St Martin's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Reading·RG4 6SS
Composite score
58.6
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#4,363
National rank
#642
In South East
#12
In Reading
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 14 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Martin's Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
141
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
21.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,879
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

St Martin's Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Reading, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 141 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Martin's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 14 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.5%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. St Martin's Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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