Kingston grammar schools 11 plus incl TIffin schools

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Kingston’s grammar schools: Tiffin School and The Tiffin Girls’ School. Both schools operate a two-stage testing process. Children who perform well in the stage one test are shortlisted for stage two.

  • Monday 3rd June 2024: Tiffin School stage one registration opens

  • Tuesday 4th June 2024: The Tiffin Girls’ School stage one registration opens

  • Monday 8th July 2024: deadline to register for the sports and music aptitude assessments at Tiffin School

  • Monday 2nd September 2024: registration closes for both schools

  • Tuesday 10th September 2024: Tiffin School music aptitude assessments (part one)

  • Monday 16th – Friday 27th September 2024: Tiffin School music aptitude assessments (part two)

  • Thursday 3rd – Friday 4th October 2024: stage one test for both schools

  • Tuesday 15th October 2024: outcome of stage one test sent to parents

  • Thursday 31st October 2024: secondary school common application deadline

  • Early November 2024: stage two test for both schools (exact date TBC)

  • Monday 3rd March 2025: 11 plus national offers day

Key Kingston grammar school facts

  • London borough of Kingston upon Thames, 020 8546 0773
  • Grammar school, situated in Kingston-upon-Thames near London.
  • The school admits 180 new girls every year.
  • Successful candidates sit two rounds of entrance exams. The first round is for all candidates who applied to be admitted and includes Maths and English tests.
  • The second round is only for the those who successfully passed the first round. The school gives priority to the girls who successfully passed the exams and who are living in the cathcment and designated area.
  • Exam results for A-level 2018 are 37% A* and 74% A*-A.
  • Grammar school for boys, situated in Kingston-upon-Thames near London.
  • The school has a special status of a school with the emphasis on modern languages and arts.
  • There are about 1000 boys.
  • Every year the school welcomes 180 new boys for over 1000 applications. The admission is based on the entrance exams in Maths  and English.
  • A-level results: 26% A* and 62% A*-A, 85% of grades at A*-B.

 

Tiffin 11+ exam Facts

1) Stage 1 multiple-choice exams consist of Maths and English tests on 30th September or 1st October.

2) The Stage 2 exam also consists of Maths and English tests but in a different format. This will take place in November 2021.

3) The Stage 1 English is not exactly the same every year but there are certain question types that appear regularly. These include Synonyms & Antonyms, Odd One Out and Spelling. In the occassionally used Paragraph Ordering question type, students need to rearrange the jumbled paragraphs in a passage.

5) Each Tiffin school receives around 1500 applicants for roughly 180 places.

6) Our evidence suggests that those students who consistently score over 85% in our practice tests in both Stage 1 exams have the best chance  of reaching Stage 2.

7) Tiffin schools’ Stage 2 English exam has a comprehension and a writing task:

  • The comprehension task requires full sentence answers.
  • Whereas, the Writing task provides a prompt, such as a story’s last sentence. Of course, students must then demostrate their creative writing skills to complete the rest.

9) The Tiffin schools’ Stage 2 Maths exam consists of multiple-step problems.

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London grammar schools by Borough  

There are 19 grammar schools in London and Greater London, located in the following boroughs. Barnet: 3 selective schools (1 boys, 2 girls’ schools.) Bexley: 4 selective schools (1 boys, 1 girls, 2 mixed schools.) Bromley: 2 selective schools (1 boys. 1 girls’ school.) Enfield: 1 selective school (mixed.) Kingston upon Thames: 2 selective schools (1 boys, 1 girls’ school.) Redbridge: 2 selective schools (1 boys, 1 girls’ school.) Sutton: 5 selective schools (3 boys, 2 girls’ schools.)

 

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