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The Montessori Place[1]

Independent · ages 1–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL A- A- 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
17 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
42.9% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
7.1% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2023/24 17.3[5] 0%[5]
2022/23 13.1[6] 0%[6]
2021/22 14.5[7] 0%[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A- 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
33.3% 2024/25[2]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Ofsted[8]
Latest inspection
15 Jul 2025[9]
Type
Independent School standard inspection[9]
Report published
1 Oct 2025[9]
Personal development
Outstanding[9]
Quality of education
Outstanding[9]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[9]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[9]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[9]
Independent school standards
All standards Met[9]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[9]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[9]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[9]

Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

No fees published on the school's website that we could verify.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
1–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
180[1]
Local authority
Brighton and Hove[1]
Website
themontessoriplace.org.uk[1]
Nursery classes
Has Nursery Classes[8]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Brighton and Hove[10]
Postcode
BN3 3ER[1]
URN
136947[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
164 2024/25[11]
SEN support
18.3% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
1.2% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[11]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2026-07-31, provisional. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.