Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Kingston upon ThamesSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Exceptional | ||||
| Achievement | Exceptional | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Exceptional | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 January 2026Report card · 6 Exceptional, 1 Strong standard
- 13 October 2021Graded inspection: Outstanding
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry606 applications · 189 places offered · 445 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.2; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2025 3.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2024 3.3; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2023 3.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2022 3.3; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.7
- 2021 5.0; Kingston upon Thames median median 4.1
- 2020 3.0; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2019 3.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2018 3.5; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2017 3.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2016 3.2; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.2
- 2015 3.8; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2014 4.0; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.5
- This school
- Kingston upon Thames median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 189 | 606 | 3.2 | 445 | 2.35 |
| Sep 2025 | 190 | 638 | 3.4 | 433 | 2.28 |
| Sep 2024 | 189 | 628 | 3.3 | 444 | 2.35 |
| Sep 2023 | 185 | 629 | 3.4 | 436 | 2.36 |
| Sep 2022 | 180 | 594 | 3.3 | 418 | 2.32 |
| Sep 2021 | 180 | 905 | 5.0 | 602 | 3.34 |
| Sep 2020 | 180 | 546 | 3.0 | 370 | 2.06 |
| Sep 2019 | 180 | 565 | 3.1 | 375 | 2.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 179 | 634 | 3.5 | 428 | 2.39 |
| Sep 2017 | 180 | 555 | 3.1 | 355 | 1.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 180 | 582 | 3.2 | 358 | 1.99 |
| Sep 2015 | 150 | 570 | 3.8 | 413 | 2.75 |
| Sep 2014 | 150 | 597 | 4.0 | 389 | 2.59 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 177 | 86.0 | 100% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 176 | 85.3 | 99% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 180 | 84.8 | 100% | 100% | +1.06 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 84.1 | 99% | 100% | +0.96 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Tiffin Girls' SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.2applications per place 86.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.2 km · Kingston upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20246.4applications per place 64.6Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Richmond upon Thames20264.0applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20224.0applications per place 83.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.6 km · Richmond upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20246.7applications per place 61.7Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Richmond upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20237.6applications per place 66.4Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Kingston upon ThamesImproved significantly20254.6applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20243.4applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Richmond upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20245.1applications per place 63.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136615 · 314/4010
- Trust
- The Tiffin Girls' School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,001 pupils · 1,267 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- The Tiffin Girls' School (URN 102602)
- Address
- Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PL
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources