Montrose School

Montrose School is an inclusive and welcoming primary school where pupils are happy, safe and behave well. Inspectors found the school to be ambitious for all pupils, with positive relationships, effective pastoral support and a strong ethos of care that is valued by parents and the local community. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was judged good across the key areas inspected; under the current framework, no overall effectiveness grade was given.

Strengths

• Inclusive and welcoming culture where pupils say everyone matters
• Pupils are happy, safe and behave well, supported by effective role models
• Broad and engaging curriculum with clear knowledge in most subjects
• Reading is prioritised, with strong phonics teaching and good support for pupils who fall behind
• Pupils develop challenging vocabulary across subjects, especially benefiting pupils who speak English as an additional language
• Mathematics curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, with good subject knowledge and regular checks on learning
• Early years provision gives children a strong start and prepares them well for Year 1
• Skilled support enables pupils with SEND to access the same curriculum and achieve well
• Pastoral support for pupils and families is a notable strength
• Work to improve attendance is exemplary
• Personal development prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain, including respect for difference
• Staff feel well supported with workload and have opportunities to develop expertise
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, the school has not clearly identified the knowledge pupils should learn and in what order
• In those subjects, teachers are not precise enough in checking what pupils have learned
• New systems for checking the effectiveness of the school's work are in the early stages
• Leaders do not yet have a precise understanding of what is working well and what needs further development
• The impact of improvement actions is not as rapid as leaders intend

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 Montrose School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.2% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Montrose 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 Montrose School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Montrose School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 Montrose School received £7,597 and spent £7,466 for each of its 437 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £223,000 (£510 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 Montrose School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Montrose School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Montrose School last inspected by Ofsted?

Montrose School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Montrose School have?

Montrose School has 453 pupils on roll.

What age range does Montrose School cover?

Montrose School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Montrose School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Montrose School?

Montrose School is at Wigston Lane, Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 8TN.