# Montalbo Nursery & Primary School

Montalbo Nursery & Primary School is a primary school in County Durham, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 240 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E114115. [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 240
- Council: County Durham
- URN: 114115

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), January 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 11 January 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 85% of pupils at Montalbo Nursery & Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in County Durham and 62% in England.
30% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 85% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 30% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Teesdale School and Sixth Form](https://openindex.co.uk/school/teesdale-school-and-sixth-form-e144496): 580 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 57.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-barnard-castle-e149058): 680 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Green Lane Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/green-lane-church-of-england-primary-school-e149902): 780 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Barnard Castle School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barnard-castle-school-e114336): 990 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/114115)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/114115)

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