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St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough

North Yorkshire, YO11 3BWPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Feb 2024
KS2 Results
50%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
37 1st-choice / 38 places
Ranking
#10,690
of 13,686 nationally

About St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough

St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School in Scarborough sits within the North Yorkshire local authority, a large county with 292 primary schools. Among these, the school ranks 170th, placing it in the bottom half of the LA table. Its top-performing local peers include Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School and Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, both of which achieve the maximum ranking score, alongside Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School. St Martin's is a state-funded, mixed primary for children aged 4 to 11, with a Church of England religious character. Headteacher Claire Barber leads a school that is nearly at full capacity, with 278 pupils against a capacity of 280. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 12. 2%, which is slightly below the national average for primary schools. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in February 2024, confirmed that it remains Good, a significant improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2014, when it was rated Requires Improvement.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressHolbeck Hill, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3BW
HeadteacherClaire Barber
Local AuthorityNorth Yorkshire
Number of Pupils278
Free School Meals (FSM)12.2%
School Capacity278 / 280 (99% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

21 Feb 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (21 Feb 2024): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 16 Sept 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageVisionPhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Teaching hours

08:50 – 15:20

Source: stmartinscofeprimaryschool.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.