Tiffin School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 24 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kingston upon Thames
Unique reference
136910
Address
Queen Elizabeth Road, KT2 6RL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1462 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
87.7%
Girls
12.3%
First language not English
30.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.4%
Persistent absence
6.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 24.8%
Indian 21.7%
Mixed 19.1%
Other White 12%
Other Asian 7.7%
Other 5.3%
Chinese 3.4%
Pakistani 2.9%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
African 0.9%
Irish 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 85%
Local authority average 66%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 69%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 78.9
Local authority average 59.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.58
Local authority average 5.51
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE47
BiologyGCSE151
ChemistryGCSE151
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE73
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE178
FrenchGCSE91
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Tiffin School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
192
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
477
2nd preference
127
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
599
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
143
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
186
0
Year 8
185
185
0
Year 9
185
185
0
Year 10
180
180
0
Year 11
180
180
0
Year 12
271
186
85
Year 13
275
180
95
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
93.6%
85.5%
Further education
0.0%
16.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
99.0%
65.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
11.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
1.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
96.0%
61.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
80.0%
23.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
2.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022