Saint Martin's is a day school for girls which currently has about 480 pupils aged between 3 and 18.
A broadly based curriculum encourages each girl to develop her personality, identify her strengths and fulfil her academic potential. Emphasis on small class size, excellent co-operation between home and school and committed teaching within a relaxed and happy atmosphere all contribute to establishing in the Preparatory Department and Lower School the sure foundations on which a girl can build at eleven when she moves into the Upper School.
The Upper School, which is housed in the largest of the school's four buildings, enjoys excellent facilities for all practical, creative and aesthetic subjects, spacious, well equipped classrooms and laboratories, as well as extensive playing fields.
Although great emphasis is placed on academic success - girls normally study for nine GCSE subjects and 3 A level subjects, thereafter - careful attention is also paid to enriching a girl's general experience: extra-curricular activities are many and varied; music, drama, dance and sport are all strong within the school; educational trips and visits both at home and abroad are regularly organised.
The ultimate aim of the school is to give each girl a sound liberal education within a structured and disciplined framework so that she may achieve the qualifications and confidence necessary to embark on the next stage of her career. The School opened its Sixth Form College on a separate but adjacent site in September 1990. Results at A level have been very good and about 95% of all leavers have gone on into Higher Education.
