Talbot Specialist School
Lees Hall Road, Sheffield, S8 9JP
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Miss Heather Partington
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Sheffield Heeley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 253
- URN
- 107178
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01142507394
About this school
Talbot Specialist School is a community special school in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 253 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 29 June 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 26 | 39 | 39 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Talbot Specialist School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 217 |
| 2023/24 | 235 |
| 2024/25 | 234 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.93%
- English as an additional language
- 26.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.28%
- Persistent absence
- 27.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Phoenix School of Therapeutic Education0.4 miles
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-
Mossbrook School1.2 miles
Special schools · Sheffield
-
Sheffield Inclusion Centre1.6 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Sheffield
-
Discovery Academy1.6 miles
Free Schools · Sheffield
-
Brantwood Garden School1.7 miles
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- Kenwood Academy Academies
- Kingfisher Academy Academies
- Landmarks Other types
- Lotus Academy Academies
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Common questions
- What year groups does Talbot Specialist School teach?
- Talbot Specialist School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Sheffield.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Talbot Specialist School?
- The executive headteacher of Talbot Specialist School is Miss Heather Partington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Talbot Specialist School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Talbot Specialist School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Talbot Specialist School?
- Talbot Specialist School has 253 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Talbot Specialist School a faith school?
- No. Talbot Specialist School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Talbot Specialist School have?
- The schools register lists Talbot Specialist School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Talbot Specialist School's absence rate?
- Talbot Specialist School's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Talbot Specialist School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Talbot Specialist School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.