St Martin's Road, Fitton Hill, Oldham, Lancashire OL8 2PY
10 reasons to choose St Martin's Church of England Primary School, Fitton Hill
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St Martin’s Church of England Primary School, Fitton Hill has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Oldham and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
St Martin’s Church of England Primary School, Fitton Hill is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Church of England voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2013) inspection. It is one of the 10 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Oldham LEA.
Average class size
St Martin’s Church of England Primary School, Fitton Hill has one class per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Martin’s Church of England Primary School, Fitton Hill ranks in the top 31% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 11% of schools.
The St Martin's Church of England Primary School, Fitton Hill curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. Most subjects are taught separately and organised by half-termly topics. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for sport.
Sport at St Martin's Church of England Primary School, Fitton Hill
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Martin's Church of England Primary School, Fitton Hill
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.50am to 3.00pm. Breakfast club from 8.00am and after school clubs may extend the day to 4.00pm.
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Canon Burrows Church of England Primary School (1.9 miles); Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Primary School, Chadderton (2.1 miles); Roundthorn Primary Academy (2.7 miles).
Hulme Grammar School (1.4 miles); Trinity Christian School, Stalybridge (4.5 miles); Chetham’s School of Music (7.2 miles).
The Blue Coat CofE School (2.3 miles); St Damian’s RC Science College (3.1 miles); The Radclyffe School (3.2 miles).