Applying to Thomas Tallis 16+ for 2025-2026
We closed our Applicaa account to new applications on Monday 24 March.
After this point we will only accept applications in exceptional circumstances (such as a sudden change in circumstances caused by external factors).
If you think such considerations apply to you then please email [email protected] setting out the change in your circumstances.
Key admissions and enrolment info and dates for 2025-2026 applicants:
Offers made:
We anticipate that we will make offers from the end of March 2025. We have many applicants every year, and it takes time to work through them carefully. Please be patient.
In most cases we make successful applicants a Conditional Offer. Holding a Conditional Offer means that you will be invited to enrol in person after you receive your GCSE results on Thursday 21st August 2025. We do not guarantee offer-holders a curriculum in advance, and may only enrol applicants onto courses which have space and which they meet the minimum entry requirements for.
Our current entry requirements are listed below.
Taster Days:
Each year we invite Offer holders to try out courses in school. The provisional dates for thes Taster Days are Monday 30 June and Tuesday 1 July: full details to follow.
Enrolment:
Please note - to formally enrol and convert a provisional offer into firm place, students must enrol in person on GCSE Results day on 21 August 2025 or the day after. We do not offer virtual enrolment.
If we are oversubscribed, we must follow the priority order criteria as set out by the Royal Borough of Greenwich: 1) Looked After Children and those with EHCPs; 2) Current Tallis Y11 students; 3) Current Y11 students at other Greenwich state schools (as listed here); 4) Current Y11 students at other schools; 5) all other applicants. Please note: we give first-time external applicants (i.e. those in Year 11) priority over applicants already in Year 12.
We anticipate that we will make offers from the end of March 2025. We have many applicants every year, and it takes time to work through them carefully. Please be patient.
In most cases we make successful applicants a Conditional Offer. Holding a Conditional Offer means that you will be invited to enrol in person after you receive your GCSE results on Thursday 21st August 2025. We do not guarantee offer-holders a curriculum in advance, and may only enrol applicants onto courses which have space and which they meet the minimum entry requirements for.
Our current entry requirements are listed below.
Taster Days:
Each year we invite Offer holders to try out courses in school. The provisional dates for thes Taster Days are Monday 30 June and Tuesday 1 July: full details to follow.
Enrolment:
Please note - to formally enrol and convert a provisional offer into firm place, students must enrol in person on GCSE Results day on 21 August 2025 or the day after. We do not offer virtual enrolment.
If we are oversubscribed, we must follow the priority order criteria as set out by the Royal Borough of Greenwich: 1) Looked After Children and those with EHCPs; 2) Current Tallis Y11 students; 3) Current Y11 students at other Greenwich state schools (as listed here); 4) Current Y11 students at other schools; 5) all other applicants. Please note: we give first-time external applicants (i.e. those in Year 11) priority over applicants already in Year 12.
We review our timetable, our course pathways, and our entry requirements for individual subjects from year to year. For a good idea of how we work and what we expect, see below for our present plan for the details of our 2024-2025 offer. We don't anticipate the 'small print' will change very much, although we do revise our curriculum plan during each academic year.
Level 3 courses are a significant step up from those completed at Key Stage 4. You must choose your subjects carefully. Try to choose subjects that you are good at: this is why we recommend at least a 6 at GCSE in any A-level subject desired at Key Stage 5. It can be hard to stay motivated if you are struggling with a subject. Look carefully at the subject syllabus and how it is assessed. Consider which subjects ‘fit together’ and compliment each other. Finally, make sure your subject combination prepares you for your future goal, be it the world of work or higher education. If you're unsure, ask us about this!
For entry we generally require all students to have a minimum of five 4-9 qualifications at GCSE including Maths and English at 5, but provide the option for students to retake an English or Maths GCSE if necessary. It is a general recommendation that students need a 6 in the GCSE subject they intend to continue to A-level, (see the latest information, below). Students with a majority of 4 grades will take BTEC courses; only if GCSE grades are rather stronger than this will A-levels be possible. It is also worth noting that students need to achieve a D grade / Merit or above in Year 12 if we are to recommend progression in that course to Year 13.
For entry we generally require all students to have a minimum of five 4-9 qualifications at GCSE including Maths and English at 5, but provide the option for students to retake an English or Maths GCSE if necessary. It is a general recommendation that students need a 6 in the GCSE subject they intend to continue to A-level, (see the latest information, below). Students with a majority of 4 grades will take BTEC courses; only if GCSE grades are rather stronger than this will A-levels be possible. It is also worth noting that students need to achieve a D grade / Merit or above in Year 12 if we are to recommend progression in that course to Year 13.
The following table outlines our pathways for sixth form study and gives a general sense of the entry qualifications required for each. Please note: we also set specific entry requirements for particular A-level and BTEC courses, and these are also outlined below. Some subjects, such as Media, may require the submission of a portfolio of work, for instance.
The table below shows our anticipated timetable blocking. We reserve the right to change it as we need, although it is a good indication of our likely blocking for the upcoming year. Only one subject can be studied in each column or block.
Recommended pathways
Please see our Entry Requirements document below for more precise details of the entry requirements we set for each course that we offer. We reserve the right to change these from time to time. Please also see our timetable blocking: students can pick at most one course in each column. Finally, please also remember that our timetable may change from year to year.
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