Thomas Tallis School

About Thomas Tallis School

Thomas Tallis School sits within the Greenwich local authority, a London borough with 19 secondary schools where it currently ranks 10th by Progress 8 score. That places it in the bottom half of the local league table, behind top-performing peers such as Ark Greenwich Free School, St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School, and Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Leigh Academy Blackheath, just 1.3 kilometres away. Thomas Tallis itself has held a Good rating across its most recent inspections, including an ungraded visit in February 2024 that confirmed the school remains Good. Leadership and management were also judged Good in the last graded inspection, while the sixth form provision was rated Outstanding. With 2,066 pupils on roll against a capacity of 1,950, the school is oversubscribed and serves a diverse community where 27.5 per cent of students are eligible for free school meals.

At Key Stage 4, Thomas Tallis pupils achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.12, which is below the Greenwich local authority average of 0.1 and places the school in the national bottom 50 per cent. The Attainment 8 score stands at 45.9, and 63.6 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, dropping to 46 per cent at grade 5 or above. The EBacc average point score is 4.14, with 44.1 per cent of pupils entering the EBacc combination and 28 per cent achieving the benchmark at grade 4 or above. At Key Stage 5, the picture is stronger: the sixth form’s value added score of 0.14 is rated above average nationally, and students achieved an average of 37.1 points per entry, equivalent to a B- grade. The best three A-levels averaged 36.63 points, also a B-, and 17.2 per cent of entries were graded AAB or higher.

The school offers a wide range of facilities including playing fields, a gymnasium, science labs, an ICT suite, sports hall, art studios, a sixth form centre, and a chapel. Sports provision covers tennis, basketball, rounders, swimming, hockey, dance, and gymnastics, while extracurricular clubs include Model UN, drama, Young Enterprise, choir, newspaper, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and debate. Thomas Tallis has a substantial SEND department, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate and severe learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 1,164 applications for 250 places, with 305 first-preference applications and 184 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 4.66. This is a large, inclusive comprehensive that suits families looking for a broad curriculum, strong sixth form outcomes, and extensive SEND support within a diverse urban setting.

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