St Martin's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Tipton, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Martin's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Tipton, Sandwell for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Martin's CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in both 2024 and 2025, with the biggest swing from 2024 to 2025.
- 22.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 42.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
- Reception 2026 drew 20 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sandwell schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lower Church Lane, Tipton, DY4 7PG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Martin’s Church of England Primary School are rightly proud of their ‘FRESH’ values.”
- “They talk passionately about these.”
- “The Christian ethos of the school underpins all aspects of school life.”
To improve
- “Subject leaders have not evaluated the impact of the changes made to the curriculum.”
- “This means they have not identified where further improvements might be needed.”
- “Occasionally, for other pupils with SEND, support is not always matched closely to their needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 52% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 20 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sandwell.
- Joseph Turner Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Summerhill Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Bridge Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Pauls Church of England Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Silvertrees Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tipton Green Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Jubilee Park Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published