St Mark's C Of E Primary School

Lovely school with great values

It is an amazing school and you are very lucky to go there if you get into the school.

After 7 years at st marks i was sad when i was going to leave some of the teachers are lovely some are not that great. teachers teach in resection are mrs macaque,mr bright and mrs perks and it goes on i am still in year 6. even the school has its own swimming pool. the school is over 250 years old. two sisters built the school and they were called georgina talbot. and and the school was built in 1862 and endowed 11 years later by the sister of the foundress. it provided a lodging for the family of the schoolmaster and an acre of garden. there were 63 children in attendance. they were instructed in the three rs- reading, writing and arithmetic - and the girls had an additional subject, needlework. the deed of settlement in 1887 included a sum of £66 - 'so long as the portrait of georgina charlotte talbot shall be hung in the schoolroom and the inscription kept'. the first headmaster was samuel kerley. he had a son 'young sam' and a daughter. young sam became people's warden and lived 98 years. he tolled the bell at the first service in the church. he created a log book for the school and the first entry in october 1877 records an alteration in fee by order of the trustees: "the children who do not belong to talbot village pay 3d each, except where there are more than two children from the same family. the fees would then be 3d, for the first, 2d for the second and 1d for each of the others." the early log books of the school provide many insights into the life of the times; its school history and climatic conditions. early photographs show the changes in fashion. in 1886 the girls wore pleated dresses and hair was drawn severely from the face. the boys wore knickerbockers and the coats were fitted under eton type collars. the name of the school seems to vary; the stone mounted in the building gives it as "endowed", at another time it is called "talbot village undenominational school". with the coming of the barchester scheme when the school was helped by diocesan funds it became "st mark's aided school". with the extension of the dorset boundary in 1974 it became "st mark's, bournemouth". to the old inhabitants of the area it will always be known as "talbot" or the "village school". the school, after the celebration of its centenary in 1962, had the final stages of its improvements and its modernisation completed, including extra classrooms, an assembly hall and connecting corridors, and this was officially opened by sir john eden, mp in march 1967. the parents' association is very active and largely through their efforts a covered, heated swimming pool has been built.

Liked it alright my daughter is in year 6 and she loves her teacher which is mr simpkin hes a loving kind person the headteacher mrs bur used to be my sisters headteacher and mrs burn has helped my daughter alot thx mrs burn. mr bright the head master has been my neices head master whilst they don't have one hes kind aswell thanx st marks you are one of the best schools.

My daughter was sad when she spilt up with her best friend and we were a bit concerned about it. but now she absolutely loves he class in year 4 with mrs scoble. we want to say "big thank you mrs scoble for making children so much fun and gives them wonderful memories of these times which they never forget and they always remember these times. your compassion and caring for children. also we thank you mr bright for encouraging the children's individual interest (re) . we are so blessed that our daughter came to st marks school. we would like to thank you all for your love and concern for the children left in your care.