Kingston Grammar School
0.1 miles1,006 pupils · A level average A (2024/25) · £9,750 a term (2026-27)
State-funded · Secondary · Kingston upon Thames
Tiffin School
Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys · 1,478 pupils
Closes in 21 days Application deadline 31 October 2026
At a glance
- Type
- Academy converter (state-funded)
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Christian
- Pupils
- 1,478 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 1,400
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mr Garth Williams
- Trust
- TIFFIN SCHOOL
- Address
- Queen Elizabeth Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 6RL
- Borough
- Kingston upon Thames
- Telephone
- 02085464638
- DfE reference (URN)
- 136910
- Website
- tiffinschool.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Published by the school
- University of Warwick (27), University of Bristol (23), University of Cambridge (23), UCL (19), University of Bath (13), Durham University (12), University of Nottingham (11), University of Southampton (11), Imperial College London (9), King's College London (9), University of Edinburgh (9), Queen Mary University of London (8), University of Oxford (8), LSE (7), University of Exeter (5), University of Leeds (5), University of Birmingham (4), University of York (4), City St George's, University of London (3), Loughborough University (3), University of Sheffield (3), University of Surrey (3), Cardiff University (2), Oxford Brookes University (2), Swansea University (2) and 9 more As published by the school: 34 universities with a printed number of leavers (2026) Source
- University College Utrecht, the Netherlands: 1 As published by the school: “University College Utrecht, the Netherlands 1” (2026) Source
Official destination measures after GCSEs (key stage 4)
| Staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after key stage 4 | 100% |
|---|---|
| In a sustained education destination | 100% |
| Going to a school sixth form | 99% |
| Going to a sixth-form college | 1% |
| Going to a further education college or other FE provider | 0% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 0% |
| In sustained employment | 0% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 0% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 175 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
Official destination measures after 16 to 18 study
| Staying in education, apprenticeship or employment for at least 2 terms after 16-18 study | 89% |
|---|---|
| Progressing to higher education | 79% |
| Progressing to further education | Suppressed (small cohort) |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 2% |
| In sustained employment | 8% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 6% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 256 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
Schools whose leavers came here
This school is named in the published leavers' lists of: Donhead Preparatory School, Durston House School, Homefield Preparatory School, Rokeby School, The Mall School.
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Key dates for 2027 entry
Year 7 (11+)
- Registration deadlineTuesday 1 September 2026Closed
Registration will close at 12 noon on Tuesday 1st September 2026. No late applications will be accepted.
Source: tiffinschool.co.uk
- Application deadlineSaturday 31 October 2026Closes in 21 days
National closing date for Year 7 applications: Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme (eAdmissions), not directly to the school.
Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026
- AssessmentThursday 12 November 2026In 33 days
12th November 2026: Stage Two tests for those invited
Source: tiffinschool.co.uk
- National offer dayMonday 1 March 2027Upcoming
Secondary National Offer Day: Monday 1 March 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.
Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026
- Offers sentDate not statedDate not stated
Early March 2027: National Offer Day. Offers sent home by your LA.
Source: tiffinschool.co.uk
- Acceptance deadlineDate not statedDate not stated
Mid March 2027: Date by which parents must accept or decline their offer
Source: tiffinschool.co.uk
- Accept your offerDate not statedDate not stated
Accept the offer by the deadline given in your offer letter; your home borough sets the date.
Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026
Sixth form (16+)
- Registration deadlineFriday 18 December 2026Open
Applications for September 2027 entry close at 5pm on Friday 18th December 2026
Source: tiffinschool.co.uk
- Offers sentThursday 19 August 2027Upcoming
Offers will be made after midday on Thursday 19th August 2027 and will continue to be made until Tuesday 24th August 2027 if spaces are still available
Source: tiffinschool.co.uk
Get a reminder before Tiffin School's deadlines
One email 14, 7 and 1 day before each dated deadline we hold. No account needed.
A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 10 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.
Open days and tours
- Sixth-form open evening · 16+ · 16:00Tuesday 13 October 2026, 16:00 to 19:00
16+ Source
Dates as published on the school's own page, read 10 Oct 2026. Schools add and change dates at short notice and most ask you to book: confirm with the school. All open days in London
Admissions
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day. This is a selective school: children must also sit its entrance test, and registration for the test closes well before the main deadline.
479 first-preference applications and 784 applications naming it at any preference for 195 places offered (September 2026 entry, DfE)
| Entry | Places offered | First preferences | All preferences |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 195 | 479 | 784 |
| September 2025 | 192 | 477 | 778 |
| September 2024 | 190 | 445 | 770 |
| September 2023 | 192 | 473 | 800 |
These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Kingston upon Thames: Year 7 offers, September 2026 entry
Across the borough, 69.3% of applicants were offered their first preference and 95.8% were offered one of their preferences (1,895 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 24 May 2022: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Good
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth-form provision
- Outstanding
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
GCSE (key stage 4), 2024/25
- Attainment 8 score2022/23: 80.6 · 2023/24: 79.279.1This school59.2Kingston upon Thames46.1England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 100% · 2023/24: 99%98%This school69%Kingston upon Thames45%England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 100% · 2023/24: 100%99%This school82%Kingston upon Thames65%England, state-funded
- % entering the English Baccalaureate2022/23: 85% · 2023/24: 93%85%This school66%Kingston upon Thames40%England, state-funded
- EBacc average point score2022/23: 7.83 · 2023/24: 7.797.61This school5.52Kingston upon Thames4.09England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 180 pupils in the cohort
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: A- · 2023/24: AAThis schoolBKingston upon ThamesB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 47 · 2023/24: 49.249.4This school40.1Kingston upon Thames35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 47.2 · 2023/24: 49.749.5This school40.5Kingston upon Thames35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 59% · 2023/24: 67%67%This school36%Kingston upon Thames18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: 0.190.10This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 276 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 3.4% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 30.2%
- Receiving SEN support
- 1.7%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0.8%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 4.4% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 9.7%
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Places
- Places
- 1,400
- Pupils on roll
- 1,461
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
The Kingston Academy
0.9 miles1,213 pupils · Attainment 8 62.8 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Surbiton High School
0.9 miles1,540 pupils · A level average A (2024/25) · £5,880 to £9,277 a term (2026-27)
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