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Talbot Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 547Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144874URN

Talbot Drive, Wallisdown, Poole, BH12 5ED · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

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180 applications for 70 places · 27th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
64%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 10 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 12 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.6applications per place, Reception
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

180 applications · 70 places offered · 66 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 3.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Talbot Primary School (URN 113700), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026701802.6660.94
Sep 2025891752.0800.90
Sep 2024651923.0610.94
Sep 2023601602.7540.90
Sep 2022631502.4590.94
Sep 2021701462.1620.89
Sep 2020901491.7660.73
Sep 2019911261.4620.68
Sep 2018901611.8820.91
Sep 2017 *821622.0710.87
Sep 2016 *801281.6650.81
Sep 2015 *60931.6400.67
Sep 2014 *54911.7450.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 72% · Maths 84% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%25th of 50 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard84%
Higher standard39%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2564%9%107109
2023/2468%13%106106
2022/2363%8%105106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
144874 · 839/2170
Trust
Hamwic Education Trust
Capacity
630 pupils · 547 on roll
Free school meals
22.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2017
Replaced
Talbot Primary School (URN 113700)
Address
Talbot Drive, Wallisdown, Poole, BH12 5ED
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources