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Tiffin School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 83 83.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL A A 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
83.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
100% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
90.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.86 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 79.1[6] 98.3%[6]
2023/24 79.2[4] 98.9%[4] +0.86[4]
2022/23 80.6[7] 100%[7] +0.79[7]
2021/22 79.7[8] 98%[8] +0.47[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2023/24 A[10]
2022/23 A-[11]
2021/22 A[12]
2018/19 A-[13]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
24 May 2022[14]
Type
S5 Inspection[14]
Report published
21 Sep 2022[14]
Personal development
Outstanding[14]
Quality of education
Good[14]
Overall effectiveness
Good[14]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[14]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[14]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
784 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
479 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
195 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 778[15] 477[15] 192[15] 4.1[15]
Entry Sept 2024 770[15] 445[15] 190[15] 4.1[15]
Entry Sept 2023 800[15] 473[15] 192[15] 4.2[15]
Entry Sept 2022 719[15] 454[15] 186[15] 3.9[15]

Priority areas

Priority Area
Within 10 km (6.2 miles) · Living in the Priority Area gives priority in admissions, especially for those with an EHCP, Looked After Children, or those with Pupil Premium funding. Entry Sept 2027[16]
Priority Area
Within 10 km (6.2 miles) · Residents within the Priority Area are ranked higher in the admissions process. Entry Sept 2026[17]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Catchment, as the policy words it
less than 10 km from Tiffin School Entry Sept 2027[16]
Places (published admission number)
180 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Test registration closes, 11+ entry
1 Sep 2026 Entry Sept 2027[18]
Test registration opens
5 Jun 2026 Entry Sept 2027[18]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Faith
Christian[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
TIFFIN SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Kingston upon Thames[1]
Website
http://www.tiffinschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Kingston upon Thames[19]
Postcode
KT2 6RL[1]
URN
136910[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1462 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language
30.2% 2024/25[20]
SEN support
1.7% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan
0.8% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
3.4% 2024/25[20]

Practicalities

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. tiffinschool.co.uk: tiffinschool.co.uk — Admissions Policy 2027-28 Adopted February 2026 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    Please note, applicants who live less than 10 km from Tiffin School, measured as a straight line, live in the Priority Area. If you do not live in the Priority Area, you should consider very carefully if you should register your son to sit the tests and make an application for a place at Tiffin School on your Home Local Authority application form. Since September 2019, when a 10 km Priority Area was introduced, places have only been offered to those who live within 10 km of Tiffin School. (p. 13)
    All applicants who live less than 10 km from Tiffin School (see paragraph 12) live in the Priority Area. (p. 7)
    Tiffin School's Published Admission Number (PAN) for Y ear 7 for September 2027 is 180. (p. 2)
  17. tiffinschool.co.uk: tiffinschool.co.uk — Admission FAQs 2026 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    All applicants who live within 10km of Tiffin School, measured as a straight line, live in the Priority Area. Since introducing the Priority Area (previously the Inner Priority Area), places have only been offered to those who live within 10km of the School. (p. 3)
    The permanent place of residence must be the address where the boy is living at the time of submission of the common application form to your local authority, on the closing date o f 31 October 2025. (p. 3)
  18. tiffinschool.co.uk: tiffinschool.co.uk — Year 7 admissions. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Registration will close at 12 noon on Tuesday 1st September 2026. (p. 1)
    5th June 2026 (p. 1)
  19. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.