Tiffin School

Tiffin School is a boys' grammar school in Kingston upon Thames, England. It has specialist status in both the performing arts and languages. The school moved from voluntary aided status to become an Academy School on 1 July 2011. Founded in 1880, Tiffin School educates 1,400 pupils as of March 2023. Admissions Entry into the school is by academic selection, using both an English and a mathematics test. The school admits 180 students each year in year 7. Since at least 2002, students have been able to apply to join Tiffin for Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13); approximately 35-40% of the boys are 'new boys', from other schools. Admission to the sixth form is based on GCSE results. From September 2019, the Sixth Form became co-educational and admits around 80 girls. Tiffin remains an all boys’ school from Years 7 to 11. Identity The school colours of red and blue date from the time of its original foundation in the seventeenth century. The school's coat of arms, with three salmon, is based on that of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The uniform for years 7–10 is in the same colours with blue and red stripes. For years 11 it is a full dark blue outfit. History