The Tiffin Girls' School
Tiffin Girls' School, Richmond Road
Overall GCSE score:94.5
Assessment: Individual
Applicants per place: 3.5 applicants per place
Kingston upon Thames brings together 2 grammar schools in Greater London. It is better understood as one local admissions landscape than as a shared-route system, so school type, catchment, and competition for places tend to matter most.
School list
The best grammar schools in Kingston upon Thames on this page are ordered by GCSE results. You can also compare school type, Ofsted, catchment, and how hard it is to get a place.
Tiffin Girls' School, Richmond Road
Overall GCSE score:94.5
Assessment: Individual
Applicants per place: 3.5 applicants per place
Tiffin School, Queen Elizabeth Road
Overall GCSE score:80.6
Assessment: Individual
Applicants per place: 4.3 applicants per place
Kingston upon Thames overview
2 grammar schools sit close together in Greater London, so Kingston upon Thames feels more local and easier to read than a large county-wide area.
What stands out
Kingston upon Thames is easier to take in geographically than larger selective counties because the schools sit in one small local patch.
What parents notice
The area includes both boys' and girls' schools, but no co-ed option. All of the schools here use its own school-specific process. Distance and catchment rules matter at every school here. These schools are very competitive.
Area shape
Kingston upon Thames is a compact local area. The main differences here are school type, test route, catchment, and how competitive each school is.
Local school cluster
Kingston upon Thames is a two-school cluster through The Tiffin Girls' School and Tiffin School. Together they give families both boys' and girls' schools.
School mix
The area includes both boys' and girls' schools, but no co-ed option.
Test route
All of the schools here use its own school-specific process.
Admissions
Distance and catchment rules matter at every school here. These schools are very competitive.
FAQ
Kingston upon Thames is a compact area. 2 grammar schools sit in the same local cluster rather than being spread across several different towns.
The area includes both boys' and girls' schools, but no co-ed option.
All of the schools here use its own school-specific process.
Distance and catchment rules matter at every school here. These schools are very competitive.