Talbot House Children's Charity
Hexham Road, Walbottle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8HW
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Stacy Murray
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Hexham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 64
- URN
- 133779
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 07711405732
About this school
Talbot House Children's Charity is a special school in Newcastle upon Tyne. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 64 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | 17.3 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | 25% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | 1.1 |
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 House Children's Charity 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 | 15% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 68 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.71%
- English as an additional language
- 13.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.64%
- Persistent absence
- 30.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mary Astell Academy1.7 miles
Academies · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Thomas Bewick School1.7 miles
Academies · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Hadrian School3.1 miles
Special schools · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Newcastle Bridges School3.3 miles
Academies · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Trinity Post 16 Solutions Limited3.4 miles
Other types · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Other schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Benton Dene School Special schools
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Hawthorn Primary School Primary
- Ivy Road Primary School Primary
- Newburn Manor Primary School Primary
- Ravenswood Primary School Primary
- North East Futures UTC Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Talbot House Children's Charity teach?
- Talbot House Children's Charity teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Who is the head teacher of Talbot House Children's Charity?
- The head teacher of Talbot House Children's Charity is Mrs Stacy Murray, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Talbot House Children's Charity last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Talbot House Children's Charity, 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 House Children's Charity?
- Talbot House Children's Charity has 64 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Talbot House Children's Charity full?
- Talbot House Children's Charity has capacity for 70 pupils and 64 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Talbot House Children's Charity a faith school?
- No. Talbot House Children's Charity has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Talbot House Children's Charity have?
- The schools register lists Talbot House Children's Charity's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Talbot House Children's Charity's absence rate?
- Talbot House Children's Charity's overall absence rate is 7.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Talbot House Children's Charity's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Talbot House Children's Charity'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 1 July 2026.