Montpelier Primary School

Montpelier Primary School has demonstrated a solid performance since its conversion to an academy, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating across multiple domains. The school fosters a caring and supportive environment where pupils feel happy, safe, and engaged. High expectations from teachers contribute to pupils' enthusiasm for learning, particularly in reading, where strong phonics teaching helps them become confident readers from an early age. Additionally, the school provides ample opportunities for personal development through various clubs, activities, and contributions to community initiatives.

Strengths

• Positive relationships between teachers and pupils promote a love of learning.
• Strong phonics program leads to confident and fluent readers.
• Effective early years provision with strong subject knowledge from staff.
• Good quality of education with high expectations for all pupils.
• Strong coaching in mathematics allows for a well-ordered sequence of learning.
• Pupils with SEND receive appropriate support to achieve well.
• Leaders create a positive culture valuing staff well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning in science, geography, and history lacks coherence.
• Subject leaders need more support and development to enhance teaching.

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 Montpelier Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 1.6% of pupils at Montpelier 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 Montpelier Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.6% 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, 12.3% of pupils at Montpelier Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Montpelier Primary School received £5,942 and spent £6,146 for each of its 641 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £529,000 (£825 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Greenshaw Learning Trust, income was £8,062 and spending £7,907 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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Montpelier Primary School is part of Greenshaw Learning Trust, which runs 39 schools. The nearest others:

• Scott Medical and Healthcare College Plymouth
• Stoke Damerel Community College Plymouth
• Whitleigh Community Primary School Plymouth
• Sir John Hunt Community Sports College Plymouth
• Blaise High School Bristol
• Woodlands Primary School Bristol
• Yate Academy Yate
• Tyndale Primary School Yate
• Five Acres High School Coleford
• Hunts Grove Primary Academy Gloucester

What is Montpelier Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Montpelier Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Montpelier Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Montpelier Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Montpelier Primary School have?

Montpelier Primary School has 624 pupils on roll.

What age range does Montpelier Primary School cover?

Montpelier Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Montpelier Primary School?

Montpelier Primary School is at North Down Road, Beacon Park, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 3HN.