Belvidere School
Academy converter · 830 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8
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St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)
- Pupils on roll
- 703of 660 places
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 86
- Ofsted
- Good, 24 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) (URN 123575, until 17 July 2016).
What the data says
St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) has no sixth form. Of the 82 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 7% moved to a sixth form college, 13% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
17% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.4 against 46.1 across England and 42.5 in Shropshire, with 26% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Shropshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 82 | 2,982 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 66% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 30% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 7% | 45% | 13% |
| — further education college | 13% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 32% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 17% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 17% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.4 | 42.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 62% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.39 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 26.0 | 31.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.7 | 45.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 5% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 80 | 93% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 57% |
| English Language | 80 | 93% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 63% |
| English Literature | 80 | 93% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 79 | 92% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 42% |
| History | 47 | 55% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 62% |
| Spanish | 42 | 49% | 19% | 5% | 27% | 50% |
| Art and Design | 24 | 28% | 7% | 13% | 24% | 29% |
| French | 20 | 23% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 60% |
| Geography | 19 | 22% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 58% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 17% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 11 | 13% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 82% |
| Psychology | 7 | 8% | 3% | 0% | 22% | 43% |
| Film Studies | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 20% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 26 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 16 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 15 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 9 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 8 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 6 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.