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Welcome to Thomas Tallis. We are a large, happy and exciting school with a commitment to comprehensive values of challenge and creativity. Coronavirus means that we are closed to visitors so we can’t make our usual open offer of a visit. This website paints an accurate picture of Tallis life, so have a good search if you’d like to know more. I hope that you find what you are looking for.

Carolyn Roberts, Head

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These are the NEW start and finish times for each year group from Monday 3 November:

COVID-19 Documents

Our COVID-19 Risk Assessment and System of Controls documents can be found on the Policies & Guidelines page of the website.

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Year 7 Meet the Tutor evening (online)

Parents and carers of Year 7 students are invited to attend this online event where you will have the opportunity to meet your child's tutor and ask questions. There will also be an address from the Head, Carolyn Roberts and Head of Year, Jo Rawlings.

The link to the main event is: tinyurl.com/tallisyr7tutormeet20. You will have also received a link to your particular tutor's presentation by email.

Year 10 Parent Forum

The recording of our online Forum for parents of Year 10 students on Wednesday 25 November is now available to view. We explore topics such as Covid measures in school, online learning, and how we are supporting your child to make good progress.

Ofsted letter

A letter relating to the recent COVID-19 related visit by Ofsted inspectors is now available on the Letters Home page of the website.

Year 11 Mock Examinations

Information about the Year 11 Mock Examinations and the timetable of assessments can be found on the Letters Home page.

Post 16 Open Evening (online) broadcast recording

A recording of our online Open Evening for prospective Post 16 students is now available on the Post 16 website. After looking through the information about applying to Tallis you may still wish to ask a question. If so, please click the Ask a Question button.

We look forward to your applications to our wonderful sixth form.

Year 11 Parent Forum October 2020

This is a recording of our recent online Parent Forum for parents and carers of Year 11 students.

PTI Leadership Programme mark 2020

We are delighted to confirm that the school has been awarded the 2020 PTI Leadership Programme Mark. This acknowledges and celebrates the school's focus on teaching and learning, encouraging the recruitment and development of passionate teachers and developing whole-school, subject-centred leadership. We are grateful to the PTI for the opportunity to contribute to the body of evidence of what works in schools and to encourage collaboration between schools.

Jon Curtis-Brignell, Principal Deputy Headteacher (Curriculum)

Music Mark School

We are delighted to announce that we are now a Music Mark School for 2020-21 in recognition of the high quality of our music provision for all our students.

We thank our fantastic team of music teachers, technicians, peripatetic staff and Education Assistants for their dedication and creativity. Thanks also to you, our parents, for your support and, finally, thanks to our official performing arts partners Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

PTI Subject Leadership mark for Art & Music

Congratulations to the Art and Music Departments who have been given the Prince's Teaching Institute subject leadership quality mark for 2020. This recognises the department's progress in working towards a set of ambitious development targets and the quality of the art, craft, design and music curriculum provided to Tallis students. Well done to all our colleagues teaching art, photography and music, to our technicians and Education Assistants, for their hard work, talent and teamwork.

New Prospectus

Our Prospectus for 2020-21 is now available online.

Arts Award Success

We are pleased to announce that 40 pupils in year 8 last year (now year 9) have been successful in achieving Level 1 (Bronze) Award in the Arts certified by Trinity College London. Certificates will be distributed to the students shortly. This is an amazing achievement for students during a nationwide pandemic and in the midst of lockdown. Thank to Ms Thompson and all our arts colleagues for helping to guide the students towards this impressive achievement.

Ofsted Report

We are very pleased to present our OFSTED report from the inspectors’ visit in December 2018. We are delighted to have our strengths recognised and some very reasonable questions asked of us. Parents are entitled to have a copy of the report.

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 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.