Upton Junior School
Primary schoolUpton Junior School is a primary school in Thanet, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 515 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 70% of pupils at Upton Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Mildred's Primary Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met350 m
- Wellesley Haddon Dene SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file440 m
- The Charles Dickens SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 42.8 (2025/26, provisional)470 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BroadstairsPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)600 m
- Dane Court Grammar SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2022. Attainment 8 of 67.2 (2025/26, provisional)710 m
- EKC GroupSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file. Attainment 8 of 6.6 (2025/26, provisional)740 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Thanet
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).