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The Alderton Infant School and Nursery

  • 3–7Ages
  • 207Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 145989URN

Alderton Hall Lane, Loughton, IG10 3HE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

149 applications for 60 places · 149th of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 22 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Reception
close to Essex median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

149 applications · 60 places offered · 61 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.4; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.4; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 2.8; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.8; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.5; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as The Alderton Infant School (URN 114864), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026601492.5611.02
Sep 2025601422.4420.70
Sep 2024601612.7470.78
Sep 2023551242.3440.80
Sep 2022541252.3400.74
Sep 2021501202.4340.68
Sep 2020511472.9410.80
Sep 2019711722.4620.87
Sep 2018 *641822.8500.78
Sep 2017 *872452.8590.68
Sep 2016 *892252.5640.72
Sep 2015 *902312.6580.64
Sep 2014 *901832.0590.66

Schools nearby

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145989 · 881/2483
Trust
Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust
Capacity
180 pupils · 207 on roll
Free school meals
18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2018
Replaced
The Alderton Infant School (URN 114864)
Address
Alderton Hall Lane, Loughton, IG10 3HE
Local authority
Essex · Epping Forest

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources