 school year.

Principal's Message

St Anne’s is the suburban school with a country feel.

The students, families and staff interact positively with student learning and personal growth at the absolute centre of all that we do.

Rod Shaw – Principal

Quick Facts

St Anne’s Catholic Parish Primary School was opened in 1968 in the beachside suburb of Seaford by the Faithful Companions of Jesus.
The school, from its very small beginnings, grew to a population of as many as 460 prior to the opening of St Joachim’s school in Carrum Downs.
Our physical environment is continually enhanced to provide spaces appropriate for the best of contemporary learning practices to be used. This supports St Anne’s to be a school of high student achievement that exemplifies the best that Catholic Education can offer.
The school consistently reviews its curriculum programs ensuring that literacy and numeracy are of the highest priority.