Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Kingston upon ThamesSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry784 applications · 195 places offered · 479 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.0; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2025 4.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2024 4.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2023 4.2; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2022 3.9; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.7
- 2021 5.3; Kingston upon Thames median median 4.1
- 2020 3.6; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2019 3.6; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2018 3.8; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2017 3.6; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2016 3.3; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.2
- 2015 3.8; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2014 7.8; 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 | 195 | 784 | 4.0 | 479 | 2.46 |
| Sep 2025 | 192 | 778 | 4.1 | 477 | 2.48 |
| Sep 2024 | 190 | 770 | 4.1 | 445 | 2.34 |
| Sep 2023 | 192 | 800 | 4.2 | 473 | 2.46 |
| Sep 2022 | 186 | 719 | 3.9 | 454 | 2.44 |
| Sep 2021 | 186 | 985 | 5.3 | 573 | 3.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 186 | 675 | 3.6 | 397 | 2.13 |
| Sep 2019 | 186 | 674 | 3.6 | 371 | 1.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 680 | 3.8 | 357 | 1.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 180 | 643 | 3.6 | 340 | 1.89 |
| Sep 2016 | 180 | 591 | 3.3 | 304 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2015 | 178 | 682 | 3.8 | 436 | 2.45 |
| Sep 2014 | 149 | 1,156 | 7.8 | 635 | 4.26 |
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.) | 180 | 83.1 | 100% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 180 | 79.1 | 98% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 185 | 79.2 | 99% | 100% | +0.86 |
| 2022/23 | 175 | 80.6 | 100% | 100% | +0.79 |
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
- Tiffin SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20224.0applications per place 83.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.4 km · Kingston upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20246.4applications per place 64.6Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Kingston upon Thames20263.2applications per place 86.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.7 km · Richmond upon Thames20264.0applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Kingston upon ThamesImproved significantly20254.6applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20243.4applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20224.3applications per place 58.4Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Richmond upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20246.7applications per place 61.7Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Kingston upon ThamesOutstanding20224.3applications per place 60.5Attainment 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
- 136910 · 314/5400
- Trust
- Tiffin School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Capacity
- 1,400 pupils · 1,478 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Tiffin School (URN 102605)
- Address
- Queen Elizabeth Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 6RL
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources