The Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston upon Thames

Ofsted's report card from its 6 January 2026 inspection grades The Tiffin Girls' School on 7 areas: 6 exceptional and 1 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Exceptional. "Pupils' achievement is superb."

Attendance and behaviour - Exceptional. "Pupils' positive attitudes underpin their exceptional attendance and engagement in school."

Curriculum and teaching - Exceptional. "The school's curriculum is of an exceptionally high quality."

Leadership and governance - Exceptional. "Leaders, including governors, have established a remarkable school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Exceptional. "The school's determination to prepare pupils effectively for the future is evident in the meticulous approach to advancing pupils' personal development."

Post 16 provision - Exceptional. "The post-16 provision is exceptional."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "There is a highly inclusive culture, which underpins the ethos of the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should maximise the effectiveness of their systems and processes to gather and share the right information about pupils facing barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing, in order to drive a transformational impact for all pupils".

In its own words: "Tiffin Girls’ is a nurturing and caring school that prides itself on encouraging students to be curious in all their pursuits, whether that be academically, through the creative and performing arts, in sport or as student leaders."

In 2026, pupils at The Tiffin Girls' School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 86, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 60.2 in Kingston upon Thames and 47 across England.

100% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 69% in Kingston upon Thames and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 85.3.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.06: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

The Tiffin Girls' School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 445 families put The Tiffin Girls' School as their first choice and 606 named it as one of their preferences, for 189 places offered. That is 2.4 first choices for every place. 258 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The Tiffin Girls' School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, The Tiffin Girls' School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Kingston upon Thames's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Kingston upon Thames has 2 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Tiffin Girls' School are The Kingston Academy (0.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 64.6); Teddington School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.8); Tiffin School (1 mile, Good, selective, Attainment 8 83.1); and Grey Court School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.7).

The Tiffin Girls' School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

354 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Tiffin Girls' School (as of April 2026): 98% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 47% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (47%).

Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms.

Of the 167 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 82% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 5% into work. 74% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 39% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (48%), Mixed (19%) and White British (11%).

In 2026, 67 pupils (5.3%) received SEN support and 1 (0.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Hampton Wick Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tiffin School For Girls, 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Tiffin Girls' School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, The Tiffin Girls' School issued 3 suspensions, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Tiffin Girls' School are Fern Hill Primary School (0.2 miles), Latchmere School (0.4 miles), St Agatha's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.