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11+ Kingston


11+ Kingston

There are just two grammar schools in Kingston upon Thames, each of which sets its own entrance test. With just one girls school and one boys school in the area competition for places is high.

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The Tiffin Girls' School

Gender: Girls

Number of places in Year 7: 180

Phone: 020 8546 0773

Email: [email protected]

Expected dates for 2026 entry (based on previous years)

Registration opens: 3rd June 2025

Registration closes: 1st September 2025

Date of Exam: Stage 1 tests - 2nd & 3rd October 2025. Stage 2 tests for those invited - 8th November 2025

Type of Exam: The Stage 1 English test will be a multiple-choice test. The Stage 1 maths test will be made up of different question types: some may be multiple choice, some will require your daughter to record her numerical answer. Stage 1 tests answers are recorded on an Optical Mark Reading (OMR) answer sheet. The Stage 2 tests are in English and maths. They require written answers and some questions on the English paper will require longer written answers. The papers are set and marked by the school.

Further information: For all tests, the raw scores are standardised and age-weighted. The Combined Mark will be made up of 60% English and 40% Maths. The English mark will come from the Stage 2 test, and the Maths mark will come from the Stage 2 test and the Stage 1 test in a ratio of 3:1.

Subjects Tested: English, Maths

Local Authority Common Application Form (CAF) required?: Yes - Kingston Common Application Form applications between 1st September 2025 and 31st October 2025

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Tiffin School

Gender: Boys

Number of places in Year 7: 180 (9 places awarded based on sporting aptitude and 9 places awarded based on musical aptitude)

Phone: 020 8546 4638

Email: [email protected]

Expected dates for 2026 entry (based on previous years)

Registration opens: 3rd June 2025

Registration closes: 1st September 2025

Sports Aptitude Assessments (where applicable): 10th & 11th July 2025

Music Aptitude Assessments Part 1 (where applicable): 9th September 2025

Music Aptitude Assessments Part 2 (where applicable): 24th September 2025

Date of Exam: Stage 1 tests - 2nd & 3rd October 2025. Stage 2 tests for those invited - 13th November 2025

Parents notified if son is invited to Stage Two tests: 14th October 2025

Type of Exam: The Stage 1 English test will be a multiple-choice test. The Stage 1 maths test will be made up of different question types: some may be multiple choice, some will require your son to record her numerical answer. Stage 1 tests answers are recorded on an Optical Mark Reading (OMR) answer sheet. Stage 2 tests require written answers.

Further information: For all tests, the raw scores are standardised and age-weighted. The Combined Score will be comprised of 50% English and 50% Maths. The English component will be the Stage 2 English score; the Maths component will combine the scores from the Stage 1 and the Stage 2 Tests in the ratio 2:3.

Subjects Tested: English, Maths

Local Authority Common Application Form (CAF) required?: Yes - Kingston Common Application Form applications between 1st September 2025 and 31st October 2025

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Maths Demo English Demo

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