Tiffin School

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.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Kingston upon Thames's full dates

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, 479 families put this school as their first choice, and 195 places were offered. 185 of the families who put it first got a place (39%). More families put it first than there were places.

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 School Stage One and Stage Two tests. Register with the school directly.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 24 May 2022. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

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

1478 (capacity 1400)

Gender

Boys

Religious character

Christian

Academy trust

TIFFIN SCHOOL

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

02085464638

Address

Queen Elizabeth Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 6RL

Website

tiffinschool.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports