[2] St Anne's Convent School was established in 1904 by the La Sainte Union Sisters and is still under their trusteeship.

[4] St Anne's was the first direct grant grammar school to convert to a comprehensive intake.

[5] After over a century of single-sex education, boys were admitted into the sixth form for the first time beginning in the 2006-07 school year.

12 was built in 1961, for which the architects, Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners, received a Civic Trust design award;[11] this was described as "a model of neighbourly treatment in terms of scale character and materials, and an outstanding example of a modern building meeting present-day requirements yet harmonising beautifully with an earlier style".

The inspection team rated the overall effectiveness of the school as Outstanding in all areas, including the sixth form.