Montem Primary School
Hornsey Road, Islington, N7 7QT
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Duncombe Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Damien Parrott
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Islington North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 440
- Pupils on roll
- 327
- URN
- 131218
- Local authority
- Islington
About this school
Montem Primary School was a community primary school in Islington. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 327 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Montem Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 1997, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 34 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - |
| Writing progress | +3.40 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Montem Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Islington average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 63% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 64.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 314 |
| 2023/24 | 327 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Montem Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 42% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.1% | 65.1% | 327 | — |
| Pakeman Primary School | 62% | 6.8% | 62.7% | 338 | 0.2 miles |
| Grafton Primary School | 70% | 5.9% | 48.8% | 435 | 0.2 miles |
| Pooles Park Primary School | — | 9.2% | 58.7% | 184 | 0.3 miles |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | 75% | 6.1% | 60.5% | 231 | 0.3 miles |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School | 39% | 7.9% | 62.5% | 240 | 0.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.1%
- English as an additional language
- 74.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.1%
- Persistent absence
- 20.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pakeman Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
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Grafton Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
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Pooles Park Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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St Mark's CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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Christ The King Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
Common questions
- What year groups does Montem Primary School teach?
- Montem Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Islington.
- Has Montem Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Montem Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Montem Primary School?
- Montem Primary School had 327 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Montem Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Montem Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Montem Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 August 2024.