Upshire Primary Foundation School
Upshire Road, Upshire, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3PX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Ross Jones
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 198
- URN
- 115310
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01992715567
About this school
Upshire Primary Foundation School is a foundation primary school in Waltham Abbey. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 198 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Upshire Primary Foundation School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 54 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 46% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 72% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 74% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 85% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Upshire Primary Foundation School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 37% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 230 |
| 2023/24 | 232 |
| 2024/25 | 205 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Upshire Primary Foundation School compares
Upshire Primary Foundation School ranked 367th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37% | 6.1% | 29.3% | 198 | — |
| Hillhouse CofE Primary School | 43% | 5.3% | 22.4% | 341 | 0.6 miles |
| Leverton Primary School | 42% | 5.2% | 21.7% | 436 | 0.9 miles |
| Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy | 73% | 4% | 28.8% | 598 | 1.3 miles |
| High Beech CofE Primary School | 29% | 4.9% | 16.3% | 105 | 2.0 miles |
| Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery | 52% | 5.9% | 45.2% | 210 | 2.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.27%
- English as an additional language
- 12.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.14%
- Persistent absence
- 20.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hillhouse CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Waltham Abbey
-
Leverton Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Waltham Abbey
-
Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Waltham Abbey
-
High Beech CofE Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Loughton
-
Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery2.4 miles
Primary · Waltham Cross
Other schools in Waltham Abbey
- Hillhouse CofE Primary School Primary
- Leverton Primary School Primary
- Nazeing Primary School Primary
- Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy Primary
- King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Upshire Primary Foundation School teach?
- Upshire Primary Foundation School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Waltham Abbey.
- Who is the headteacher of Upshire Primary Foundation School?
- The headteacher of Upshire Primary Foundation School is Mr Ross Jones, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Upshire Primary Foundation School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Upshire Primary Foundation School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Upshire Primary Foundation School?
- Upshire Primary Foundation School has 198 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Upshire Primary Foundation School full?
- Upshire Primary Foundation School has capacity for 210 pupils and 198 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Upshire Primary Foundation School a faith school?
- No. Upshire Primary Foundation School has no designated religious character.
- Does Upshire Primary Foundation School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Upshire Primary Foundation School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Upshire Primary Foundation School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 37% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Upshire Primary Foundation School compare with other schools in Essex?
- Upshire Primary Foundation School ranked 367th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Upshire Primary Foundation School's absence rate?
- Upshire Primary Foundation School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Upshire Primary Foundation School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Upshire Primary Foundation School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.