Newcastle upon Tyne
Talbot House Children's Charity
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What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Academic signal is not available for this school phase in our current dataset.
No Progress 8 data is available for this school in the years we hold.
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Watch-outs
- Small cohort (3 pupils in the latest results year). Figures may be less reliable and some data may be suppressed.
What to do next
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Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | 7+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/2026 (provisional) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024/2025 | 8 | 17.3 | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 1.1 |
| 2023/2024 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022/2023 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021/2022 | 6 | 5.8 | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.4 |
EBacc figures stop at 2024/2025: the DfE no longer publishes them from 2025/2026.
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School information
| URN | 133779 |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Region | North East |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Non-maintained special school |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 4-16 |
| Headteacher | Head Teacher Christine Smiles |
| Trust | — |
| Admissions | Not applicable |
| Religious character | Does not apply |
| Postcode | NE15 8HW |
| Pupils | 68 |
| FSM eligible | 54.4% |
Contact and identifiers
Hexham Road, Walbottle, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 8HW
www.talbothousecc.org.uk7711405732| DfE number | 7038 |
| UKPRN | 10017915 |
| Opened | 1 Sept 2002 |
| GIAS updated | 27 Jan 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 27 Jan 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2025/2026 |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 25 Sept 2023 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3 |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 11 Jul 2023 |
| Publication date | 25 Sept 2023 |