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Talavera Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Gun Hill, Aldershot GU11 1RG · talaverainfantschool.co.uk · 01252 323137
On the mapSearch near GU11 1RG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 1.06 mi
- 1.71 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 298
- 28 over 270 places · 110%
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 5%
- First language not English
- 70.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.06 mi (1.71 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 91 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 89 | 91 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 87 | 137 | 1.6▲ | 56% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 87 | 94 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 100 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 72 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.06 mi1.71 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Talavera Infant School on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Exceptional |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2011Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 16
- 6% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied