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.
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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
21 Feb 2024Latest monitoring visit (21 Feb 2024): School remains Good
Source: Ofsted, 16 Sept 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
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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