Located on the southern fringes of the historic city of Canterbury, St Anselm's is a happy and successful wide ability school, catering for those who wish to receive a Catholic education.    The school has a large catchment area extending from Ashford to Herne Bay and from Wingham to Faversham.    It is regularly over-subscribed.  The Sixth Form, numbering 150 students, offers a wide range of Advanced level and vocational courses.   In September 2004 the school became a specialist school for Science, though retaining its Catholic ethos.