The Tiffin Girls' School

Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PL · Kingston upon Thames grammar school

Ofsted: Outstanding Girls
Test board
Consortium: N/A. Tiffin Boys and Tiffin Girls each run separate tests

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2021-10-13)

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children with combined mark ≥ the 350th-ranked mark
  2. Pupil premium inner or designated — Up to 60 places (combined mark ≥ 350th-ranked mark): (i) Pupil Premium girls in the Inner Area or Designated Area, then (ii) all other girls in the Inner Area
  3. Designated area — Remaining places: girls in the Designated Area, ranked by Combined Score
  4. Outside designated area — Girls outside the Designated Area, ranked by Combined Score

What the entrance test covers

Each Tiffin school sets its own TWO-STAGE test (separate registrations and dates): Stage 1 — English and maths, partly multiple-choice, with elements similar to GL and CEM styles plus school-specific question types. Used as a screen: only high scorers are invited to Stage 2. Stage 2 — English and maths papers set by the school itself: comprehension, a writing task, and standard-format maths questions (written answers, not multiple-choice). Scoring (Tiffin Girls' published model): a Combined Mark weighted 60% English / 40% maths — the English mark comes solely from Stage 2, while the maths mark combines Stage 2 and Stage 1 results 3:1. Tiffin School (boys) uses a similar two-stage structure — check each school's current admissions page for exact weightings and dates.

University destinations

Oxbridge
17%
Russell Group
80%
Top-third university
86%
Any degree
94%

Of the 161-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Tudor ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£825,000

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Kingston upon Thames admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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