Alton Park Junior School
About the school
Alton Park Junior School is an open primary school in Essex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 13 March 2024
- Published
- 6 May 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 35%
- Essex
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Essex
- 10%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 56%
- Essex
- 77%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 54%
- Essex
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 53%
- Essex
- 76%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 44%
- Essex
- 74%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 8%
- Essex
- 30%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 67%
- Essex
- 83%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Essex
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 100
- Essex
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Essex
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
399
Girls
47.12%
Boys
52.88%
SEN support
23.06%
Education, health and care plan
2.76%
English as an additional language
13.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
61.40%
Overall absence
8.81
Persistent absence
26.77