Montpelier Primary School

About Montpelier Primary School

Montpelier Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, though its previous inspection in 2012 rated it Outstanding. The inspection report gives a nuanced picture: the quality of education is Outstanding, behaviour and attitudes are Outstanding, but overall effectiveness, leadership and management, early years provision, and personal development are all rated Good. On the key academic metric for primary schools, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined in the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments. That figure is well above the Ealing local authority average of 71%, and it places Montpelier 8th out of 65 primary schools in the borough — comfortably in the top 10. Nationally, the school sits in the top 7% of all primary schools for this measure, with a ranking score of 83.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 results, the school's strengths are clear. In maths, 94% of pupils reached the expected standard and the average score was 111, while 58% achieved the higher standard. Reading saw 88% at expected and 42% at the higher level, with an average score of 109. Writing was similarly strong at 88% expected and 35% higher. The combined higher standard — pupils reaching the higher level in all three subjects — was 22%, which is a solid figure for a state primary. The school does not publish progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it's not possible to say how much value it adds relative to pupils' starting points. But the raw attainment data is consistently strong across the board, and the school's ranking within Ealing confirms it as one of the higher-performing primaries in the borough.

Montpelier is a large primary with 652 pupils, very close to its capacity of 656, and it is heavily oversubscribed. For 2025/26 entry, there were 364 applications for 90 places, a ratio of over 4 to 1, with 122 first-preference applications and 87 first-preference offers. The school has a nursery provision, which may help with early entry. Facilities include a sports hall, playing fields, an outdoor playground, art studios, music rooms, a sensory room, a forest school, and even a chapel. Sports on offer are gymnastics, football, cricket and swimming, while clubs range from drama and choir to chess, film club, book club and gardening. The SEND provision is broad, covering moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health support. This is a school that suits families looking for strong academic outcomes in a well-equipped, popular setting, though securing a place is competitive.

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