Montgomery Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Exeter, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.25 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Montgomery Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, Devon for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Montgomery Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.25 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.25 miles away, the 17th shortest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.50 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further than in 2025, a sharp swing; every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Redvers Road, Exeter, EX4 1BS
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 437 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “As soon as pupils start, they are welcomed with open arms by all staff members.”
- “This helps pupils to quickly settle and build a sense of belonging that allows them to focus on their learning.”
- “They know they can speak to any adult if they are ever worried.”
To improve
- “The school has also had a high level of pupils leaving and joining which has contributed to low outcomes in some areas in the 2024 national assessments.”
- “Whilst there has been a focus on staff training, there is still variability in the effectiveness of the teaching of phonics.”
- “This means that some pupils are not developing their phonics knowledge and understanding as quickly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 56% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Devon.
- Bowhill Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St David's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Exwick Heights Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ide Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published