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

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.

Academically, St Martin's KS2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is below the North Yorkshire LA average of 60%. In individual subjects, 68% reached the expected standard in reading, 66% in writing, and 66% in maths. The proportion achieving the higher standard across all three subjects was 13%, with 26% reaching the higher standard in reading and maths, and 18% in writing. Average scaled scores were 104 in both reading and maths. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom quarter, sitting at 10,690th out of 13,686 primary schools. In the Yorkshire and the Humber region, it ranks 1,148th out of 1,506. The school's Ofsted leadership and management were also rated Good, and the inspection noted that the school remains Good, suggesting stability since the 2014 graded inspection.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including playing fields, a sports hall, gymnasium, library, ICT suite, music rooms, and a sensory room, plus a chapel. Sports provision includes swimming, dance, rounders, athletics, cricket, gymnastics and football, while clubs extend to book club, gardening, science club and drama. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, visual impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. Admissions for the 2025/26 year show the school is oversubscribed: 104 applications were received for 38 places, with 37 first-preference applications and 35 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.74. This suggests strong local demand, and families should be aware that securing a place may require a church connection or proximity to the school. St Martin's suits families who value a Church of England primary with a Good Ofsted rating and a wide range of facilities and clubs, but who are aware that academic outcomes are below the LA average.

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