Upton Junior School is a primary school located in Poole. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 19/07/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in reading is below average, progress in maths is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.7%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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St Martin's Road, Poole

School Information

Address: St Martin's Road, Poole, BH16 5NQ
Website: http://www.uptonjun.dorset.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01202622649
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Dorset
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Tony Collins
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 146490

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 19/07/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 384
Number of Pupils: 366
Number of Boys: 200
Number of Girls: 166

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 7.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -1.8 Confidence interval -3.1 to -0.6
Writing
Average: -0.9 Confidence interval -2 to 0.2
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.6 Confidence interval -4.6 to -2.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:49%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Upton Junior School
St Martin's Road , Upton BH16 5NQ 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Upton Infant School
Guest Road , Upton BH16 5LQ 		3out of 4 134 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Bayside Academy
Turlin Road , Turlin Moor BH16 5AH 		3out of 4 1,501 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster , Purbeck BH16 6JD 		3out of 4 1,692 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Yarrells Preparatory School
Yarrells House , Upton BH16 5EU 		- not rated 564 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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