At a Glance

Introduction

Tiffin School is a selective academy for boys in Kingston-upon Thames, Surrey. Founded in 1638 by Thomas and John Tiffin, Tiffin School has been educating young minds for centuries. The Vision of Tiffin School is to inspire their students to engage, aspire and excel in everything that they do. Tiffin School aims to Nurture, Develop and Foster its students so that they may grow into fine young men. Rowing is an important sport for Tiffin School, they have a partnership with Kingston Rowing Club and a boathouse in Canbury Gardens. The facilities of Tiffin School are constantly being upgraded, with a large extension to the sports centre in 2021, and a new Sixth Form Centre in 2022. Ofsted reviewed the school in 2022 and found it to be “Good”, achieving a “good” mark in the quality of education and the leadership of the school, all other key aspects such as the Sixth Form, behaviour of the students, and students development were “Outstanding”.

In 2019 Tiffin School achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.79, which is “Well above average”. Of the students at Tiffin School that were taking their GCSE exams that year, 95% achieved a 5+ in English and Maths. 97% of them had taken the EBacc, the local average was 61%. The average EBacc points score for Tiffin School was 7.64, the local average was 5.23. The Attainment 8 score for Tiffin School was 77.7, with the local average being 56.9, and the national average being 46.7.

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