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Welcome to Thomas Tallis. We are a large, happy and exciting school with a commitment to comprehensive values of excellence and creativity. I hope that you will find what you are looking for. Come and visit us in person to see the whole picture.

Carolyn Roberts, Head

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How the arts inspired confidence in our pupils with SEND

"Putting our students with SEND at the forefront of collaborative arts projects has had a huge impact on their learning." An article about one of our Tate Exchange projects has been published on the TES website. Read more...

Term Dates 2018-19

The term dates for 2018-19 are now available in the Calendar section of the website.

Skeleton Summer Exams Timetable

Please click here to access a general timetable for all exam boards (KS4 & 5) for this summer's public exams. Please note that practical examinations are not listed. A personalised timetable will be issued to all students in the coming weeks.

Top 10% of Post 16 Centres nationally

We are very pleased to have confirmation from Alps of the excellent performance of students in the Post 16 Centre. Our students' results are compared with 2,890 schools across the country and we are placed in the top 10%. This represents consistently high performance over the last three years. Congratulations to everyone in the Post 16 team for their support and guidance and to all our Post 16 students and teachers for their continuing success.

Ofsted

We have our OFSTED letter following our short inspection on 25 January 2018. It is a fair report and we are confirmed as a GOOD school. I hope that you know that we work hard to maintain our excellent areas and improve what needs improving. (Just so you know, when OFSTED says that disadvantaged pupils ‘underachieve’ or have progress ‘well below average’, they have a specific meaning. ‘Disadvantaged pupils’ are also known as Pupil Premium. Their achievement and progress is measured against all pupils nationally. At Tallis, disadvantaged pupils perform at the average level for disadvantaged pupils nationally.) As this was a short inspection the team of three only looked at areas identified by their data. They did not, for example, look at any aspect of Tallis post-16 or at any departments not named in the letter. They’ll do a full inspection next time. The team were impressed by the responses on Parent View. Thank you for your support.

Carolyn Roberts

Download the Insight app

Have you downloaded the Insight app? It makes keeping track of your child's timetable, home learning, attendance, Parents' evening appointments and other school data really easy. The app is available for iPhone and Android devices.

Parent View

Ofsted is inviting parents to let them know what they think of their child’s school. If you would like to share your views of the school with Ofsted, please click on this link. Ofsted will take your views into account, and use the information provided to help them decide when they will inspect the school.

Please take a look at our TALLIS Character page. We are delighted with the designs created by Gilles & Cecilie Studio with whom we have worked on several other projects. We hope you like them too!

Take a look at the set of resources now available on the Support Your Teen page. We value the support you provide at home so here is some helpful advice about how to deal with key issues faced by our young people.