Kingston upon Thames
The Tiffin Girls' School
GCSE results 2026: every Kingston upon Thames school ranked · how England did
Exceptional results, but a place depends on the entrance test rather than where you live — worth a look only if you are planning to sit it.
What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Attainment 8 of 86.0 is well above the national average of around 46. This reflects strong GCSE outcomes across the standard subject basket.
- 86.0
- Attainment 8
- 100%
- 5+ Eng & Maths
- 2025/2026
- Academic year
Pupils made above-average progress compared with similar pupils nationally. The confidence interval is entirely above zero, which is strong evidence of added value.
- +1.06
- Progress 8
- [0.83, 1.28]
- Confidence interval
Admissions realism depends on your home postcode and the school's published allocation data. Enter your postcode on this page to get a more specific assessment, and always verify the latest policy on the school's official admissions page.
This is a selective school. Admission usually requires passing an entrance test. Check the school's admissions policy for test registration deadlines.
Watch-outs
- Selective admissions: an entrance test (usually the 11+ or equivalent) is required. Check registration and test dates well in advance.
What to do next
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Starting school in September 2027
- Secondary (Year 7): apply by 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
National dates for England. You apply through the council where you live, even for a school in another council.
Applications and offers
National offer day figures that councils report to the Department for Education. These are counts only: they do not show how far away the last child offered a place lived.
Year 7 entry
| Year of entry | Places offered | Put it first | First choices offered | Applications (any preference) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 189 | 445 | 187 (42%) | 606 |
| September 2025 | 190 | 433 | 187 (43%) | 638 |
| September 2024 | 189 | 444 | 187 (42%) | 628 |
| September 2023 | 185 | 436 | 180 (41%) | 629 |
| September 2022 | 180 | 418 | 171 (41%) | 594 |
Source: Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, school-level data, published 18 June 2026. “–” means the figure was not published. The council’s own allocation figures are the official record: check Kingston upon Thames’s admissions page for cut-off distances, the admission rules and this year’s dates.
Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25 or 2025/26)
University destinations
Share of this school's sixth-form leavers who went on to Oxford or Cambridge, a Russell Group university, or a university in the top third by entry grades. Department for Education data for state-funded schools and colleges.
| Left sixth form | Students | Oxford or Cambridge | Russell Group | Top-third universities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 2024-2025 tables | 161 | Not published | Not published | 81% England 19% |
| 2020/21 2023-2024 tables | 158 | Not published | Not published | 79% England 24% |
| 2019/20 2022-2023 tables | 161 | 17% England 1% | 80% England 18% | 86% England 20% |
| 2018/19 2021-2022 tables | 156 | 16% England 1% | 76% England 15% | 78% England 17% |
| 2017/18 2020-2021 tables | 139 | 19% England 1% | 81% England 16% | 85% England 18% |
| 2015/16 2018-2019 tables | 155 | 21% England 1% | 80% England 14% | 88% England 19% |
- The DfE stopped publishing Oxbridge and Russell Group shares for individual schools after the 2022-23 performance tables (students who left in 2019/20). Top-third figures continue.
- Figures are percentages of all students who finished 16 to 18 study at the school, counting those who sustained a university place in the two years after leaving.
- Rankings use the average across years weighted by the number of students; a school needs at least 2 years and 50 students to be ranked. The top-third ranking uses the latest 3 years. Ranks are among state-funded schools and colleges.
- '<0.5%' means above zero but under half a percent. 'Suppressed' means 5 or fewer students.
- Source: Department for Education, 16 to 18 progression to higher education or training (Compare school and college performance, Explore education statistics).
Entry, tests and fees
Entrance test
Tuesday 2 March 2027 | Stage Two test results emailed by the school to parents of children who have not been offered a higher preference school and are on the w…
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Thursday 1 and Friday 2 October 2026 | Stage One test held across two days
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Thursday 1 and Friday 2 October 2026 | Stage One test held across two days
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Saturday 7 November 2026 | Stage Two test for those invited
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Open events
| Our Open Evening takes place in the autumn term (for Year 11 parents and girls). We do not take bookings. The Tiffin Girls’ School Sixth Form Open Evening for…
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Admissions
Our catchment area is made up of an Inner Area and a Designated Area and girls living in these Areas are given priority. Disadvantaged children are given the hi…
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Our catchment area is made up of an Inner Area and a Designated Area and girls living in these Areas are given priority. Disadvantaged children are given the hi…
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Copied from the school's and test organisers' own pages; check them before registering or applying.
Questions parents ask about The Tiffin Girls' School
- How good are The Tiffin Girls' School's GCSE results?
- In 2025/26 (provisional) pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 86.0, against 47.6 across England, ranking #4 in England. 98.9% got grade 7 or above in both English and maths.
- How good are The Tiffin Girls' School's A-level results?
- In 2024/25 students averaged 49.6 points per A-level entry (an average grade of A), ranking #48 in England. An A* is worth 60 points and an A 50.
- How hard is it to get into The Tiffin Girls' School?
- For September 2026, 445 families put it first for 189 Year 7 places: 2.4 first choices per place, the 8th highest in London. It is a grammar school, so children must reach the pass mark in its 11-plus test; its admission policy sets how passing children are ranked.
- How many The Tiffin Girls' School students go to Oxford or Cambridge?
- 18.2% of its sixth-form leavers went to Oxford or Cambridge, and 79.2% to Russell Group universities (2015/16–2019/20), from Department for Education destination data.
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | 7+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/2026 (provisional) | 177 | 86.0 | — | 100.0% | 98.9% | — | — |
| 2024/2025 | 176 | 85.3 | — | 99.4% | — | 83.0% | 8.3 |
| 2023/2024 | 180 | 84.8 | +1.06 | 100.0% | — | 76.1% | 8.1 |
| 2022/2023 | 180 | 84.1 | +0.96 | 99.4% | — | 84.4% | 8.2 |
| 2021/2022 | 177 | 85.4 | +0.92 | — | — | 83.0% | 8.2 |
EBacc figures stop at 2024/2025: the DfE no longer publishes them from 2025/2026.
Nearby and similar schools
Other secondary schools in Kingston upon Thames for local comparison.
School information
| URN | 136615 |
| Local authority | Kingston upon Thames |
| Region | London |
| Phase | Secondary |
| Type | Academy converter |
| Gender of entry | Girls |
| Age range | 11-18 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher Ian Keary |
| Trust | THE TIFFIN GIRLS' SCHOOL |
| Admissions | Selective |
| Religious character | None |
| Postcode | KT2 5PL |
| Pupils | 1,256 |
| FSM eligible | 7.2% |
Contact and identifiers
Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 5PL
http://www.tiffingirls.org2085460773| DfE number | 4010 |
| UKPRN | 10033329 |
| Opened | 1 Apr 2011 |
| GIAS updated | 2 Dec 2025 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 2 Dec 2025 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2025/2026 |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 22 Nov 2021 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | S5 Inspection |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 13 Oct 2021 |
| Publication date | 22 Nov 2021 |