St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Scarborough, North Yorkshire·YO11 3BW
Composite score
61.7
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#3,459
National rank
#330
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#52
In North Yorkshire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 34 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
87
any preference, for 34 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9720231.1820240.9720250.882026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough 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
278
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,319
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough is a primary school serving Scarborough, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 278 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 27.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough their first choice was offered one of its 34 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 24.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough 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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