Academy · Kingston upon Thames
The Tiffin Girls' School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Girls
- Selective (11+)
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Kingston upon Thames council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 445 families put this school as their first choice, and 189 places were offered. 187 of the families who put it first got a place (42%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 189 | 445 | 42% |
| September 2025 | 190 | 433 | 43% |
| September 2024 | 189 | 444 | 42% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
11+ entrance test
This school sets its own entrance test: Tiffin Girls' Stage One and Stage Two entrance tests. Register with the school directly.
Before and after school
These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Camp England Kingston, holiday club. Ofsted report
- The Strings Club, Kingston upon Thames. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 6 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Sixth form
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 13 October 2021. Overall: Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1267 (capacity 1001)
- Gender
- Girls
- Academy trust
- THE TIFFIN GIRLS' SCHOOL
- Admissions
- Selective (entrance test)
- Phone
- 02085460773
- Address
- Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PL
- Website
- tiffingirls.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.