Grammar schools in the Kingston upon Thames 11+ area
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In short
The selective schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames are The Tiffin Girls' School and Tiffin School. Each is its own admission authority and runs its own two-stage test. You register through each school's form, and apply for the place itself through your home council. Places then go in order of combined score, inside each school's priority groups. Home address carries real weight at both schools. The schools are listed A to Z, with no ranking.
How far offers reached at each school
Listed A to Z. Each school uses its own admission rules, so a longer distance does not mean a place is easier to get.
Listed A to Z by school name.
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Tiffin SchoolBoys
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The selective schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames are The Tiffin Girls' School and Tiffin School, both academies. Each is its own admission authority and runs its own two-stage test. At Tiffin School the test provider is QuestTiffin School: Test family by entry year (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Tiffin School.The source says: We work in partnership with Quest to set our Year 7 Entrance Tests. This collaboration ensures we have access to leading edge test design and the best emerging practice in the field. Each year we work with Quest to create a bespoke test specifically for Tiffin, which also changes annually.
View the official source. At Tiffin Girls', the provider is listed as: The Tiffin Girls’ School (papers set and marked by the school)The Tiffin Girls’ School: Test family by entry year (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against The Tiffin Girls' School.The source says: The papers are set and marked by the school.
View the official source. You register through each school's form, and the place itself is applied for through your home council: Both Tiffin schools are in the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme; families apply through their own home local authority.Kingston upon Thames: Pan london schemeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Tiffin School.The source says: Tiffin School is part of the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme.
View the official source Places then go in order of combined score, inside each school's priority groups. Home address carries real weight at both schools, so read their area rules early. The schools are listed A to Z, with no ranking.
Tiffin schools side by side
| School | Pupils | Year 7 places, September 2027 | Admission authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tiffin Girls' School | girlsThe Tiffin Girls’ School: PupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against The Tiffin Girls' School.The source says: The School is a selective school for girls and places will be offered to girls on the basis of ability.View the official source | 180The Tiffin Girls’ School: Year 7 places (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against The Tiffin Girls' School.The source says: The School’s Published Admission Number (PAN) into Year 7 for September 2027 is 180.View the official source | The Tiffin Girls’ School (the academy is its own admissions authority)The Tiffin Girls’ School: Admission authorityChecked 9 Oct 2026 against The Tiffin Girls' School.The source says: The Tiffin Girls’ School (hereafter referred to as ‘the School’) is an academy and therefore is its own admissions authority.View the official source |
| Tiffin School | boysTiffin School: PupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Tiffin School.The source says: Tiffin School is a selective school for boys and places will be offered to boys on the basis of ability.View the official source | 180Tiffin School: Year 7 places (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Tiffin School.The source says: Tiffin School’s Published Admission Number (PAN) for Year 7 for September 2027 is 180.View the official source | Tiffin School (the academy is its own admissions authority)Tiffin School: Admission authorityChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Tiffin School.The source says: Tiffin School is an academy school and therefore is its own admissions authority.View the official source |
Where families live
The two schools draw their priority areas in different ways. Tiffin Girls' uses this rule: Two-tier catchment. Inner Area = 13 electoral wards (Berrylands, Canbury Gardens, Coombe Hill, Coombe Vale, Green Lane & St James, Kingston Gate, Kingston Town, New Malden Village, Norbiton, St Mark's & Seething Wells, Surbiton Hill, Tudor, Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside), which gets priority within the up-to-60 initial places. Designated Area = 44 postal districts: KT1-10, 12, 13, 17, 19; TW1-5, 7-17; SW13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; W3, 4, 5, 7, 13; SM4; CR4. Designated Area girls rank above all outside it.The Tiffin Girls’ School: Catchment (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against The Tiffin Girls' School.The source says: 5.4.1 The School’s Designated Area comprises the following postal districts: KT1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19 TW1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 SW13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 W3, 4, 5, 7, 13 SM4 CR4
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Tiffin School uses a distance: Priority Area: applicants living less than 10 km (straight line) from Tiffin School. Priority Area boys rank above those outside (criteria C then D); PP/LAC priority and sport/music places require Priority Area residence. In 2024, 2025 and 2026 all places went to Priority Area applicants; policy says this has been so since the 10 km area was introduced in September 2019.Tiffin School: Catchment (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Tiffin School.The source says: 13.1 All applicants who live less than 10 km from Tiffin School (see paragraph 12) live in the Priority Area.
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Sport and music places
Tiffin School also keeps some places for aptitude: Up to 9 sport places and up to 9 music places, for boys above the aptitude benchmark who live in the Priority Area and whose Combined Score is at or above the 450th ranked score; ranked by aptitude performance.Tiffin School: Special places (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Tiffin School.The source says: E: Up to 18 reserved places will be offered to boys whose Combined Score is higher than or equal to the 450th ranked Combined Score of all applicants who sat the Stage Two Test and
View the official source At Tiffin Girls', the policy entry for special places reads: noneThe Tiffin Girls’ School: Special places (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against The Tiffin Girls' School.The source says: Please note we do not offer Sporting or Music Aptitude Assessments, or any Sport or Music Aptitude places.
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For both schools' test dates, see the Kingston dates page. To check these schools against your own address and preferences, use the Kingston 11+ plan.