Monteagle Primary School
Burnham Road, Dagenham, RM9 4RB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Sara Rider
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 720
- Pupils on roll
- 630
- URN
- 130340
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082704613
About this school
Monteagle Primary School is a community primary school in Dagenham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 630 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 83 | 82 | 91 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 69% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 9% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 76% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 78% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 76% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
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 Monteagle 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 | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 670 |
| 2023/24 | 660 |
| 2024/25 | 666 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Monteagle Primary School compares
Monteagle Primary School ranked 13th of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 4.8% | 26.3% | 630 | — |
| The James Cambell Primary School | 66% | 5.1% | 37.9% | 602 | 0.5 miles |
| Eastbury Primary School | 45% | 6.3% | 23.7% | 777 | 0.7 miles |
| Thames View Infants | — | 3.6% | 22.7% | 403 | 0.7 miles |
| Thames View Junior School | 67% | 3.6% | 35.9% | 390 | 0.8 miles |
| Dorothy Barley Infants' School | — | 4.7% | 15.7% | 223 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.31%
- English as an additional language
- 36%
- Overall absence
- 4.81%
- Persistent absence
- 11.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The James Cambell Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Dagenham
-
Eastbury Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Thames View Infants0.7 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Thames View Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Dorothy Barley Infants' School0.8 miles
Primary · Dagenham
Other schools in Dagenham
Monteagle Primary School ranks 6th of the 29 ranked primary schools in Dagenham.
- Beam Primary School Primary
- Becontree Primary School Primary
- Dorothy Barley Infants' School Primary
- Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Primary
- Five Elms Primary School Primary
- Godwin Primary School Primary
- Grafton Primary School Primary
- Henry Green Primary School Primary
- Hunters Hall Primary School Primary
- John Perry Primary School Primary
- Manor Primary School Primary
- Marsh Green Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Monteagle Primary School teach?
- Monteagle Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Dagenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Monteagle Primary School?
- The headteacher of Monteagle Primary School is Miss Sara Rider, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Monteagle Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Monteagle Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Monteagle Primary School?
- Monteagle Primary School has 630 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Monteagle Primary School full?
- Monteagle Primary School has capacity for 720 pupils and 630 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Monteagle Primary School a faith school?
- No. Monteagle Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Monteagle Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Monteagle Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Monteagle Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Monteagle Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Monteagle Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Monteagle Primary School rank locally?
- Monteagle Primary School ranked 13th of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Monteagle Primary School's absence rate?
- Monteagle Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Monteagle Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Monteagle 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 June 2026.