Tiffin School 11 Plus (11+) Exam Guide

You must submit an online Supplementary Information Form (SIF) through Tiffin’s website for the Stage 1 test. This will be made available from early June till early September 2026. The first part of the exam, the Stage 1 Test (‘sifting test’), will be held in early October and Tiffin school will decide following this exam the number of boys they will invite to the Stage 2 Test.

If your child is not selected for Stage 2 testing, you will be notified by Tiffin School around the 15th October 2026. This allows enough time to make a decision when submitting your Common Application Form (CAF) to your local home authority, which must be done before the end of October. 

The Stage 2 Test will be held in November and candidates will be informed of this date closer to the time.

Your child will find out if they have been successfully admitted into Tiffin School on National School Offer Day which falls at the start of March 2027.

There is a priority system in place which gives priority to candidates in the following order:

• Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP)
• Children with a combined score that is higher than or equal to the 400th ranked mark of all applicants who sat the Stage 2 Test, with specific priority given to looked after, or previously looked after, children within the Priority Area and children whose primary school receives pupil premium funding in respect of them and whose permanent residence is within the Priority Area
• Children whose permanent residence is within the Priority Area (in rank order of the combined score)
• Children whose permanent residence is outside the Priority Area.

It is also important to note that the Priority Area is less than 10 km from Tiffin School and that the Published Admission Number (PAN), the number of places available for Year 7 entry, is 180.