Upminster Infant School
General Information
- Address: St Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 3BS – View on map
- Phone: 01708227320
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Alison Edgcombe
- Age range: 5-7 years
- Furthest place offered from (Sept 2025 entry): 1.22 km away From the council's own Sept 2025 admissions data - not a fixed catchment boundary, and no guarantee for future years, since it shifts with demand each year.
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 89 families put it first for 88 places – 10 for every 10 places. 97% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 88 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 13 · 2025 12 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 1
- % eligible for free school meals: 0.4%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Havering average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.8% a year (Havering 14.7%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 58% moved to another school, 42% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Withheld information 2024/25
4th of 4 infant schools in Havering for behaviour
- #2Langtons Infant School & Nursery20%
- #3Scargill Infant SchoolWithheld information
- #4Upminster Infant SchoolWithheld information
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Across Havering: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Havering, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 5.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
This score reflects how openly the school responded to our Freedom of Information request. Schools that withhold information are rated lower — even the act of hiding data tells parents something about a school’s openness.
All 2 other scored infant schools in Havering scored higher on transparency this year.
- Response
- Refused outright (+5)
Exemplary (80–100) · Cooperative (60–79) · Reluctant (40–59) · Obstructive (20–39) · Opaque (0–19)
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
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7th of 8 infant schools in Havering for Ofsted rating
- #5Rise Park Infant SchoolGood
- #6Scargill Infant SchoolGood
- #7Upminster Infant SchoolGood
- #8Whybridge Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,906 (2024-25)
8th of 8 infant schools in Havering for spending per pupil
- #6Rise Park Infant School£7,384
- #7Scargill Infant School£7,330
- #8Upminster Infant School£5,906
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