Monteagle Primary School, Dagenham

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Monteagle Primary School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve very well across the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance is constantly improving because of leaders' determined and systematic work."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious, carefully sequenced curriculum that enables pupils to build knowledge securely from the early years through to Year 6."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children make an excellent start to their education."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is at the heart of this school's culture."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leadership and governance are highly effective and rooted in a clear moral purpose."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Work to nurture pupils' personal development is a significant strength of the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should sustain and further enhance opportunities for high-quality writing across the curriculum so that all pupils, particularly those with lower and higher prior attainment, strengthen the depth, stamina and precision of their writing".

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Monteagle Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 80% in Barking and Dagenham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 76% in reading and 78% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 66 families put Monteagle Primary School as their first choice and 138 named it as one of their preferences, for 67 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Monteagle Primary School are The James Cambell Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 78% reading, 77% maths); Roding Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 76% reading, 78% maths); Eastbury Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 66% reading, 56% maths); and Thames View Infants (0.7 miles, Outstanding).

Monteagle Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

57 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Monteagle Primary School (as of April 2026): 95% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 89% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (95%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (86%).

38.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (37%), White British (18%) and Black (16%).

In 2026, 78 pupils (12.4%) received SEN support and 70 (11.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Monteagle Primary School has a resourced provision and a SEN unit (36 places, 36 pupils on roll) for autism.

Monteagle Primary School had 45 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest Underground station is Becontree Underground Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Canonsleigh Road / Goresbrook (->w), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Monteagle Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Monteagle Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Monteagle Primary School are Jo Richardson Community School (0.5 miles); Goresbrook School (0.6 miles); Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (0.8 miles); and Riverside School (1 mile).