Other independent school
Oswestry · SY11 3EW · Shropshire
Ages 1–18
- Att821.6
- EM5+24%
1.2 miles away
OpenAll-throughOfsted: GoodURN 143142
St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)
Academy sponsor led · Oswestry · SY10 7BD
Ages 3–16 · 703 pupils · Shropshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
38.5
Overall absence
9.8%
Admissions demand
1.26 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.52
−20+2
Attainment 838.5
English & maths grade 5+25%
English & maths grade 4+52%
EBacc entry68%
EBacc APS: 3.5
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)44%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)31.3%
Unauthorised3.5%
- Authorised absence
- 6.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 671
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.26 · Competitive
1st preferences
63
Places offered
50
1st-preference offers
50
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 134
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 50
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill107%
703 pupils · 660 places
- Pupils on roll
- 703
- Boys / girls
- 333 / 370
- School capacity
- 660
- Capacity fill
- 703 / 660 (107%)
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- FSM pupils
- 151
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 3–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE 3-18 EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE 3-18 EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- The 3-18 Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Pope
Location
- Address
- Moors Bank, St Martins
- Postcode
- SY10 7BD
- Town
- Oswestry
- County
- Shropshire
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- District
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (all-through), Ages 3–16, in Oswestry, Shropshire, 703 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 21.5%.
Nearby all-through schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Gobowen Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Oswestry · SY11 3LD · Shropshire
Ages 3–11
- KS275%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM19.2%
- Demand1.00
1.6 miles away
Weston Rhyn Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Oswestry · SY10 7SR · Shropshire
Ages 3–11
- KS243%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM20.1%
- Demand1.00
1.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Pope
- Telephone
- 01691776500