Montbelle Primary School

Montbelle Primary School continues to demonstrate strong performance, maintaining its status as a good school since the last inspection in 2017. The leadership team is ambitious, fostering a positive learning environment where pupils feel safe and supported. The well-structured curriculum emphasizes vital knowledge retention and engages students effectively, particularly in reading and mathematics. Noteworthy is the commitment to addressing the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they receive the necessary support to thrive.

Strengths

• Leaders and staff have high expectations for all pupils.
• The curriculum is effectively designed and implemented.
• Pupils display positive attitudes towards learning.
• A calm and purposeful school atmosphere is maintained.
• Strong focus on reading, with well-trained staff.
• Pupils with SEND receive effective and timely support.
• Range of clubs and activities promotes talent development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some adults intervene too quickly when supporting weaker readers, potentially slowing progress.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Montbelle Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Montbelle Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Montbelle Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 36.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.5% of pupils at Montbelle Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Montbelle Primary School received £9,016 and spent £8,896 for each of its 352 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £129,000 (£367 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Montbelle Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Montbelle Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Montbelle Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Montbelle Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Montbelle Primary School have?

Montbelle Primary School has 364 pupils on roll.

What age range does Montbelle Primary School cover?

Montbelle Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Montbelle Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Montbelle Primary School?

Montbelle Primary School is at Milverton Way, Eltham, London, SE9 3EY.