Award for TGS!
We are so proud to have been awarded secondary schools winner of the Alex Timpson Attachment Research Community (ARC) Award for Best Practice in the area of attachment aware trauma informed practice by ARC Trustees. Mrs Carroll, assistant headteacher, was presented with the award at the ARC Annual Conference on
May Newsletter
Our May Newsletter showcases our amazing students past and present. Click here to take a look.
Sending our Support to Ukraine
As a school community the generosity of our students, families, friends and staff will never fail to astound. The world was brought to a standstill as news broke on February 24 that Russia had invaded Ukraine. The situation in Ukraine is actively evolving, as are the needs of citizens in
The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2021
Every year the Royal Society invites schools and youth groups to take part in judging panels across the UK, to pick the winner of the Young People’s Book Prize. During the Autumn Term a group of Tadcaster Grammar School students, from Year 8 through to Year 10, formed a judging
Supporting young carers
A young carer is a person aged between 8 and 18 who takes on an active caring role for a family member with a physical or mental illness, disability , drug or alcohol problem. A young carer can also help to look after siblings and the upkeep of the family
Headteachers Archive
Naples the Italian City Full of Unique Charms
Year 11 Geographers were given the chance to visit Naples during February half term. The trip was over three days during which students visited Sorrento, The Island of Capri and Mount Vesuvius. During the visit students Victoria Clayton and Amy Lewis kept a diary...
Students Learn Life Saving Skills
The Year 10 Child Development group are currently looking at child safety in their lessons. A large part of this is to understand common childhood accidents and injuries, and how to deal with these incidents. Mini First Aid were called in to help the students . The...
WWI Memorial Found Among Scrap Metal
A First World War memorial plaque, known as a ‘Death Penny’, was originally discovered back in the Sixties among scrap metal bought by dealer Tommy Stronach, based in Selby. His son Jack Stronach had no idea what it was until visiting the York Castle Museum many years...
Student Uses Problem Solving Skill to Raise Money
TGS student Matthew ‘Siddy’ Sidebottom needs to raise a minimum of £30 for four Cancer Charities as part of his VLS Course. Speaking to Matthew he told me "For my VLS course I have to do a Problem Solving Key Skill and mine is to raise a minimum of £30. I came up with...
U16 Yorkshire Cup Winners
Nine of our Year 11 students were among a successful squad of players at Wetherby Rugby Club who won the U16 Yorkshire Cup, beating the reigning champions 34 - 7! The squad’s coach Tom Acland said “The U16 age range is certainly the toughest of the competitions to...
Talented Young Musicians Recognised
20 year 8 pupils at Tadcaster Grammar School have successfully passed their Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music grade 1 theory exam. Students were taught and entered for the exam by the Team Leader for Performing Arts Samantha Buckley who said she is "so...
