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St Martin's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 364 pupils Dorking
Ofsted: Good
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St Martin's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Dorking for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 364 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Martin's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, St Martin's CofE Controlled Primary School, Dorking. In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Ranmore Road
Dorking
Surrey
RH4 1HW
Phone 01306883474
Reference Number 150589

General Makeup

Number of pupils 364
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.37%
Girls: 48.63%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.6
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 14 30
2 25 22 47
3 32 25 57
4 30 23 53
5 27 33 60
6 26 35 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 84.6%
White, Other 6%
White & Asian 2.2%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
Asian, Other 1.4%
Unclassified 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.3%
Irish 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Martin's CofE Controlled Primary School, Dorking, inspected in July 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Apr 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 76%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 109
Maths 108
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 48 1
Third Preference 35 0
From another Local Authority 2 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Martin's CofE Primary School had 352 pupils for 375 places. 23 places (6.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Dorking Area Primary” planning area

Surrey counted 188 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 206 in 2029–30, up 10%.

20242025
Places 375375
Pupils 379352
Unfilled 0.0%6.1%

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 CofE Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.6%
Unauthorised absence 1.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.9%

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 CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

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 CofE Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 12.012.3
Teachers who left state teaching 12.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 59.1%–
Sick days per teacher 3.8–

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, 9.1% of pupils at St Martin's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 9 8
Autistic spectrum disorder 8 6
Speech, language and communication needs 4 9
Specific learning difficulty 4 1
Other difficulty or disability 4 0
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 1
Physical disability 0 1

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 CofE Primary School received £7,045 and spent £6,814 for each of its 354 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£23 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of The Alliance Multi-Academy Trust, income was £6,223 and spending £6,416 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £8,000
per pupil £23
In-year balance £82,000
per pupil £231

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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0.42 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
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St Paul's CofE Primary School
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0.83 miles
Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School
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1.28 miles
St John's Church of England Primary School
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1.51 miles
North Downs Primary School
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2.41 miles
Polesden Lacey Infant Academy
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2.72 miles
Great Bookham School
Griffin Way, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT23 4JJ
3.25 miles
Manor House School
Manor House Lane, Leatherhead, KT23 4EN
3.41 miles
Eastwick Infant School
Eastwick Drive, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT23 3PP
3.52 miles
Eastwick Junior School
Eastwick Drive, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT23 3PP
3.52 miles
St Lawrence Primary School
Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 5JP
3.63 miles
Oakfield Junior School
Bell Lane, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9ND
3.76 miles
Fetcham Village Infant School
School Lane, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9JU
3.82 miles
Little Downsend Leatherhead
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4.3 miles
The Weald CofE Primary School
Newdigate Road, Beare Green, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4QW
4.44 miles
Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery
Woodvill Road, Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery, Woodvill Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7BP
4.46 miles
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Grange Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7JN
4.62 miles
West Ashtead Primary Academy
Taleworth Road, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2PX
4.79 miles
Name Distance
The Ashcombe School
Ashcombe Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1LY
0.41 miles
The Priory Church of England School
West Bank, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3DG
0.71 miles
Unified Academy
Chart Lane South, Dorking, RH5 4DB
1.34 miles
RGS Surrey Hills
London Road, Dorking, RH5 6EA
2.28 miles
St Teresa's School
Effingham Hill, Dorking, RH5 6ST
2.65 miles
Howard of Effingham School
Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 5JR
3.5 miles
Aurora Poppyfield School
Lower Road, Effingham, KT24 5JP
3.58 miles
Papillon House
Pebble Close, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 7PA
3.68 miles
Woodlands School
Fortyfoot Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8RY
4.05 miles
St John's School
Epsom Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8SP
4.22 miles
Leith Hill School
Pasture Wood Road, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, RH5 6LQ
4.41 miles
Downsend School
1 Leatherhead Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8TJ
4.47 miles
St Andrew's Catholic School
Grange Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7JP
4.6 miles
Therfield School
Dilston Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7NZ
4.75 miles
Elysian, West Horsley
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Bramley Hill School
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4.84 miles
Moon Hall School, Reigate
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4.89 miles
Fox Grove School
Kingston Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7PW
4.99 miles

All schools in Dorking · Surrey local authority: places and applications

St Martin's CofE Primary School is part of The Alliance Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Martin's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, St Martin's CofE Controlled Primary School, Dorking.

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

St Martin's CofE Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

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

St Martin's CofE Primary School has 364 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Martin's CofE Primary School?

St Martin's CofE Primary School is at Ranmore Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1HW.

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