Thomas Tallis School is a state-maintained secondary school in London, United Kingdom with 2,092 pupils. Ofsted: Good, inspected 11 December 2018. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Tallis Learning Centre Manager (closes 20 November).
Head
Steve Parsons, Head Teacher
Type
State-maintained, Secondary
Pupils
2,092 pupils · 46% girls · 23.6% eligible for free school meals · 14.3% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
451 (21.6%) on SEN support · 128 (6.1%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Thomas Tallis is a flourishing and popular school situated in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We currently have over 2000 pupils on roll, including around 700 students in our…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
47.4
48.9%
2024/25
45.6
43.4%
2023/24
45.9
46.0%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
20 February 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
11 December 2018
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
117.0
17.9
–
0
£64,392
2024/25
117.9
17.5
11%
0
£59,019
2023/24
131.6
15.8
22%
0
£57,994
2022/23
129.1
16.3
12%
0
£50,955
2021/22
125.9
16.5
18%
0
£52,245
2020/21
126.9
16.0
13%
0
£50,548
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
117.1
16.8
11%
1
£47,417
2018/19
110.4
17.3
13%
0
£47,049
2017/18
116.3
16.3
17%
0
£45,315
2016/17
118.6
15.5
15%
0
£45,183
2015/16
128.7
14.0
23%
0
£44,718
2014/15
125.6
14.1
15%
0
£43,289
2013/14
126.5
13.3
17%
0
£43,749
2012/13
122.7
13.5
21%
0
£43,429
2011/12
118.9
13.6
25%
0
£44,156
2010/11
126.1
12.7
16%
0
£46,310
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
10.0%
5.7%
25.9%
4.8%
2024/25
9.7%
5.6%
25.7%
5.3%
2023/24
9.2%
6.5%
26.5%
3.7%
2022/23
9.1%
6.7%
25.2%
2.9%
2021/22
8.6%
4.0%
26.6%
1.5%
2020/21
4.8%
2.5%
13.0%
0.9%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.0%
3.6%
11.7%
0.6%
2017/18
4.9%
3.5%
12.4%
0.3%
2016/17
5.8%
4.3%
16.5%
0.7%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
4 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching, 2 support. Most often advertised: Education Assistant for Interventions, Maths Teacher, Midday Supervisor. Last advertised July 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.