Montgomery Primary School, Colchester
Primary schoolMontgomery Primary School, Colchester is a primary school in Colchester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 608 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 5 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Montgomery Primary School, Colchester met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
15% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 15% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 105 | 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
In a straight line- St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, ColchesterPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)450 m
- King's Ford Infant School and NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade730 m
- Kings Ford AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 29% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Paxman AcademySecondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Gosbecks Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- The Thomas Lord Audley SchoolSecondary. Standards maintained, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 41.2 (2025/26, provisional)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Colchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).