Talbot Specialist School

State-Funded School

talbot-specialist-school-sheffield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

SheffieldLocal Authority

Sheffield HeeleyConstituency

S8 9JPPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Talbot Specialist School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 253 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

18%

Black

11%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

253

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

57%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 253
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 29 June 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 May 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.