St Mark's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B75
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bournemouth, BH10 4JA
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Talbot Primary School
Talbot Drive, Wallisdown, Poole, BH12 5ED
Local ranking10th of 66 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 19 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 9.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 89
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 570
- Boys
- 273 (50%)
- Girls
- 274 (50%)
- Capacity
- 630 (87% full)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.6%
- EAL
- 26.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 14.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,328/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 67.5%
- White Other: 12.4%
- Black African: 4.6%
- Other: 4.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
67.5%
White British
12.4%
White Other
4.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Talbot Drive
Poole, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 144874
- UKPRN
- 10064674
- Establishment No.
- 2170
- Trust
- HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
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