Thomas Tallis School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–19 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.12 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thomas Tallis School is a secondary school in London, Greenwich for ages 11–19 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Thomas Tallis School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.12 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.12 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 13 Greenwich secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Across the 5 years with a published Year 7 distance, the figure stayed close to the year before each time.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 344 first-choice applications for 249 offers; 198 offers went to first-choice families and 146 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Greenwich.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Greenwich schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 134 Kidbrooke Park Road, London, SE3 9PX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 2,092 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly, welcoming and caring school.”
- “They are given many opportunities to express their individuality within school.”
- “Leaders make sure that pupils are supported well through exceptional pastoral care.”
To improve
- “The school’s recent work on the curriculum is starting to lead to improvements for pupils, although previously published outcomes are still low.”
- “However, the strong curriculum ambitions are not implemented securely on occasions.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils do not remember important subject content deeply.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 344 first-preference applications, 249 offers in total, 198 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Greenwich.
- Leigh Academy Halley 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Blackheath 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harris Academy Greenwich 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The John Roan School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ark Greenwich Free School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Eltham Hill School 1.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Ursula's Convent School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published