Will eight grade 9s be needed for Tiffin Boys Sixth Form entry?

[IrishPetal]

Does everyone think you’ll need eight 9s to get into Tiffin Boys 6th form this year?

Loads leaving our local independent schools to try for Tiffin 6th form this year (post VAT) so am worrying the odds are smaller than ever!

I think the marks needed will depend a lot on what subjects you want to study. If going for humanities, languages and arts subjects then slightly lower grades will suffice - there will only be a small number of places on stem courses for new students so very high marks may be needed. Don’t know if this year will be be wildly different to previous as assume pressure from private VAT changes been there for a year or two already,

Do you meant they’re giving notice to the private school in the hope of a place, as that seems risky? What will they do if they don’t get in?

You can give provisional notice, so no risk at all

You can’t give provisional notice at all schools. They want to know if they will have spaces so they can offer to other candidates. If they have lots saying they ‘might’ leave it’s not helpful. More likely is that they will have to pay the Autumn term fees if they move.

Would agree that it’s easier to get into Tiffin if doing humanities.

Definitely not true at any of the schools I’m aware of!

A local outstanding state 6th form would be plan B.

This is interesting, thank you. Someone did advise us a while back to choose RE and German for the best chance! Sadly DS wants to do STEM. Alongside one undersubscribed arts subject, so who knows how that would place his chances!

I don’t think the VAT pressure has fully hit until this year - many people will have moved heaven and earth to keep their kids in their private school until the end of year 11.

Does anyone have recent experience or reflections on humanities and languages teaching at A Level at Tiffin Boys? My daughter has applied for Sept 2026 entry wanting to do humanities/ languages and is weighing up Tiffin Boys v staying where she is (obviously offer dependent!) so it would be great to hear any recent experiences

If they can no longer afford private they'd need to apply to whichever state school has places.