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St Martin's Church of England Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Susan Elliott

corporate_fareKALEIDOSCOPE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

location_onWeston-super-Mare, BS22 9BQ

language Visit Website phone 1934628651

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2015

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Students

348

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Expected Standard

64%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Martin's Church of England Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Weston-super-Mare, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 50% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Martin's Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of KALEIDOSCOPE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 304 pupils on roll, of whom 17% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 9% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #16 of 57 primaries in North Somerset and #4,059 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

64%

LA 61%

Reading81% LA 73%

Writing74% LA 72%

Maths72% LA 72%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

61%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading73% LA 72% · Eng 74%

Writing78% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths69% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

59%

LA 60%England 60%

Reading72% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing69% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths69% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.6

Read

LA 0.0

-1.9 to 0.8

0.3

Write

LA -0.7

-1.0 to 1.6

-0.1

Maths

LA -0.6

-1.4 to 1.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading74% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing82% LA 79% · Eng 78%

Maths80% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.4

Read

LA -0.7

-1.8 to 1.0

0.3

Write

LA -0.7

-0.9 to 1.6

0.7

Maths

LA -1.0

-0.5 to 1.9

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

81%

LA 64%

Reading92% LA 76%

Writing85% LA 79%

Maths86% LA 74%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.8

Read

LA -0.5

0.2 to 3.4

1.2

Write

LA -0.4

-0.3 to 2.7

Maths

LA -1.0

1.6 to 4.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2015-02-10

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-02-20

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.0%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.0%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 304 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.0%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	304	3	1.0%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	298	3	1.0%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	322	7	2.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	320	5	1.6%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	312	4	1.3%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	349	14	4.0%	0.7%	1
2022/23 (Spring term)	348	3	0.9%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	348	5	1.4%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	374	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	367	4	1.1%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	363	2	0.6%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	417	5	1.2%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	415	2	0.5%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	426	3	0.7%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	481	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	481	3	0.6%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	480	2	0.4%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	520	12	2.3%	0.4%	1
2018/19 (Spring term)	527	13	2.5%	0.5%	1
2018/19 (Autumn term)	528	13	2.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	535	7	1.3%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	533	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	537	5	0.9%	0.5%	1

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Moderate Learning Difficulty 16 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 14 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 4 pupils

Physical Disability 4 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils