St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community): admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 54 families put St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) as their first choice and 138 named it as one of their preferences, for 49 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Demand has been fairly steady: 56 first choices in 2021, against 54 in 2026.
Across Shropshire, 91% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Shropshire lodged 143 appeals against secondary school offers; 75 reached a hearing and 22 succeeded (29.3% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 54 | 138 | 1.1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 102 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 50 | 63 | 134 | 1.3 | 13 |
| 2023 | 62 | 69 | 124 | 1.1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 43 | 47 | 97 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 58 | 56 | 86 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 38 | 34 | 64 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 46 | 45 | 73 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 41 | 41 | 59 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 30 | 31 | 51 | 1.0 | 1 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.