Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form, Surbiton

In its own words: "To develop confident and happy young people who make a positive contribution to our society To encourage respect for others, resilience and a love of learning in all students To engender in our students, the skills needed so that they can shape their own future"

From the headteacher's welcome: "The Tolworth Girls’ School & Sixth Form motto of “Let your light so shine” is at the forefront of all that I believe. It is my vision to ensure that every student will get THE best education and pastoral care to enable them to be the very best they can be."

In 2026, pupils at Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 60.2 in Kingston upon Thames and 47 across England.

58% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 69% in Kingston upon Thames and 47% in England.

That is down from 57.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.87: 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.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 48.6, against 56.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 229 families put Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form as their first choice and 768 named it as one of their preferences, for 255 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 33 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form are Southborough High School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.2); Epsom and Ewell High School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.4); Chessington School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); and Richard Challoner School (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 60.5).

Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 229 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 120 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

36.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (42%), Asian (23%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 130 pupils (8.5%) received SEN support and 43 (2.8%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form has a resourced provision for autism and social, emotional and mental health needs: 10 places, 8 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Tolworth Rail Station, about 1160 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

In 2024/25, Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form issued 46 suspensions, 3.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form are St Paul's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles), Tolworth Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles), Tolworth Junior School (0.5 miles) and Castle Hill Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.