St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)

St Martins School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection and is now rated as good across all areas. The school emphasizes a personalized approach to education that fosters positive relationships between staff and pupils, contributing to a safe and happy learning environment. With a structured curriculum that includes a variety of subjects and a strong focus on reading, pupils are well-prepared academically and personally for their future.

Strengths

• Strong focus on building trusting relationships between staff and pupils.
• Ambitious curriculum with a wide range of subject offerings.
• Effective teaching practices with strong subject knowledge.
• Thriving reading culture supported by enthusiastic staff.
• Pupils with SEND generally well catered for in primary phase.
• Strong pupil behaviour and attitudes towards learning.
• Rich extracurricular opportunities that enhance personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some concerns about the effectiveness of support for SEND pupils in secondary phase.
• Persistent absenteeism affecting some year groups.

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 Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) attended 90.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 26.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 6.1% of pupils at St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 21.1% of pupils at St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) received £7,013 and spent £6,884 for each of its 723 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £62,000 (£86 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of The 3-18 Education Trust, income was £7,598 and spending £7,604 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 Oswestry · Shropshire local authority: places and applications

St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) is part of The 3-18 Education Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Lakelands Academy Ellesmere
• Whixall CofE Primary School Nr Whitchurch
• The Thomas Adams School Shrewsbury
• Clive CofE Primary School Shrewsbury
• Prees CofE Primary School Whitchurch
• Bowbrook Primary School Shrewsbury
• The Priory School Shrewsbury
• Coleham Primary School Shrewsbury
• Hodnet Primary School Market Drayton
• William Brookes School Much Wenlock

What is St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)'s Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) last inspected by Ofsted?

St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) have?

St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) has 703 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) cover?

St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) for pupils aged 3 to 16.

What are St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)'s GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 37.6, and 25% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)'s SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)?

St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) is at Moors Bank, St Martins, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7BD.