St Martin's Catholic Primary School

St Martin's Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, with pupils achieving above-average outcomes in key stage 2 statutory tests. The school maintains a strong focus on literacy and numeracy, ensuring that pupils are prepared for their next stages of education. While disadvantaged pupils perform in line with their peers, there are concerns regarding the development of writing skills among some students, particularly in areas like handwriting and spelling.

Strengths

• Strong overall achievement of pupils with above-average outcomes in key stage 2 tests.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• A supportive and nurturing school environment with positive relationships.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum prioritizing reading and language skills.
• Pupils demonstrate confidence and positive attitudes towards learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not develop key writing skills as effectively as they could.
• Inconsistencies in checking pupils' understanding during lessons.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Martin's Catholic Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St Martin's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Martin's Catholic Primary School had 23.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.3% of pupils at St Martin's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Martin's Catholic Primary School received £9,288 and spent £7,988 for each of its 124 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£1,300 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Martin's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Martin's Catholic Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was St Martin's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Martin's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does St Martin's Catholic Primary School have?

St Martin's Catholic Primary School has 124 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Martin's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Martin's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Martin's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Martin's Catholic Primary School?

St Martin's Catholic Primary School is at Pendennis Avenue, Caversham Park Village, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 6SS.