Upminster Junior School

Havering · RM14 3BS

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 364 pupils, 4.1% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

Parent score Rate this school No reviews yet - be the first SEN 10.2% on SEN support Behaviour 3.1% absence rate Staff 7.2% turnover Financials £5,790 per pupil Environment Buildings and facilities

FOI Transparency How openly this school shares data

Opaque 5 /100

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Upminster Junior School

General Information

Phone: 01708227320
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Alison Edgcombe
Age range: 7-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

364 pupils out of 360 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 15
% eligible for free school meals: 4.1%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Havering average)
English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 7.2% a year (Havering 14.7%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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

About this Behaviour status

This school (or its trust) has been asked for this data under Freedom of Information and has declined to provide it.

See the bullying figures for every school in Havering →

5th of 6 junior schools in Havering for behaviour

#3Towers Junior School42%
#4Scargill Junior SchoolWithheld information
#5Upminster Junior SchoolWithheld information
#6Whybridge Junior SchoolWithheld information

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Behaviour ranking

Each school's score (out of 100) reflects how it compares to other schools in the area across all reported behaviour metrics — bullying, physical aggression, safeguarding referrals and racist incidents. A higher score means fewer reported incidents relative to peers. Ranked by real FOI-reported figures. Schools that have declined to provide this data sit at the bottom — refusing a legal request is treated as worse than any honestly-reported result.

Rank School Score

#1Crownfield Junior School60%
#2Ardleigh Green Junior School50%
#3Towers Junior School42%
#4Scargill Junior SchoolWithheld information
#5Upminster Junior SchoolWithheld information
#6Whybridge Junior SchoolWithheld information

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: 3.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 3.8%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 10.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Behaviour

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Headteacher Approval

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Wraparound CareWraparound Care (parent rating)How parents rate the school's breakfast and after-school clubs - availability, cost and quality. Only asked for infant, junior and primary schools, where it matters most for working parents.

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Would recommend –

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.

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Cooperative (3) Opaque (3)

All 3 other scored junior 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

Ofsted report card April 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
Achievement Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Leadership and governance Strong standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 88% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 26% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 23 percentage points above the Havering average (65%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 85% against an expected 70%)
3-year average (expected standard): 85%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 92% · Maths 96% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
Average test scores: reading 109, maths 109
Based on: 90 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolHavering averageEngland↗ Improving Up 9 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 23 percentage points above the Havering average (65%).

Year 6 SATs: 3rd of 49 junior and primary schools in the area

#1Scotts Primary School90%
#2Nelmes Primary School89%
#3Upminster Junior School88%
=4Hacton Primary School83%
=4St Alban's Catholic Primary School83%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Scotts Primary School90%
#2Nelmes Primary School89%
#3Upminster Junior School88%
=4Hacton Primary School83%
=4St Alban's Catholic Primary School83%
#6Concordia Academy81%
=7Crowlands Primary School80%
=7La Salette Catholic Primary School80%
=9Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School77%
=9Drapers' Maylands Primary School77%
=11Brady Primary School76%
=11Scargill Junior School76%
=11Squirrels Heath Primary School76%
=14Ardleigh Green Junior School75%
=14Gidea Park Primary School75%
=14St Joseph's Catholic Primary School75%
=14St Patrick's Catholic Primary School75%
=14Suttons Primary School75%
#19Parklands Primary School72%
#20Harrow Lodge Primary School70%
#21Whybridge Junior School69%
=22Oasis Academy Pinewood68%
=22St Mary's Catholic Primary School68%
=22St Peter's Catholic Primary School68%
=25Engayne Primary School67%
=25The James Oglethorpe Primary School67%
=25The Mawney Foundation School67%
=28Clockhouse Primary School66%
=28Towers Junior School66%
=30Benhurst Primary School63%
=30Branfil Primary School63%
=30Harold Court Primary School63%
=30St Ursula's Catholic Primary School63%
#34Hylands Primary School62%
#35Hilldene Primary School61%
#36Newtons Primary School59%
=37Rainham Village Primary School58%
=37St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School58%
#39Langtons Junior Academy55%
=40Elm Park Primary School52%
=40Harold Wood Primary School52%
=42Broadford Primary School49%
=42Crownfield Junior School49%
=44Drapers' Brookside Junior School47%
=44Parsonage Farm Primary School47%
=44R J Mitchell Primary School47%
#47Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School46%
=48Mead Primary School40%
=48Rise Park Junior School40%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,790 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

8th of 8 junior schools in Havering for spending per pupil

#6Ardleigh Green Junior School£6,128
#7Scargill Junior School£5,844
#8Upminster Junior School£5,790

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Crownfield Junior School£7,181
#2Towers Junior School£7,062
#3Rise Park Junior School£6,749
#4Langtons Junior Academy£6,747
#5Whybridge Junior School£6,203
#6Ardleigh Green Junior School£6,128
#7Scargill Junior School£5,844
#8Upminster Junior School£5,790

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