Montgomery Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Exeter, Devon·EX4 1BS
Composite score
38.7
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National rank
#1169
In South West
#191
In Devon
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
61 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.02
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
112
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
1.25 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2007 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.41
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0020221.0820230.9820241.4220251.022026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants, and in 2026 the last place went under “category 7 (last place, by distance)”. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
442
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,089
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Montgomery Primary School at a glance

Located in Exeter, Devon, Montgomery Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 442 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 98% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (61 first choices for 60 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 1.25 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 21.5 pupils per teacher. Montgomery Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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