The Tiffin Girls' School

Academy converter·Secondary school Kingston upon Thames·KT2 5PL
Composite score
100.0
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National rank
#1
In London
#1
In Kingston upon Thames
Top 0.3%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
85.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
99%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
99%
% EBacc grade 5+
83%
EBacc average points score
8.26

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Exceptional
Leadership and governance
Exceptional
Curriculum and teaching
Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour
Exceptional
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Exceptional

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
42%
445 first choices, 189 places
First choices per place
2.35
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
606
any preference, for 189 places
Applications from another council area
71%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.522.53
1 per place
2.3220222.3620232.3520242.2820252.352026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Tiffin Girls' School yet. Kingston upon Thames does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,256
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
40.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
4.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
14.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,722
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
100%
180 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
100%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

The Tiffin Girls' School is a girls' secondary school serving Kingston upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,256 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Outstanding' in January 2026. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 85.3 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.5 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of secondary schools in England.

99% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 99% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Tiffin Girls' School is oversubscribed: about 4 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 445 first choices for 189 places. After Year 11, 100% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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