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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 18 January 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 13 June 2012Graded inspection: Good · as Upton Infants' School, URN 113671
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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 entry131 applications · 90 places offered · 80 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.4; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Upton Infants' School (URN 113671), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 90 | 131 | 1.5 | 80 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 83 | 120 | 1.5 | 80 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 83 | 115 | 1.4 | 81 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 74 | 108 | 1.5 | 62 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 79 | 121 | 1.5 | 78 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 87 | 137 | 1.6 | 88 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 76 | 127 | 1.7 | 72 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 87 | 148 | 1.7 | 83 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 * | 91 | 156 | 1.7 | 102 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 * | 90 | 143 | 1.6 | 84 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 90 | 170 | 1.9 | 107 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 167 | 1.9 | 96 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 * | 88 | 152 | 1.7 | 103 | 1.17 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Upton Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20231.5applications per place
- 0.1 km · DorsetGood202347%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole20261.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place
- 3.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20251.5applications per place
- 3.4 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · DorsetGood20232.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade202550%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · DorsetGood20234.5applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146496 · 838/2026
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 250 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2018
- Replaced
- Upton Infants' School (URN 113671)
- Address
- Guest Road, Upton, Poole, BH16 5LQ
- Local authority
- Dorset
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