Talbot Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Talbot Primary School is a primary school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 January 2022. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.

Talbot Primary 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	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a Reception place for 2026, as at 35 of the 36 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
For Reception 2026 there were 66 first-choice applications for 70 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
For reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, that 64% was the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Talbot Drive, Wallisdown, Poole, BH12 5ED
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 547 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 23% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 12 January 2022

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to be part of Talbot Primary School.”
“They attend well, make good progress in their learning, feel supported by staff and enjoy lessons.”
“Pupils appreciate the diversity in their community and the richness this brings to their experiences at school.”

To improve

“Leaders rightly recognise the need to continue to strengthen how well pupils apply their basic writing skills, such as spelling and punctuation, across all wider curriculum subjects.”
“However, some children who arrive with lower levels of communication and language are not provided with sufficient opportunities to practise their speaking and listening.”
“Leaders have identified this as an area for further development.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	64%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 66 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 66 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

St Mark's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Kingsleigh Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Manorside Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Heathlands Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Heatherlands Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Winton Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published