Bayside AcademyUpton Infant School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Poole.

Summary of the comparison

Bayside Academy and Upton Infant School are primary schools in Poole.

  • Bayside Academy scores 39 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Upton Infant School scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average). Upton Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bayside Academy was judged the expected standard and Upton Infant School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Bayside Academy (45.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bayside Academy versus Upton Infant School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure PooleBayside AcademyPooleUpton Infant SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF39/100C69/100Stronger figure
Local ranking46th of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 100th of 116 in Dorset
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-7
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll197 251
Capacity270 270
LocationPoole, BH16 5AH Poole, BH16 5LQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard0.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Not reported105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census197 251
Free school meals (ever 6)52.3% 17.9%
English as an additional language10.2% 2.8%
SEN support24.9% 19.5%
SEN with an EHC plan4.1% 5.6%
Attendance
Overall absence5.8% 5.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence17.8% 12.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Bayside Academy

Upton Infant School

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