Tiffin School A GSG School
- Tiffin School
Queen Elizabeth Road
Kingston
Surrey
KT2 6RL - Head: Garth Williams
- T 020 8546 4638
- F 020 8546 6365
- E admissions@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk
- W www.tiffinschool.co.uk
- A state school for boys aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kingston Upon Thames
- Pupils: 1,467; sixth formers: 551 (185 girls)
- Religion: Church of England/Christian
- Open days: July, October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 24th May 2022
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
We found students aspirational, polite and ultra-confident. They told us it’s ‘cool to succeed academically’ but they balance competition with community, celebrating each other’s successes as much as their own. English teaching is ‘superlative’, say students. We enjoyed the thoughtful, mature discussion of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in year 12 class. MFL also described as a ‘standout department’, with French, German or Spanish taught alongside Latin from year 7. No weak subjects, although some parents feel STEM can tend towards...
What the school says...
Entrance criteria for Tiffin School is as follows at age 11 - English and Maths tests. No interview, takes top 180 by results (age-weighted). Age16 - Meeting with Head and Head of Sixth Form. From 2017 the minimum qualification for entry is 8 GCSE grades with an average grade of 6.625 (equivalent to 5 grade A's and 3 grade B's at GCSE). The applicant must have a grade A or A*(or the equivalent grade – 7, 8, 9) in three of the four subjects s/he wishes to study in the Sixth Form.
Converted to an academy 2011. ...Read more
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School associations
State grammar school
Sports
Rowing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since September 2023, Garth Williams. Studied history and his PGCE at Oxford, starting his teaching career at Wellington College, where he become head of history. Thence to Dean Close School and Alleyn’s, moving up the ranks before taking on his first deputy headship at RGS Guildford, completing his NPQH and NPQEL and working in partnership with state schools.
Parents say their boys ‘really listen when he speaks’ and that they find him ‘charismatic and charming, a class act’. He is likeable, unassuming and dedicated to gathering honest feedback to inform his work and the school’s direction. His motto: ‘Tell us at Tiffin.’ There is recognition that he is modernising Tiffin in an ‘elegant and thoughtful’ way, whilst preserving all that is important about its sense of tradition.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
The school currently has 4 statemented students, one with Speech & Language needs and three with Asperger's syndrome. These students are supported by a team of two part time LSAs. In addition we have one support teacher who concentrates on Literacy. The latter supports students with dyslexia and dyspraxia within her 1.5 days per week. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
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| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
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| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
|
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
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| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
|
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
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| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
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Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
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Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Latchmere School | 2024 | 5 |
| Newland House School | 2024 | 2 |
| Prospect House School | 2024 | 1 |
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