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St Martin's Garden Primary School

Primary · Bath · BA2 2UN

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 4 March 2026

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At a glance

201 pupils · 64% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
46.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
26% of pupils (2024/2025)
URN
143108

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 13 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

32 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
25%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
97
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school25%
Median of its 12 closest peers46.5%
Bath and North East Somerset average63%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Hoyland Springwood Primary SchoolBarnsley · 153 miles awayGood48%
R J Mitchell Primary SchoolHornchurch · 112 miles awayNeeds attention47%
Moss Valley Primary AcademySalford · 145 miles awayGood29%
Oasis Academy New OakBristol · 9 miles awayExpected standard71%
Christ The King Catholic School, AmesburyAmesbury · 29 miles awayNeeds attention25%
Langer Primary AcademyFelixstowe · 164 miles awayGood35%
Green Wrythe Primary SchoolCarshalton · 95 miles awayGood46%
Holbrook Primary SchoolGosport · 64 miles awayGood42%
Springwood Heath Primary SchoolLiverpool · 140 miles awayGood53%
Felix Primary SchoolFelixstowe · 165 miles awayNeeds attention32%
Laycock Primary SchoolLondon · 99 miles awayGood64%
Tiptoe Primary SchoolLymington · 51 miles awayStrong standard64%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
60 of 60 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 60% (Bath and North East Somerset 80%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 6% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 4%) · Any other White background 6% (Bath and North East Somerset 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Bath and North East Somerset 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

16.67 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bath and North East Somerset: 3.51 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

47% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 29% moved to another state school · 24% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

61.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £42,328; 11.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£10,265
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £11,000; in-year balance +£293,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.7%62.3%
Social housing16.8%17.1%
Privately rented13.5%20.5%
Detached houses26.8%22.9%
Flats19.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014416 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£420,500266 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£599,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (53)£799,000
Semi-detached (98)£477,500
Terraced (94)£342,000
Flat (21)£228,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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