St Martin's Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bilston, Wolverhampton·WV14 8BS
Composite score
40.3
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#10,808
National rank
#1170
In West Midlands
#58
In Wolverhampton
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
31
any preference, for 20 places
Applications from another council area
19%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.8720230.9120241.2020251.002026

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

Every child who put St Martin's Church of England 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
231
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
57.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,330
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Martin's Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Bilston, Wolverhampton, St Martin's Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 231 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 17.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Martin's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 57% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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