Monteagle Primary School

About Monteagle Primary School

Monteagle Primary School sits within the London borough of Barking and Dagenham, a local authority where just four of 45 primary schools currently hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. Monteagle itself is rated Good, and its most recent graded inspection in 2016 awarded it Good across the board, with a subsequent ungraded visit in 2021 confirming the school remains Good. In the LA’s primary rankings, which are based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, Monteagle places 16th out of 39 schools, putting it in the top half of the borough. Its ranking score of 69 places it behind the three top-performing peers in the area: Rush Green Primary School (89), St Margarets CofE Primary School (88) and The St Teresa Catholic Primary School (84). The school is led by headteacher Sara Rider and caters for 666 pupils aged 3 to 11, operating as a mixed, non-religious state primary with a nursery provision.

At Key Stage 2, Monteagle’s combined expected standard in reading, writing and maths sits at 69%, which is four percentage points above the Barking and Dagenham average of 65%. In the individual subjects, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, 76% in reading and 77% in writing. The school also performs well at the higher standard: 27% of pupils achieved the higher standard in maths, 33% in reading and 10% in writing, though the combined higher standard across all three subjects is 9%. Average scaled scores are 106 in maths and 107 in reading, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Nationally, Monteagle ranks 4,670th out of 13,686 primary schools, placing it in the top third of the country.

The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 academic year, it received 162 applications for 84 places, with 83 of those coming as first preferences. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 1.93, meaning nearly two families apply for every place. Facilities include a library, playing fields, music rooms, art studios, an outdoor playground, a sports hall, a gymnasium, a forest school and a chapel. Sports on offer include cricket, football, cross country, dance, tennis, athletics and gymnastics, while clubs range from coding and chess to choir, science club and film club. For families with children who have additional needs, Monteagle offers a SEN unit and resourced provision, and its SEND support covers autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, social and emotional mental health needs, and specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. This is a solid, well-subscribed local primary with above-average outcomes and strong facilities for a state school.

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