Tiffin School

Kingston upon Thames, KT2 6RL · Kingston upon Thames grammar school

Ofsted: Good Boys
Furthest distance offered (2025)
6.21 miles
Test board
Consortium: N/A. Tiffin Boys and Tiffin Girls each run separate tests

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2022-05-24)

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

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after priority area — Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children in the Priority Area (<10km straight-line from school)
  2. Pupil premium priority area — Pupil Premium boys (primary school PP funding) in the Priority Area
  3. Priority area — Remaining places (less up to 18 aptitude places): boys in the Priority Area, ranked by Combined Score
  4. Outside priority area — Boys outside the Priority Area, ranked by Combined Score
  5. Aptitude places — Up to 18 reserved places (score ≥ 450th-ranked Combined Score): 9 Sporting Aptitude + 9 Musical Aptitude, both restricted to boys in the Priority Area

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
9%
Russell Group
73%
Top-third university
80%
Any degree
93%

Of the 200-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, Norbiton ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£510,000

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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