Montalbo Nursery & Primary School
About the school
Montalbo Nursery & Primary School is an open primary school in County Durham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 11 January 2023
- Published
- 8 March 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 85%
- County Durham
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 30%
- County Durham
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 89%
- County Durham
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 85%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 89%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 81%
- County Durham
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 44%
- County Durham
- 27%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 93%
- County Durham
- 80%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 108
- County Durham
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 109
- County Durham
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 109
- County Durham
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
242
Girls
50.41%
Boys
49.59%
SEN support
7.02%
Education, health and care plan
1.24%
English as an additional language
2.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
14.15%
Overall absence
4.27
Persistent absence
9.89