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Talbot First School

Primary · Uttoxeter · ST14 8QJ

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 October 2021

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At a glance

35 pupils · 70% of 50 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–9
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
2.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.tmpf.staffs.sch.uk/talbot
URN
150631

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 8 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2013 entry went to 3.58 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2013. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 6 October 2021, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

8 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3.58 miles for 2013 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2013 entry) lived within 3.58 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 97% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
0%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Staffordshire: 1.97 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,934; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£13,222
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £31,000; in-year balance +£18,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.8%62.3%
Social housing5.3%17.1%
Privately rented11.9%20.5%
Detached houses63.7%22.9%
Flats2.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029411 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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