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
Students Creating Safer Communities and Making Their Schools Proud
Two students from Tadcaster Grammar School took part in the North Yorkshire Police Lifestyle Challenge competition. Year 8 students Dean Best and Andrew Worsley, together with Luke Hebbron and Josh Bradley from Sherburn High School and Jordan Parkinson from Selby High...
An Audience at the House of Lords
The thought of speaking at the House of Lords would be a daunting prospect even for the best public speaker. Not so for Jemima Browning at the tender age of only 16 years. The Year 11 student just takes everything in her stride to promote sport for all, no matter what...
Eleanor Strikes Gold with Viking Coin Design
Year 7 Tadcaster Grammar School student Eleanor Lombard has struck gold with her design. Eleanor, aged 12, entered a competition, along with hundreds of other children, to design a new coin to be sold at the Jorvik Viking Centre in York. The Jorvik Viking Centre,...
Tadcaster Grammar School is a ‘Good’ School
A recent visit by Ofsted has confirmed that Tadcaster Grammar School continues to be 'Good'. "I am delighted that the inspection team found that the school continues to be 'good'. This is wonderful news and something that everyone connected with TGS should be really...
Poignant Words of War Told Through Poetry Competition
Poignant words of war were told through poetry in an Inter-House competition. Year 9 students studied various war poems, including 'Exposure' and 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen and Tennyson's' Charge of the Light Brigade'. The English Team then ran a...
Five Go To Oxford
Five students from Tadcaster Grammar School have been offered places at Oxford University, with three offers coming from Brasenose College. Head Girl, Eleanor Dodd, is hoping to get the grades to study History at Brasenose and said she was “very surprised but really...
