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Boys selective secondary school in Kingston upon Thames

Tiffin School

Queen Elizabeth Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 6RL

Ofsted Good · 2022 Selective Sixth form Christian Boys Full
School website 02085464638

Ofsted

Goodas at 24 May 2022

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 May 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

79.1 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

98% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

99% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

7.6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

85% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 5% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.86confidence interval 0.64 to 1.07

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
A
Average points per entry
49.4

England average 32.3

A level students
276

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1478
Places
1400
How full
Full — 1478 pupils against 1400 places
Girls / boys
181 / 1297
Overall absence
4%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
10%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
3%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
30%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
2%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
100%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
100%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
99%
No sustained destination
0%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
175

After sixth form

Went to university
79%

England 50%

In education, work or training
89%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
256

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

80% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
96%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
250

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Kingston upon Thames 005C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
58%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
11%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
57%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
14%

England 17%

Households with no car
28%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
29%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Selective (entrance test)
Religious character
Christian
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
TIFFIN SCHOOL
Headteacher
Headteacher: Garth Williams
Local authority
Kingston upon Thames
Ward
Norbiton
Constituency
Kingston and Surbiton
URN
136910

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Kingston Grammar SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.1 mi
The Kingston AcademyFree schools Outstanding 2024 62.8 0.9 mi
Surbiton High SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.9 mi
The Tiffin Girls' SchoolAcademy converter No grade 85.3 1 mi
Teddington SchoolAcademy converter No grade 56.5 1 mi
The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter No grade 53.8 1 mi
Marymount International SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.2 mi
Coombe Girls' SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 55.3 1.4 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordAcademy converter No grade 83.3
Haberdashers' AdamsAcademy converter Good 2022 71.8
South Wilts Grammar SchoolAcademy converter No grade 77
St Joseph's CollegeAcademy converter No grade 62.4
Alcester Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 73.7
Altrincham Grammar School for BoysAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 78.5
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School PenrithAcademy converter Good 2023 64.8
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2024 59

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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