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St Martin's School

Dover, CT17 9LY · Kent · primary school

Ofsted: Good · 2014 Mixed Primary
OfstedGood
Pupils186
FSM21.5%
KS2 expected70%
AI summary of the Ofsted report Inspected 2024-03-22 · Tap to collapse

Generated by AI from the official inspection report — not written by Ofsted or SchoolsGPT staff. Always read the full Ofsted PDF before relying on this summary.

Overview: St Martin's School continues to be a good school, with a warm and welcoming atmosphere that promotes good behaviour and respect for others. Pupils enjoy their learning, and the school is determined that all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, will achieve their very best.

Strengths:

  • The school has developed an ambitious curriculum for all pupils, which is equally ambitious for pupils with SEND and other disadvantaged pupils as it is for all others.
  • Pupils behave well and feel safe and secure, with positive, trusting relationships between staff and pupils.
  • The school provides pupils with many opportunities to adopt leadership responsibilities, which they take very seriously.
  • The staff are a strong team who are proud and happy to work at the school, with close collaboration between the three schools in the trust.
  • The school makes sure that staff, including those at the start of their careers, feel very well supported.

Areas to improve:

  • Recent revisions and refinements to the curriculum have not yet embedded fully, so some pupils do not yet develop their knowledge and understanding deeply enough.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Catchment / designated area

'Nearness of home to school' is the criterion for community/VC schools; a defined catchment area is only created ad hoc where new housing development requires a new/enlarged school — the exception, not the rule.

Source: Kent admissions policy

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2014-03-27)

Overall effectiveness
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good

What the entrance test covers

The Kent Test has two multiple-choice papers, each roughly an hour long: 1. English & Maths — split into two 30-minute sections: English (reading comprehension, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary) and Maths (Key Stage 2 curriculum up to the start of Year 6). 2. Reasoning — Verbal Reasoning (vocabulary, sequences, logic, analogies) and Non-Verbal/Spatial Reasoning (shapes, rotations, matrices, pattern recognition), combined into a single reasoning score. There is also an unmarked writing task (around 40 minutes including planning time). It isn't scored directly, but may be used by a local headteacher assessment panel for borderline cases. Note: the Kent Test is NOT the same as the Medway Test — Medway is a separate authority with its own different test (separate registration, different papers). Passing one does not qualify a child for the other area's schools (except Chatham Grammar, which accepts either).

Similar schools nearby

Same area, prioritising the same phase — useful for shortlisting alternatives.

Vale View Community School 0.3 mi · Primary · Good Dover, CT17 9NP Priory Fields School 0.5 mi · Primary · Good Dover, CT17 0FS White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi · Primary · Good Dover, CT17 0LB Aycliffe Community Primary School 0.8 mi · Primary · Good Dover, CT17 9HJ Barton Junior School 1.0 mi · Primary · Good Dover, CT16 2ND Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi · Primary · Outstanding Dover, CT16 2PB

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Kent admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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