St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough
General Information
- Address: Holbeck Hill, Scarborough, YO11 3BW – View on map
- Phone: 01723360239
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Claire Barber
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 34 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 12 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 28
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.2%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 16% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 38.4% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 91% moved to another school, 9% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 95% · Writing 82% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 92%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 108
- Based on: 39 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 37th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =37Pannal Primary School77%
- =37Rossett Acre Primary School77%
- =37St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough77%
- =37Staveley Community Primary School77%
- =37Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy77%
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176th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #174St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyGood
- #175St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #176St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ScarboroughGood
- #177St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyGood
- #178St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,319 (2024-25)
198th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #196Helmsley Community Primary School£6,360
- #197Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,354
- #198St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough£6,319
- #199Bedale Church of England Primary School£6,300
- #200Sutton-in-Craven Community Primary School£6,290
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