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Tiffin boys- Wait list

103 replies

Tiffinwait · 04/03/2025 11:48

Hi all

DS is 10th on the list with the same score as last allocated place on offer day. We have independent offers but I feel 10th is worth waiting for.

Sharing here as I imagine others would be in similar positions and would appreciate past years experiences please

OP posts:
Ladybowes · 17/05/2025 15:34

Sunnyside12 · 17/05/2025 13:05

Wow really? That’s quite the admission to be making at this stage if their marking was wrong! Did they give any reason as to why they’re remarking?

I would be very surprised... sounds like rumour with no substance unless anyone can provide more details..

daniclark5565 · 23/05/2025 19:35

Hi all,
For those who were offered a place from the waiting list—like us—we were offered a place at Tiffin several weeks ago, but the Kingston Council eAdmissions website still doesn’t show this as the outcome.
Should I be concerned?

SunSunny · 23/05/2025 22:53

Hi All,

Anyone has any update if the WL has progressed further to 42 ?

Toom · 04/06/2025 17:38

SunSunny · 23/05/2025 22:53

Hi All,

Anyone has any update if the WL has progressed further to 42 ?

I'd also like to know this!

SunSunny · 04/06/2025 20:42

Anyone who was (or you know of someone) W/L after 42 and have received the offer ?

Sunnyside12 · 05/06/2025 08:08

Toom · 04/06/2025 17:38

I'd also like to know this!

i haven’t heard what number they’ve got to, maybe ask on the 11 plus form as there’s normally a thread there too?

did you hear anything else on the possible re-marking they were doing for some people?

waitlist23 · 16/06/2025 23:27

Hi everyone,
Anyone know which number waitlist is down to now?

MK95 · 19/06/2025 12:13

We were 46 on the WL and received and accepted the offer from the council and school yesterday.

SunSunny · 19/06/2025 16:07

MK95 · 19/06/2025 12:13

We were 46 on the WL and received and accepted the offer from the council and school yesterday.

@MK95 Thank you for sharing this. It helps to see WL ticking ahead 😀

If anyone knows of this marching further down, please share in this forum.

waitlist23 · 28/06/2025 10:00

Hi everyone, does anyone know why someone who is lower down on the waiting list might get offered a place first instead of someone higher up? Is it distance? Scores and thereby positions, would have reflected all else, no?

Sunnyside12 · 28/06/2025 12:34

@waitlist23has this actually happened? My understanding is that waitlist positions would already reflect all other criteria (e.g. whether inside the 10km distance or not). Unless it’s due to the sports / music places?

Otherwise if someone was e.g. waitlist 300 because they were 15km away and then moved to within the 10km area they might then get an offer before the no. 1 waitlist if they had a higher score. There could also be two kids who were tied on the same score so distance was used for their waitlist position. If the lower kid moves nearer to school they may receive an offer before the person they were tied with on the same score.

No idea how much this happens though!

MarchingFrogs · 28/06/2025 15:08

Oversubscription criteria (in which order, those on the waiting list must be ranked; anyone joining the list at any time must be ranked correctly according to these criteria):

Places will be allocated as follows:

A To a boy who has an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names Tiffin School specifically on
the plan. (For guidance: there are separate processes to be followed for naming a school on an
EHCP and you should speak first with your SEN case worker or Home Local Authority who
administers the process. Boys need to have demonstrated their ability and aptitude through the
testing process - see paragraph 7).

Places will then be allocated on the basis of selection by ability as demonstrated in Tiffin School’s
test procedure in rank order of the combined score in the following order:

B To boys whose combined score is higher than or equal to the 450th ranked combined score of all
applicants who sat the Stage Two Test in the following order of priority:
i. Currently Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children (see Appendix C) whose
permanent place of residence (see Appendix B) is within the Priority Area (see paragraph 13).
Applications under this criterion must be accompanied by professionally supported evidence,
then
ii. Boys whose primary school receives Pupil Premium funding (see Appendix D) in respect of him
and whose permanent place of residence (see Appendix B) is within the Priority Area (see
paragraph 13) then
iii. Up to 9 further places to boys who have demonstrated aptitude in sport (by achieving a score
in the Sporting Aptitude Assessment above the benchmark threshold) by rank order of
performance in the Sporting Aptitude Assessment and whose permanent place of residence
(see Appendix B) is within the Priority Area (see paragraph 13).
iv. Up to 9 further places to boys who have demonstrated aptitude in music (by achieving a score
in the Musical Aptitude Assessment above the benchmark threshold) by rank order of
performance in the Musical Aptitude Assessment and whose permanent place of residence
(see Appendix B) is within the Priority Area (see paragraph 13).

The remaining places will be allocated in rank order of the combined score in the following order of
priority:

C Boys whose permanent place of residence (see Appendix B) is within the Priority Area (see
paragraph 13); if there are any remaining places, then:

D Boys whose permanent place of residence is outside the Priority Area.

So, a few possibilities, including someone making a new later application, a change of preferences, a verified move from OOC to IC, even (not desperately common, especially at this stage, but it does happen) a qualified boy for whom an ECHP was nowhere near being finalised by October (so a normal CAF application was made), now having their EHCP finalised and naming the school. The last would have to be admitted, even if the school was currently at PAN for the new year group.

AvocadoToast35 · 07/07/2025 19:50

Does anyone know if there has been any further movement in the Tiffin WL recently?

SunSunny · 16/08/2025 19:45

My son got his confirmation. He was on WL 63. I hope others waiting for their confirmation receive the good news too🙏

SiuMi · 17/08/2025 20:58

@SunSunny Many many congrats!!! Finally the wait is over. Happy for you and your boy.

SunSunny · 18/08/2025 08:27

SiuMi · 17/08/2025 20:58

@SunSunny Many many congrats!!! Finally the wait is over. Happy for you and your boy.

Thank you @SiuMi !!

QQmom · 18/10/2025 21:46

Do u guys know how many kids on WL on offer day? I.e how many kids put tiffin boy in CAF?

Curiousm · 09/03/2026 17:27

Any idea on the last waiting list number to be confirmed for an admission?

Sunnyside12 · 09/03/2026 17:51

It changes each year so very hard to say. What’s your son’s WL position?

Curiousm · 09/03/2026 21:01

My son is on WL 77 for september 2026 entry. I would like to know how long has the waiting list moved for kids started year 7 in sept 2025. Any idea?

Toom · 10/03/2026 09:29

I know it reached WL 63 by middle of August last year. But I don't know the final place - hopefully others can post who know more!

QQmom · 10/03/2026 14:11

Is 100 WL any chance?

PSD123 · 30/03/2026 15:11

My son was in waitlist number 35 at Tiffin School and today we got an offer from school and accepted the offers. Best of luck to others.

WombatChocolate · 31/03/2026 11:31

Congrats. Lovely to get the place so quickly (even if it felt like a long wait) so he can enjoy looking forward to it and all the transition stuff.

Thinkingfrog · 16/04/2026 17:38

Bumping this to see if there is any update to the Tiffin boys (or girls!) waiting list. I’m in an area affected by the movement so indirectly interested 😅