St Martin's Garden Primary School

St Martin's Garden Primary School demonstrates a strong commitment to providing a broad and ambitious curriculum, with effective support in place for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Safeguarding standards are met, creating a safe environment for pupils. Despite these strengths, the school is facing challenges with consistently below-average attainment and progress, particularly among disadvantaged pupils. Additionally, improvements in attendance are necessary, as figures remain lower than national averages. Recent changes in leadership have contributed to an unsettled environment, but new leaders are focused on strengthening relationships and driving improvement.

Strengths

• Leaders ensure a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and those requiring additional help.
• High-quality teaching and interactions in the early years.
• Comprehensive personal development program focused on fundamental British values.
• Pupils display enjoyment in their learning and positive behavior.

Areas for Improvement

• Overall attainment and progress are consistently below national average.
• Attendance figures are not improving quickly enough.
• Legacy gaps in older pupils’ mathematics understanding.
• Staff turnover has impacted the effectiveness of support for pupils.

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 Garden Primary School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.2% 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, 8.3% of pupils at St Martin's Garden 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 Garden Primary School had 13.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 52.9% 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, 19.4% of pupils at St Martin's Garden Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 29.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 49 pupils.

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 2024–25 St Martin's Garden Primary School received £11,739 and spent £10,337 for each of its 204 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £20,000 (£96 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Palladian Academy Trust, income was £6,949 and spending £6,535 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bath · Bath and North East Somerset local authority: places and applications

St Martin's Garden Primary School is part of Palladian Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• St Philip's CofE Primary School Bath
• Oldfield Park Junior School Bath
• Combe Down CofE Primary School Bath
• Oldfield Park Infant School Bath
• Widcombe Infant School Bath
• Widcombe CofE Junior School Bath
• Ralph Allen School Bath
• Winsley CoE VC Primary School Bradford-On-Avon
• Westwood-with-Iford Primary School Bradford-On-Avon
• Fitzmaurice Primary School Bradford-On-Avon

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Martin's Garden Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

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

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

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

St Martin's Garden Primary School has 201 pupils on roll.

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

St Martin's Garden Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 25% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Martin's Garden Primary School?

St Martin's Garden Primary School is at Lympsham Green, Odd Down, Bath, Somerset, BA2 2UN.