Montgomerie Primary School

Montgomerie Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining a good status since its last inspection in 2017. The school offers a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and supported, which fosters positive relationships among students and staff. The leadership has established a clear curriculum that promotes both academic and personal development, resulting in pupils who are eager to learn and succeed. However, there are areas in a few subjects where the curriculum does not fully identify key knowledge, impacting the depth of learning for some pupils. This means that some students may not be building on their prior knowledge as effectively as they could.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and staff create a supportive environment.
• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning and behave well.
• High-quality professional development ensures teachers possess strong subject knowledge.
• Effective phonics instruction helps pupils become fluent readers.
• Pupils with SEND receive tailored support to make good progress.
• A range of extracurricular activities promote personal development.
• Leaders prioritize pupil well-being and create a safe environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum does not identify all important knowledge in a minority of subjects, impacting lesson planning and depth of learning.

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 Montgomerie Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Montgomerie 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 Montgomerie Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.4% 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, 15.4% of pupils at Montgomerie Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 2024–25 Montgomerie Primary School received £6,468 and spent £6,538 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £49,000 (£240 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Robus Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,307 and spending £6,279 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Benfleet · Essex local authority: places and applications

Montgomerie Primary School is part of Robus Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Woodham Ley Primary School Benfleet
• Jotmans Hall Primary School Benfleet
• Kingston Primary School Thundersley
• Thundersley Primary School Benfleet

What is Montgomerie Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Montgomerie Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Montgomerie Primary School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Montgomerie Primary School have?

Montgomerie Primary School has 201 pupils on roll.

What age range does Montgomerie Primary School cover?

Montgomerie Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Montgomerie Primary School?

Montgomerie Primary School is at Rushbottom Lane, New Thundersley, Rushbottom Lane, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 4LW.