The Alderton Infant School and Nursery

The Alderton Infant School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across various aspects of education, behavior, personal development, and leadership. Pupils take pride in their work, exhibit maturity in their behavior, and generally enjoy their learning experience. The school provides a broad and sequenced curriculum that enhances pupils' understanding across subject areas, while also focusing on developing their language skills. This is further reinforced through a robust reading program that promotes a love for books and engaging learning opportunities outside the classroom.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate strong speaking and listening skills.
• There is a high level of engagement and interest among early years children.
• Leaders have designed an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Reading is prioritized, and pupils show enthusiasm for books.
• School climate fosters kindness and respect among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Targets for some pupils with SEND are not precise enough.
• Some reading books do not closely match pupils' phonics knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Alderton Infant School and Nursery attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at The Alderton Infant School and Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Alderton Infant School and Nursery had 26.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.1% of pupils at The Alderton Infant School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Alderton Infant School and Nursery received £7,055 and spent £6,795 for each of its 189 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £174,000 (£920 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, income was £7,618 and spending £7,577 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Loughton · Essex local authority: places and applications

The Alderton Infant School and Nursery is part of Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• The Alderton Junior School Loughton
• Oak View School Loughton
• White Bridge Primary School Loughton
• Staples Road Primary School Loughton
• Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School Buckhurst Hill
• Hereward Primary School Loughton
• St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill
• Lambourne Primary School Romford
• High Beech CofE Primary School Loughton
• Limes Farm Infant School and Nursery Chigwell

What is The Alderton Infant School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Alderton Infant School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was The Alderton Infant School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

The Alderton Infant School and Nursery was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does The Alderton Infant School and Nursery have?

The Alderton Infant School and Nursery has 207 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Alderton Infant School and Nursery cover?

The Alderton Infant School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is The Alderton Infant School and Nursery?

The Alderton Infant School and Nursery is at Alderton Hall Lane, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3HE.