Upton Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Poole, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2021
Every applicant was offered a place
From Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2021
2015–2019 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Upton Infant School is a primary school in Poole, Dorset for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 January 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2021 entry.
Upton Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 80 first-choice applications for 90 offers, or 0.9 first choices per offer, the 12th lowest of 116 Dorset primary schools.
- Of the 131 Reception 2026 applications, 50 (38%) came from families living outside Dorset, and 30 offers went to them.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2021, but places ran out in 4 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 19.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Guest Road, Upton, Poole, BH16 5LQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 250 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued and included at Upton Infant School.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for all pupils to thrive and succeed.”
- “Staff and pupils build strong and supportive relationships.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils become distracted in class.”
- “Staff do not always settle them back to work quickly enough.”
- “However, some teachers do not adapt learning well enough for some pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 80 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 80 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dorset.
- Upton Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Lytchett Matravers Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Henbury View First School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Rushcombe First School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.3 mi Good
- Sturminster Marshall First School 4.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pamphill Church of England First School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wimborne First School and Nursery 4.9 mi Good Last distance published