St Martin's Garden Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Martin's Garden Primary School is a primary school in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Martin's Garden 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 |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's inspection on 13 January 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 18 July 2023, was Requires improvement.
- 46.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset is 15.3%.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 38 of the 56 other Bath and North East Somerset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bath and North East Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lympsham Green, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 2UN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils across the school, including those who attend the school's specially resourced provision, are benefiting from recent improvements in the quality of teaching they receive.”
- “They demonstrate an enjoyment of their learning and many pupils want to share and celebrate the work they have produced.”
- “Leaders quickly identify the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and those of disadvantaged pupils, so that barriers to their learning and wellbeing are reduced.”
To improve
- “However, over time, pupils achievement in national tests has remained low.”
- “Older pupils have legacy gaps in their knowledge, particularly in mathematics, that are proving more stubborn to close.”
- “Some pupils are not as well prepared for their next steps as they could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 March 2026 (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) | 25% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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 Bath and North East Somerset.
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moorlands Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Moorlands Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roundhill Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oldfield Park Junior School 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Combe Down CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published