Enter your postcode to see if your home is inside the Designated Area.
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.
Source: 2027 arrangements, 5.1.2 and 5.3Designated 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.
Source: 2027 arrangements, 5.1.3 and 5.4A 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.
We compared the determined arrangements for 2026 and 2027 entry on 26 September 2026.
| Entry year | What the school says |
|---|---|
| September 2014 onwards | The Designated Area was introduced. The school says every place since then has gone to girls living inside it. Source |
| 2026 entry to 2027 entry | The 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 entry | No determined arrangements for 2028 entry were published when we checked. Do not assume the 2027 areas carry over. Source |
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.
Source: Tiffin Girls' determined admissions arrangements, entry September 202713 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.
Source: Tiffin Girls' determined admissions arrangements, entry September 2027No. 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.
Source: Tiffin Girls' admissions information 2024 to 2026No. 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.
Source: Tiffin Girls' determined admissions arrangements, entry September 2027Yes, 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.
Source: Tiffin Girls' determined admissions arrangements, entry September 2027The 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.
Source: Tiffin Girls' determined admissions arrangements, entry September 2027Not 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.
Source: Tiffin Girls' Year 7 admissions page| Entry | Sat Stage One | Sat Stage Two | Of those, Designated Area | Of those, Inner Area | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1468 | 474 | 428 | 91 | 180 |
| 2025 | 1498 | 475 | 428 | 100 | 180 |
| 2024 | 1485 | 465 | 425 | 99 | 180 |
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. Source: Tiffin Girls' admissions information 2024 to 2026
Last checked 25 September 2026. If the school changes its policy, the school's own documents win.