Talavera Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Aldershot, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.06 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Talavera Infant School is a primary school in Aldershot, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 May 2022. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Talavera Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.06 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.06 miles away, the 30th shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.41 miles).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between years, with the biggest move from 2025 to 2026: the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020.
- There were 91 first-choice applications for 89 Reception offers in 2026; 88 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 17.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gun Hill, Aldershot, GU11 1RG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 298 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 May 2022
Strengths
- “This is a school where happy pupils flourish and thrive.”
- “The highly inclusive school culture ensures that pupils have a sense of belonging.”
- “Leaders go to extraordinary lengths to get to know pupils and their families.”
To improve
- “Leaders should continue with their professional development of staff to ensure that all pupils benefit from consistently high-quality teaching.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 91 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 88 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Talavera Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Outstanding
- The Cambridge Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanhope Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wellington Community Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park Primary School 1.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published