St Martin's Academy Chester

Primary school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester. No overall grade. Quality of education outstanding (Dec 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 3 December 2024, report published 18 December 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.

Grades for each area
Area	Grade
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years	Outstanding
Safeguarding effective	Yes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around December 2028

The last inspection was in December 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

0.3 milesHoole Church of England Primary School
Primary, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Improved significantly (Jan 2025)
0.4 milesNewton Primary School
Primary, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Report card, Jul 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention
0.4 milesSt Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Primary, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next (Jul 2024)
0.7 milesCherry Grove Primary School
Primary, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Standards maintained (Jan 2025)
0.8 milesMill View Primary School
Primary, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Outstanding (May 2024)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.