Montalbo Nursery & Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Barnard Castle, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.809 miles
Published by Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Montalbo Nursery & Primary School is a primary school in Barnard Castle, County Durham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Montalbo Nursery & 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 | 0.809 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2026 Reception entry had 42 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, so 12 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.809 miles away, the shortest of 20 County Durham primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.27 miles).
- Reading, writing and maths: 85% met the expected standard in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 30% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other County Durham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fairfield Road, Barnard Castle, DL12 8TN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Montalbo Nursery & Primary School receive an exceptional education.”
- “Leaders have the highest expectations of what pupils can achieve, and these expectations are met.”
- “Pupils love coming to school and their parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about their children’s experience.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 2023 (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) | 85% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 County Durham.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Green Lane Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cotherstone Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodland Primary School 6.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cockfield Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Butterknowle Primary School 6.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published