St Martin's School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Dover, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.743 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Martin's School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Martin's 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 | 2.743 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.743 miles away, the 179th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- 29% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 55%.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Markland Road, Dover, CT17 9LY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 February 2024
Strengths
- “There is a warm and welcoming atmosphere at St Martin’s.”
- “These traits that these characters embody are clearly demonstrated in the way that pupils approach their learning and the care and kindness they show to each other and adults.”
- “Parents appreciate this culture, with one saying, ‘The school environment is a very happy one which promotes good behaviour and respect for others.’”
To improve
- “The school is rightly aware that changes have not yet had time to become fully or consistently embedded, which means that some pupils are yet to achieve as highly as they could overall.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 March 2024 (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) | 70% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Kent.
- Vale View Community School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Priory Fields School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Aycliffe Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barton Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Charlton Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published