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St Martin's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Weston-super-Mare · BS22 9BQ

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Expected standard

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: Strong standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 28 April 2026 · report published 9 June 2026

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At a glance

262 pupils · 62% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.stmartinsschool.org.uk
URN
144921

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 28 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 16 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
North Somerset average63.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Endsleigh Holy Child VC AcademyHull · 199 miles awayExpected standard70%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MaidenheadMaidenhead · 96 miles awayGood47%
St Mary and St John Catholic Primary SchoolWigan · 152 miles awayOutstanding67%
St. Clements Hill Primary AcademyNorwich · 201 miles awayGood46%
Norton Fitzwarren Church SchoolTaunton · 25 miles awayGood53%
Prospect Vale Primary SchoolCheadle · 142 miles awayGood65%
Beaumont Primary SchoolPurley · 121 miles awayOutstanding (2017)90%
St Peter's Church of England Aided Junior SchoolFarnborough · 95 miles awayGood58%
Blackbrook Primary SchoolTaunton · 25 miles awayGood71%
St John Rigby Catholic Primary SchoolBedford · 119 miles awayGood49%
Hawthorn Community Primary SchoolKettering · 118 miles awayGood69%
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 87 miles awayExpected standard77%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 74% (North Somerset 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (North Somerset 7%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (North Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (North Somerset 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (North Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Somerset 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (North Somerset 0%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (North Somerset 0%, England 2%)

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.62 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Somerset: 2.86 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
16.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school

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)

22.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 23.9 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 £51,674; 10% 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£6,431
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£59,000

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87%62.3%
Social housing1.5%17.1%
Privately rented11.4%20.5%
Detached houses48.9%22.9%
Flats8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014819 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£277,000522 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£245,000–£324,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (152)£330,000
Semi-detached (246)£275,000
Terraced (87)£242,500
Flat (37)£160,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
15an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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