St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–16 · Oswestry, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.065 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 2.395 mi
2024 figure 🔒
St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) is an all-through school in Oswestry, Shropshire for ages 3–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) 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 | 4.065 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 2.395 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 4.065 miles, about the same as in 2024; for Year 7 in 2026 it was 2.395 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Good (24 January 2023); all 8 nearest other schools in Shropshire have no current grade.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Shropshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Moors Bank, St Martins, Oswestry, SY10 7BD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–16
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 703 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “St Martins School is a small school with a big heart.”
- “Pupils build trusting relationships with staff, based on mutual respect, from Nursery to Year 11.”
- “As a result of this, pupils feel valued, happy and safe.”
To improve
- “Some parents and carers are not confident that all bullying concerns are fully resolved.”
- “These changes have yet to embed and demonstrate impact.”
- “However, some departments do not make effective use of the information that they have about other pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 2023 (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) | 42% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 54 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 49 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
- Moreton Hall School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oswestry School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ellesmere College 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Packwood Haugh School 9.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Smallbrook School 12.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Adcote School for Girls 12.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Acorn Wood 13.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Access School 13.5 mi No Ofsted grade