The aim of this website is to give you useful information about our school and also to reflect its ethos. Our school is welcoming and friendly with good relationships between pupils, staff, parents and carers being of paramount importance to us. We believe that children learn best when they feel safe, valued and are happy to come to school. We have high expectations of all pupils in terms of both academic achievements and behaviour.

The July 2017 Ofsted Report includes the following comments (click here to view the report in full):-
 

• "Pupils have highly positive experiences in a caring and happy environment."
• "An engaging, topic-based curriculum provides an imaginative and effective framework for pupils' learning."
• "Pupils make good progress from their starting points especially in reading and maths."
• "Pupils say they feel 'really safe' at school."
• "A creative approach to learning ensures pupils have great fun while they learn."
• "All practice gives high regard to the overall well-being of each pupil, this leads to an exceptionally caring provision which is a very strong aspect of the school."

In our Annual Parent Questionnaire, 100% of the parents would recommend the school to another parent, 100% agree that their child makes good progress and is well looked after at the school, 100% believe their child is well taught and 100% agree that it is well led and managed. Comments from parents include  (click here to view the results in full) :

• "Upton Infants really has a special feel about it and you really get a sense that the children are the priority.  Thank you!"
• "We love the school and think it is an amazing place to learn.  Great head, great teachers and great staff."
• "The school is a happy place to be for the children.  Learning is fun and good progress seems to be made whatever the child's ability."

You can find more information about our school by clicking on here which will take you the Department of Education website about our school.

On the 1st November 2018 our school converted to an academy and joined Hamwic Education Trust (Hamwic Education Trust. Registered address: Unit E, Mill Yard, Nursling Street, Southampton, SO16 0AJ. A charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. Company Number 10749662).

We felt that this would provide our school with the support and challenge needed to help us to continue to develop and improve. Dorset County Council are maintaining responsibility for our admissions arrangements, please click on the 'admissions' tab in our 'Parents' section for more details.

We are rightly proud of our school and we hope that by looking through the website you will get a feel for the work and fun that happens on a day to day basis. If you are a prospective parent or are thinking of moving into the Upton area then please contact us to arrange a tour where you can see the school in action!

If you are a parent/carer and want to leave your views please click here.

To see the views of parents/carers please click here

In this difficult time if you would like to donate to our school and help us to raise money to replace the computers use please nominate us through;

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Duncan Churchill

Head teacher