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Thomas Tallis School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
48.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
16.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.12 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.6[6] 43.4%[6]
2023/24 45.9[4] 46%[4] -0.12[4]
2022/23 46.9[7] 45%[7] -0.32[7]
2021/22 51[8] 47%[8] -0.14[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 17.2%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 9.3%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 12.9%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 12.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
57% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
14% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
15% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 64%[15] 17%[15] 12%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 63%[16] 19%[16] 10%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 58%[17] 22%[17] 12%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 64%[18] 13%[18] 10%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
61% 2022/23[19]
Education
68% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 62%[20] 65%[20] 3%[20] 17%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 54%[21] 62%[21] 2%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 56%[22] 69%[22] 3%[22] 12%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 53%[23] 61%[23] 1%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
32% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
26% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 74%[26] 31%[26]
2019/20 84%[25] 28%[25] 26%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 23%[27] 23%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 16%[28] 16%[28] 3%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
20 Feb 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
24 Apr 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Dec 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
25 Jan 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
1198 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
344 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
249 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1164[32] 305[32] 250[32] 4.7[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2024 1333[32] 331[32] 249[32] 5.4[32] 1.3[32]
Entry Sept 2023 1332[32] 384[32] 242[32] 5.5[32] 1.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 1208[32] 335[32] 257[32] 4.7[32] 1.3[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1950[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
www.thomastallisschool.com[1]
District
Greenwich[33]
Postcode
SE3 9PX[1]
URN
100190[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
2066 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
15.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
23.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
6.7% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.1% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
55.7%[35]
Mixed
17.5%[35]
Asian
5.9%[35]
Black
13.8%[35]
Any other ethnic group
3.6%[35]
Unclassified
3.5%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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