Martongate Primary School
Martongate, Bridlington, YO16 6YD
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by Martongate Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Carruthers
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 401
- URN
- 117886
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
About this school
Martongate Primary School was a community primary school in Bridlington. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 401 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Martongate Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 58 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 45% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 60% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 49% | 57% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 57% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 99.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Martongate Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | East Riding of Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37% | 57.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 58.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 406 |
| 2023/24 | 405 |
| 2024/25 | 401 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Martongate Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 5.4% | 21.2% | 401 | — |
| Martongate Primary School | — | — | — | 388 | 0.0 miles |
| Bay Primary School | — | — | — | 397 | 0.5 miles |
| Burlington Junior School | 49% | 6.5% | 51.7% | 282 | 0.7 miles |
| Burlington Infant School | — | 6.3% | 34.9% | 118 | 0.7 miles |
| Quay Academy | 76% | 6.5% | 56.1% | 295 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.2%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.37%
- Persistent absence
- 12.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Martongate Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Bay Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Burlington Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Burlington Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Quay Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Bridlington
Other schools in Bridlington
- Bay Primary School Primary
- Bempton Primary School Primary
- Boynton Primary School Primary
- Burlington Infant School Primary
- Burlington Junior School Primary
- Flamborough CofE (VC) Primary School Primary
- Hilderthorpe Primary School Primary
- Martongate Primary School Primary
- New Pasture Lane Primary School Primary
- Our Lady and St Peter Catholic Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Quay Academy Primary
- Bridlington Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What ages does Martongate Primary School teach?
- Martongate Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Bridlington.
- Has Martongate Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Martongate Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Martongate Primary School?
- Martongate Primary School had 401 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Martongate Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Martongate Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Martongate Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.