Upton Infant School
Primary · Poole · BH16 5LQ
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 18 January 2023
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250 pupils · 93% of 270 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 19.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.6% of pupils
- URN
- 146496
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.89 first-choice applications per place90 places offered · 80 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 17 January 2023: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.