Talbot Heath Junior School A GSG School
- Talbot Heath Junior School
Rothesay Road
Bournemouth
BH4 9NJ - Head: Liz Pugh
- T 01202 763360
- F 01202 768155
- E jsoffice@talbotheath.org
- W www.talbotheath.org
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 3 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Read about the best schools in Dorset
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Pupils: 250
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: £8,157 - £14,121 pa
- Open days: Please contact the school for details.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Talbot Heath School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Not surprisingly, the new £7.6 million STEAM Hub, complete with a 600-seat auditorium, art studios, design workshops and interactive wall and floor, is hugely popular with the youngest girls. A recent project involved juniors devising ways for the three bears to design chairs that would support Goldilocks while another saw year 5s learning about the heart and circulatory system by running around a giant heart...
What the school says...
Talbot Heath is unique in the area, offering complete continuity of education for girls aged 3-18 in an environment where the children enjoy the best standards of education and care. The children also benefit from access to the Senior School 's comprehensive specialist facilities. We are proud of our academic reputation, but our strengths lie in many areas, including music, sport and the creative arts. The school offers an excellent start to all pupils and they are nurtured and encouraged in a caring, family environment throughout the school, where each pupil is enabled to reach their full potential. We place most value, however, on the ethos of the school; creating an environment where the children are happy and confident and, most importantly, where children are enjoying their educational experience. ...Read more
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2018, Liz Pugh BA PGCE, previously deputy head. Educated at Parkstone Grammar School, then studied law and history at Oxford Brookes, followed by a PGCE. Joined the junior school in 2007 as a year 2 teacher, then taught year 5 and became SEN coordinator before being appointed as deputy head with special responsibility for pastoral care. Her philosophy in life is to seize every opportunity, try your best and always treat those around you as you would like to be treated. Married with grown-up children.
Entrance
Not selective until year 2. From that point onwards, girls are tested in English, maths and verbal reasoning.
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