EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD
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Since we are unable to run Progression Week as we would like, we have provided all the information you need in this booklet. Students opting for the World of Work pathway can also find additional support materials on this dedicated page.
In addition to being available online, the booklets will also be posted home. |
Art & Photography applicants' portfolio submissions
If you have applied to study either A-level Art, BTEC Art & Design or A-level Photography at Tallis next year (from September 2020), please read the latest information about the submission of your portfolios on the Letters Home page. Note: There is an important correction to the information previously sent our about A-level Art and BTEC art.
Awarding of Grades: Information for A-level students
Awarding of Grades: Information for BTEC students
Awarding of Grades for Year 13 BTEC Students
On 14 May Pearson the BTEC exam board confirmed what will happen with Year 13 BTECs this year. They have asked us to provide them with grades for coursework units Year 13 students have already completed and a prediction for any coursework units which were incomplete on March 20. Pearson will produce a grade for any externally assessed units that were cancelled in May/June. Year 13 students do not need to complete any further work for their BTECs and overall grades will be issued on Results Day. Please do not ask any teacher for grades that they have predicted as we cannot communicate these with students. Please move on with your plans about university or apprenticeships and let us know if you need help with these.
Awarding of Grades for Year 12 BTEC Students
On 14 May Pearson the BTEC exam board confirmed what will happen with Year 12 BTECs this year. They have asked us to provide them with grades for coursework units Year 12 students have already completed and a prediction for any coursework units which were incomplete on March 20 but due to be completed this year. Pearson will produce a grade for any externally assessed units that were cancelled in May/June. Student grades for all Year 12 units will be finalised using this method and Year 12 students must now start preparing for their Year 13 course to begin. BTEC teachers will confirm what each student needs to do now i.e. preparation for next year's units. All Year 12 students should continue working on this preparatory work set by teachers as next year will be a challenge for everyone and we want to make sure that students are in the best position. Please do not ask any teacher for grades that they have predicted as we cannot communicate these with students.
On 14 May Pearson the BTEC exam board confirmed what will happen with Year 13 BTECs this year. They have asked us to provide them with grades for coursework units Year 13 students have already completed and a prediction for any coursework units which were incomplete on March 20. Pearson will produce a grade for any externally assessed units that were cancelled in May/June. Year 13 students do not need to complete any further work for their BTECs and overall grades will be issued on Results Day. Please do not ask any teacher for grades that they have predicted as we cannot communicate these with students. Please move on with your plans about university or apprenticeships and let us know if you need help with these.
Awarding of Grades for Year 12 BTEC Students
On 14 May Pearson the BTEC exam board confirmed what will happen with Year 12 BTECs this year. They have asked us to provide them with grades for coursework units Year 12 students have already completed and a prediction for any coursework units which were incomplete on March 20 but due to be completed this year. Pearson will produce a grade for any externally assessed units that were cancelled in May/June. Student grades for all Year 12 units will be finalised using this method and Year 12 students must now start preparing for their Year 13 course to begin. BTEC teachers will confirm what each student needs to do now i.e. preparation for next year's units. All Year 12 students should continue working on this preparatory work set by teachers as next year will be a challenge for everyone and we want to make sure that students are in the best position. Please do not ask any teacher for grades that they have predicted as we cannot communicate these with students.
Information for Year 11 students who hold a Provisional Offer from Tallis Post-16 for 2020-2021
If we've made you a Provisional Offer of a place in Thomas Tallis's sixth form, it's dependent on particular GCSE grades being achieved. On April 3 2020 Ofqual explained exactly how your GCSE grades are to be calculated. Please see their letter to students (link above) which explains how this will work. You will still need to meet our entry qualifications to be able to take up your place with us. Our entry qualifications for each of our courses can be found here.
We are still working on our Enrolment procedures and we will contact successful applicants to us in due course when these are finalised. In the meantime, please visit our Reading and Research page and start reading ahead about the courses you are looking to study.
We are still working on our Enrolment procedures and we will contact successful applicants to us in due course when these are finalised. In the meantime, please visit our Reading and Research page and start reading ahead about the courses you are looking to study.
Events update: all school events are cancelled
The Post 16 Yorkshire Trip in June is now cancelled. We will refund the payment you have made to us. We have (very) provisionally moved our booking to Mon 21 Sept - Wed 23 Sept 2020. Please do ‘bookmark’ these dates for your (presently) Year 12 child.
The Year 13 Graduation Ceremony scheduled for Friday 3 July has been cancelled. We will reschedule when we can.
The Year 13 Graduation Ceremony scheduled for Friday 3 July has been cancelled. We will reschedule when we can.
School work during the period of school closure.
Our instructions to Year 13 students are:
Our instructions to Year 12 students are:
Please click the button below to access resources to support education at home:
- You are fantastic and we will celebrate your passage into adulthood properly in due course when we can. You are physically leaving school on Friday 20 March instead of rather later and so the customary well-deserved ballyhoo, jamboree and alarums and excursions cannot now go ahead. But! Watch this space!
- UCAS: UCAS are presently saying that no-one will be disadvantaged by what has happened. So, reply to your UCAS offers in the normal way. Mr Wilks, Ms Lumsden and Ms McGowan can offer expert advice before you do this, particularly about which offer to choose as your Firm and which to choose as your Insurance offer. Remember: your Insurance offer must be lower than your Firm offer.
- Exam Grades. On 20 March 2020 initial guidance about how these are to be calculated was published. As expected, teacher assessment checked against prior achievement and other statistical information will be used.
- Exam Results Days. OFQUAL have confirmed that Results Day will be the 13 August for A-level and BTEC and 20 August for GCSE. The OFQUAL document which explains this and also how exam grades are being calculated is here. We don't yet know whether we will be able to invite students in to collect their results, or whether we will post results home. We will let you know about this as soon as we have further information.
- Student Finance - complete this in the usual way. The deadline is the 25 May for new applicants. The link is here.
- Start your reading for university - get onto the Reading Lists that your desired university course specifies and get stuck in! Get hold of the university itself if you need! They'll be impressed!
- Consider extending yourself with an online course - The Open University is an outstanding place to start and their free university-level courses are here. Interested in a course from Harvard, Stanford, Imperial etc? They're here. Stretch your head!
- Remember the Wider Reading page - it's here. Stuff for each subject.
- Art College Applicants - please contact Mr Nicholls if you have any queries.
- World of Work students - please contact Maria Elia.
Our instructions to Year 12 students are:
- You are fantastic and have made a great start to sixth form study so far. We will see you soon and are already looking forward to it.
- Continue working as directed by your teachers. Their instructions to you are posted on Insight and/or MS Teams.
- Work broadly in accordance with your usual timetable. Remember: good students in Year 12 work for between 30 and 35 hours a week.
- Remember the Wider Reading page - it's here. Stuff for each subject.
Please click the button below to access resources to support education at home:
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