England · Grammar school
The Tiffin Girls' School
Kingston upon Thames · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136615)
Overview
- Address
- Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 5PL
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,267
- Capacity
- 1,001
- Eligible for free school meals
- 6.8%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area18% of Year 7 places offered in Kingston upon Thames for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2026 entry, the catchment has two parts. The Inner Area is these electoral wards: Berrylands, Canbury Gardens, Coombe Hill, Coombe Vale, Green Lane & St James, Kingston Gate, Kingston Town, New Malden Village, Norbiton, St Mark's & Seething Wells, Surbiton Hill, Tudor, and Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside. Up to 60 places go to the highest-scoring girls in the Inner Area (pupil premium girls first). The Designated Area is the postal districts KT1–KT10, KT12, KT13, KT17, KT19, TW1–TW5, TW7–TW17, SW13, SW14, SW15, SW17, SW18, SW19, SW20, W3, W4, W5, W7, W13, SM4 and CR4.Postcode areas: KT1, KT2, KT3, KT4, KT5, KT6, KT7, KT8, KT9, KT10, KT12, KT13, KT17, KT19, TW1, TW2, TW3, TW4, TW5, TW7, TW8, TW9, TW10, TW11, TW12, TW13, TW14, TW15, TW16, TW17, SW13, SW14, SW15, SW17, SW18, SW19, SW20, W3, W4, W5, W7, W13, SM4, CR4
- Children from outside the catchment
- No: For September 2026 entry, girls living outside the Designated Area are considered only after all girls inside it. The school reports that all places in 2024, 2025 and 2026 went to girls in the Designated or Inner Area.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 606 applicants named this school (445 as their first choice) for 189 places. 134 of 189 offers went to children living outside Kingston upon Thames.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Kingston upon Thames |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 189 | 606 | 445 | 2.4 | 134 |
| Sept 2025 | 190 | 638 | 433 | 2.3 | 135 |
| Sept 2024 | 189 | 628 | 444 | 2.3 | 136 |
| Sept 2023 | 185 | 629 | 436 | 2.4 | 132 |
| Sept 2022 | 180 | 594 | 418 | 2.3 | 127 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Kingston upon Thames |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 180 | 905 | 602 | 3.3 | 124 |
| Sept 2020 | 180 | 546 | 370 | 2.1 | 131 |
| Sept 2019 | 180 | 565 | 375 | 2.1 | 120 |
| Sept 2018 | 179 | 634 | 428 | 2.4 | 143 |
| Sept 2017 | 180 | 555 | 355 | 2.0 | 138 |
| Sept 2016 | 180 | 582 | 358 | 2.0 | 136 |
| Sept 2015 | 150 | 570 | 413 | 2.8 | 108 |
| Sept 2014 | 150 | 597 | 389 | 2.6 | 107 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Kingston upon Thames" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 April 2011
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 6 January 2026. Read the report ↗
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Post 16 provision
- Exceptional
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (3)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 86 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 100% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 98.9% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 84.8 (2023/24) → 85.3 (2024/25) → 86 (2025/26).
177 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- KT2 5PL
- Map location
- 51.42557, -0.30289
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 02085460773
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.tiffingirls.org
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136615) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026