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"Through Jesus, we achieve our very best"

St Martin de Porres is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic school where the teachings of Christ form the core of our work. We aim to provide high quality teaching and learning for all our members so that they are able to recognise and fulfil the gifts and potential given to them by God.

We pride ourselves on being a school which is warm, friendly and supportive. An environment where all can flourish and achieve success.

The school was built at the end of the 1960's and takes 30 children into the reception class each September. Application forms for school places and our admission criteria are available from the Parents Tab, Key Information page on this website.

St Martin's Prayer

Dear St Martin,

Your whole life was committed
to looking after the sick and needy
as well as the animals upon the earth.
You showed us a wonderful example
of the teachings of Jesus.
Bless all of us in this school family
and help us all to continue to follow your example.
St Martin, pray for us.

welcome to ST MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

A Child’s view

I like St. Martin de Porres, it’s the best of all,
A helping hand with any incident or fall,
Including everyone, leaving no one behind,
Oh! And don’t forget the teachers are really kind,
There are lots of subjects and activities to do,
And the uniform is really smart too,
The dinners are tasty made by the kind cook,
If you come to this school you’ve got really good luck!

Children at St. Martin's achieve high academic standards. OfSTED described the standard of behaviour and relationships at the school as outstanding.

Latest News

Newsletter 18 was issued on Friday 28th June 2019.
Our next newsletter will be issued on Friday 12th July 2019.
Please do continue to share with us any more of your children’s special achievements in any activities that they may participate in outside of school.

Click on the picture above to read Miss Haydon's latest Sports Newsletter.

End-of-year school trips
All our children went on a day-trip with their class in June or in July. Check their class page in "YEAR GROUPS" to view the photos.

If a competition or a tournament has to be cancelled due to the weather conditions, it is out of the school's control completely. These decisions are not taken lightly. They are made by the tournament organisers and are based on health and safety conditions and that the children get the best possible sporting experiences. Some venues do not have adequate shelter/indoor facilities and obviously, the safety of all children is paramount. We cannot have children participating on slippy/muddy surfaces and in the pouring rain. We try to contact parents ASAP if a competition is cancelled and this is done via our school text messaging service. Miss Haydon works closely with these organisers to get any cancelled event rearranged where possible as long as it doesn't clash with events the school already have booked ie school trips!

Our annual sports day, on Friday 21st June, was a great day watching all the children be physically active and enjoying themselves. Well done to the Blue House who won Key Stage 1 and the Yellow House who retained their title in Key stage 2. Many thanks to all staff who made the day possible, the PTA who provided refreshments, and to the many parents who came and supported. Click here to view the photos.

Thursday 11th July - 9am
Please do add this date to your diary – our coffee mornings are a wonderful opportunity to meet and chat with other parents and our Family Support Worker Mrs Dowling.

to everyone for their donations for the summer fair and to everyone who came to the fair and helped make it such a fun day.

The fair raised £2591.65: £1000 for the parish, £1591.65 for the school.
Click here to view the photos.

With deep cuts to our budgets, the Save Our Schools campaign continues with a mass demonstration in London on 5th July. We encourage any parents who support the campaign to attend. Coaches are being provided free of charge thanks to the fund raising and campaigning of a group committed to fighting the cuts to school budgets. For further details, please contact Mr Gray.

You have received a letter on Monday 13th May asking you about Free School Meals. We really need EVERYONE to fill in the form, even if you are quite certain not to be eligible. This will allow the school, if you wish, to apply for free meals for your child on your behalf but also gives vital EXTRA FUNDING for our school.

We have been sorry to notice lately that some children are coming to school with one or more wrong items of clothing. Our school has a strict uniform policy for the benefit of all our children. Please refer to this policy by clicking here or ask us for a paper copy, and make sure that your child is wearing the correct uniform. Thank you.

To date, 22 of our families out of 153 have donated to our school fund. These funds are of a great help for all the little extras that the school budget cannot possibly cover. Thank you very much if you have already donated.

Let’s READ, and READ, and READ!
By the time our children leave school at the end of Year 6, they MUST have read a great number of books. To help and encourage them in that, we put together a display in the school foyer, with vouchers for the library and actual books to borrow. Please come and visit our little library with your children and leave with a book to read!