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Talbot Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Talbot Drive, Wallisdown, Poole BH12 5ED · talbot.poole.sch.uk · 01202 513981
On the mapSearch near BH12 5ED
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.87 mi
- 4.61 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Category 8 · Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 547
- 87% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 22.9%
- First language not English
- 27.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered under “Category 8” went to a home 2.87 mi (4.61 km) from the school. Source: Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 70 places were offered; 100% 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 | 70 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 89 | 80 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 65 | 61 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 63 | 59 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Category 8 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 2.87 mi4.61 km | |
The document prints no unit; miles, as BCP's Year 7 summary for the same year.
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113700)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Talbot Primary School on 19 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 19 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (111 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 111
- 19% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (20%) with SEND