St Martin's Church of England Primary School, Weston-super-Mare

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades St Martin's Church of England Primary School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils know that high attendance is important."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The curriculum is of consistently high quality across subjects and year groups."

Early years - Strong standard. "Staff in the early years ensure that children receive a nurturing, inclusive and ambitious start to their education."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders' approach to inclusion is highly successful."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders are determined to give pupils the very best experiences and prepare them well for their next steps."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school's comprehensive and coherent personal development programme ensures that pupils learn how to keep themselves safe and healthy."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils develop the knowledge and skills they need to be ready for the next stage of their education."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should continue to improve curriculum implementation to achieve and sustain exceptional standards of teaching which have a consistently strong impact on the achievement of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities".

From the headteacher's welcome: "This site is designed to be a source of information for our school community and a celebration of our children's many achievements. We aim to provide an inclusive educational and social environment, which nurtures and challenges each child, enabling individuals to be confident, to flourish, and have high aspirations and self belief."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £4.50 per session.

Coming up: an open day on Monday 9 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at St Martin's Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in North Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 73% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 16 families put St Martin's Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 16 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Martin's Church of England Primary School are Worle Village Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 90% reading, 97% maths); Mendip Green Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 71% reading, 68% maths); Mead Vale Community Primary School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 80% reading, 90% maths); and Milton Park Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 64% reading, 71% maths).

St Martin's Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

St Martin's Church of England Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

25.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%), Mixed (8%) and Asian (5%).

St Martin's Church of England Primary School had 20 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Weston Milton Rail Station, about 1170 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coronation Road (sw-bound), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 148 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Somerset (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Martin's Church of England Primary School issued 11 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Martin's Church of England Primary School are Worle Community School (0.4 miles), Winterstoke Hundred Academy (1.1 miles), Priory Community School (1.2 miles) and Hans Price Academy (1.9 miles).