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St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)
All-through · Mixed · Ages 3–16 · Sponsored academy
Moors Bank, St Martins, Oswestry SY10 7BD · stmartins3-16.org · 01691 776500
On the mapSearch near SY10 7BD
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Shropshire 42.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 703
- 43 over 660 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- First language not English
- 2.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 54 families put the school first and 49 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 49 | 54 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 63 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 62 | 69 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 43 | 47 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.4, and 25.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Shropshire it was 42.5, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Shropshire it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼42% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123575)
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼25.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼46.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲61.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.39 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7.8 | +5.1 |
| Sixth form college | 7.8 | +3.8 |
| Further education | 23.4 | −0.6 |
| Other education | 2.6 | +1.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9 | — |
| Employment | 19.5 | −3.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.7 | −15 |
| Activity not captured | 23.4 | +4.7 |
Ofsted
St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123575), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123575)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (107 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 107
- 16% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (16%) with SEND