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Upton Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Guest Road, Upton, Poole BH16 5LQ · uptoninf.dorset.sch.uk · 01202 622367
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 250
- 93% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
- First language not English
- 4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 80 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 90 | 80 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 83 | 80 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 83 | 81 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 74 | 62 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 79 | 78 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 January 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Upton Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 17 Jan 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113671), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113671)
Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113671)
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 57
- 23% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 11% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (18%) with SEND