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Tiffin Girls' designated area checker

The Tiffin Girls' School designated area is 44 postal districts, so the first half of your postcode tells you whether you live in it.

What is the Tiffin Girls' designated area? It is 44 postal districts: KT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19; TW 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; SW 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; W 3, 4, 5, 7, 13; SM 4; CR 4.

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Does one of these apply?

Enter your postcode to see if your home is inside the Designated Area.

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Inner Area or Designated Area: what each one does

Inner Area: 13 named electoral wards

Counts towards up to 60 priority places for girls at or above the 350th ranked mark, after pupil premium girls in either area.

Designated Area: 44 postal districts

After the priority places, the remaining places go by combined mark to Designated Area girls first, then to girls outside it. The Inner Area sits inside it.

A postal district is not a ward. An address can be in the Designated Area without being in the Inner Area, which is why the checker looks up the ward separately. The full ward and district lists are in the answers below.

Have the areas changed?

Entry yearWhat the school says
September 2014 onwardsThe Designated Area was introduced. The school says every place since then has gone to girls living inside it. Source
2026 entry to 2027 entryThe 13 Inner Area wards, the 44 Designated Area postal districts, the up-to-60 priority places at or above the 350th ranked mark and the 10% leeway for eligible girls read the same in both determined arrangements. Source
2028 entryNo determined arrangements for 2028 entry were published when we checked. Do not assume the 2027 areas carry over. Source

The address that counts, and who checks it

  1. Your council application must show where your daughter permanently lives. Your local authority may ask for evidence as part of its checks. Source
  2. Every postcode in the Designated Area is treated the same. Kingston's mapping system measures distance only to break a tie for the last place. Source
  3. If you have moved in the last 12 months, or move after applying, follow your local authority's address checks. The school says it cannot help with this. Source
  4. The Inner Area is a list of named wards and the Designated Area a list of postal districts. Check the ward as well as the district. Source

The Tiffin Girls' designated area, in plain English

What is the Tiffin Girls' designated area?

It is 44 postal districts: KT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19; TW 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; SW 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; W 3, 4, 5, 7, 13; SM 4; CR 4. It is what most parents mean by the Tiffin Girls catchment area. Your postcode's first half says whether you are in it.

What is the Inner Area?

13 electoral wards close to the school: Berrylands, Canbury Gardens, Coombe Hill, Coombe Vale, Green Lane & St James, Kingston Gate, Kingston Town, New Malden Village, Norbiton, St Mark's & Seething Wells, Surbiton Hill, Tudor, Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside. After looked-after girls, up to 60 priority places go to girls at or above the 350th ranked mark: pupil-premium girls in the Designated or Inner Area first, then Inner Area girls.

Does living in the designated area get my daughter a place?

No. It decides the order, not the outcome. Girls who sat Stage Two are ranked by combined mark, and Designated Area girls come before girls outside it. For 2026 entry, 474 girls sat Stage Two for 180 places, and 428 of them lived in the Designated Area.

Does distance matter inside the designated area?

No. Every Designated Area postcode is treated the same. Distance only breaks a tied mark: for the 60th priority place, and for the 180th place after looked-after and then pupil-premium status. The council measures it in a straight line to the nearest school gate.

Can girls outside the designated area apply?

Yes, but they are ranked after every Designated Area girl, and since the area was introduced in September 2014 every place has gone to a girl living inside it. The school asks families outside it to think carefully before registering.

Which address counts, and what if we move?

The address where your daughter lives permanently when you apply, which your council checks. If you plan to move before she starts in September, follow your council's process for moving home, because an offer could be withdrawn after a change of address.

Are the 2028 arrangements published yet?

Not yet. The school's admissions page lists the arrangements for 2026 and 2027 entry only. Until the 2028 arrangements appear, the 2027 rules are the best guide, and they can change.

Where places went, 2024 to 2026

EntrySat Stage OneSat Stage TwoOf those, Designated AreaOf those, Inner AreaPlaces
2026146847442891180
20251498475428100180
2024148546542599180

All places in these three years went to girls living in the Designated Area or Inner Area. The school does not publish a lowest mark offered.

Sources

Last checked 25 September 2026. If the school changes its policy, the school's own documents win.

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Postcode positions and wards come from the ONS Postcode Directory. They show where your postcode sits, not your exact address, and they are not a council decision.