Community special school

Talbot Specialist School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber · Sheffield S8 9JPSchool website
Pupils on roll
253
Free school meals
55.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
39
Ofsted
School remains Good, 29 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 26 pupils who finished Year 11 at Talbot Specialist School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Talbot Specialist School’s own sixth form (Sheffield average 36%), 35% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Sheffield and England.

Talbot Specialist School
Sheffield
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureTalbot Specialist SchoolSheffieldEngland
Pupils in the cohort265,938607,348
Any sustained destination96%89%92%
Stayed in education96%84%86%
— school sixth form0%36%34%
— sixth form college0%8%13%
— further education college35%38%37%
— other education62%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination4%7%6%
Destination unknown0%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Sheffield

Ecclesfield School

Academy sponsor led · 1,711 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.