Latest News:Letter from Mrs Roberts regarding March's return to school:24.2.21
Dear Tallis family, We are planning for our return-to-school process and our year 11 and 13 final assessments as speedily as we can. I will communicate to parents by email as usual, so please keep reading those. We plan to test students in Years 12 and 13 on Friday 5th March so they can return live to Tallis on Monday 8th March. Please keep an eye on your emails and the post-16 website for details. We’ll let you know soon about the testing programme for other students. It will be nice to see everyone again! Yours, Carolyn Roberts More information about COVID self-testing on Friday 5 MarchSelf-testing for asymptomatic COVID – Friday 5 March
We have now invited all sixth form students in to test themselves for asymptomatic COVID on Friday 5 March so that we may begin teaching Year 12 and Year 13 students on Monday 8 March. The tests are self-administered and all the students in Years 7-9 who’ve been coming to school as the children of key workers have been testing themselves twice a week since January. Why test? Asymptomatic testing is an important tool for helping to break the chains of transmission of the virus and we would very strongly prefer that everyone is tested in line with the government protocols which are based on the best scientific advice available. Lots of the spread of the virus during the last wave was driven by younger people who were infectious but did not know that they were because they felt fine. If we are all repeatedly tested, even if we do not have symptoms, then we are all much safer in the school environment. Being tested is both good for the person tested and a selfless act that is good for everyone around them. Giving permission – no permission, no test Students aged 16 and over can give permission themselves to test themselves for asymptomatic COVID. We would strongly prefer students do self-test, but we cannot insist. Students who are not willing to test themselves will simply return to school on Monday 8 along with everyone else. We have emailed a permission link to every student in Year 12 and Year 13 – no permission, no test. Masks and face-coverings in the school building and in classroomsIn line with the government guidelines, we would strongly prefer all non-exempt sixth form students to wear a mask or face-covering when on site. This means when moving around the building, and in classrooms and study areas.
Students who believe themselves to be exempt may obtain a sticker for their lanyard from their Head of Year. Awarding Grades to Year 13 studentsOn 25 February 2021 the government issued instructions about how grades are to be awarded to Year 13 students this year. We are considering these instructions carefully and will write to Year 13 students with more detail about our process for awarding grades shortly.
As the government instruct, we will schedule a final assessment period between Easter and May half-term. Curriculum areas will decide on the assessments that will take place in that time, using exam board-generated materials where appropriate. Teachers will then refer to the results of these assessments and other evidence available from across the course for each student in order to generate a holistic grade. There will then be a quality assurance process before grades are submitted on 12 June 2021. More details about the government’s plan is here. Applications to TALLIS 16+ for 2021/22 are now closed.If you have made an application to Tallis Post 16 for the September 2021 admissions, please be aware we are currently in the process of requesting and sorting through academic references from your current schools. We have had an extremely high number of external applicants this year (c. 1200+ for what will be somewhere between 200 and 250 places) and it is going to take us a while to sort through them fairly. Please bear with us whilst we do this.
Thank you for your patience, The Tallis Post 16 Admissions Team EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD
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Tallis Post-16 judged Outstanding by OFSTEDTallis Post-16 was inspected in December 2018 and the OFSTED report was published in January 2019. See the extract from our inspection report – we think it is honest and fair. It’s also glowing! OFSTED say we offer outstanding teaching, meticulous advice about university and art colleges, are generally very well organised, are highly inclusive, are competently led – high praise! - and much else that is lovely to hear. Sometimes it’s nice to be told what you already know!
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Thomas Tallis School 16-19 Tuition Fund Expenditure Statement
The DFE’s 16-19 Tuition Fund for 2020-2021 is ring-fenced for the provision of small group tuition for certain groups of KS5 students whose learning was disrupted last year: students with an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP); students who achieved a grade 4 or below in English or Mathematics; students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
We are required by the DFE to publish a statement on our website explaining how we will spend this money.
With this money, Thomas Tallis School intends to focus on providing small group and individual tuition in English and/or mathematics to students from the groups above who have gaps in their knowledge, or a need to improve in specific areas, so that they may retake their English and/or maths GCSE with a better prospect of success.
We are required by the DFE to publish a statement on our website explaining how we will spend this money.
With this money, Thomas Tallis School intends to focus on providing small group and individual tuition in English and/or mathematics to students from the groups above who have gaps in their knowledge, or a need to improve in specific areas, so that they may retake their English and/or maths GCSE with a better prospect of success.