The two most sought-after grammar schools in London for boys are Tiffin School and Queen Elizabeth Barnet. The highly meritocratic environment that encourages the full realization of a child's potential, helps in creating highly successful, confident and able men. Not only do these schools emphasize on honing the academic skills, they also invest a great deal on nurturing the child in sport, music and the arts.
Published Admission Number
For Year 7. both Tiffin and Q.E. School's Published Admission Number (PAN) for September 2022 is 180.
Test Paper Pattern
Tiffin selects the students based on a two-stage test.
Stage One Test will consist of questions in English and Maths, that are computer marked. As the school has never published the test paper, the exact pattern is unknown; although, we do know that stage one has multiple-Choice Questions.
Stage Two Test will be written tests in English and Maths and will be held in November 2021. Admission to Tiffin School will be determined by academic ability, which is assessed by performance in the tests. Applicants are ranked in order of their combined score, and places are allocated according to the Selection Criteria.
QE on the other hand takes only a multiple-Choice questions pattern paper. The school conducts two tests on the same day, one Maths paper and one English. The students who achieve 210 or higher as a combined score will be taken into consideration for admission to Queen Elizabeth's (QE boys) School.
Each candidate sits two tests on the same day, the scores of each test will be standardized and then combined to form the Merit list. In the event of two students scoring identical marks, rank would be allocated based on the straight-line distance between the child's address and school main gate.
Catchment area
Tiffin schools first merit list is from an 'Inner Priority Area'. All applicants who live less than 10 Km. from Tiffin School live in the Inner Priority Area.
If there are any remaining places, then boys whose permanent place of residence is in the 'Outer Priority Area' are selected and if there are any remaining places. - All applicants who live 10 Km or more and less than 14 Km from Tiffin School live in the Outer Priority Area. - Finally the boys whose permanent place of residence is outside the Priority Areas are selected.
The sole admission criterion of QE is academic ability, i.e. by the score achieved in the entrance exam. The school has no catchment area at all.
QE also only reports scores as a whole number, so there will be lots of boys on the same score, especially near the middle of the distribution. It is at this point that distance from the school (not 'catchment') seems to come into play, with the boys living closer to the school being ranked higher up than those living further away.
Competition
Queen Elizabeth (QE Boys) school in Barnet is the UK's top-performing grammar school. It is a highly competitive school in the country and competition is fierce to get a place in Year 7. The School receives approximately 2200 to 2500 applicants for 180 places for year 7, which proves that the tentative school receives 14 applications for a single position leading to a ratio of 14:1. After taking a look at all statistical information, QE Boys is taking only the top 8 to 9% of students who have applied for 11 plus entrance exam.
Tiffin School is a hugely competitive grammar school, with over nine applicants for every Year 7 place, so students need to be properly prepared before the exam. To give students the best possible chance of gaining a place in Year 7 at Tiffin School, we would recommend using the following practice papers:
Patterns of admission:
Tiffin School
| Year | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applicants tested at stage 1 | 1585 | 1686 | 1609 |
| Applicants tested at stage 2 | 601 | 590 | 539 |
| Places offered initially | 186 | 186 | 180 |
| Initial qualifying score | 106 | 105 | 107 |
In 2018, only those in the Priority Areas were offered places.
For 2019 and 2020, all places were offered to those only in the Inner Priority Area.
For Queen Elizabeth
| Year | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applicants writing the test | 2846 | 2789 | 2401 |
| Applicants achieving minimum standard required | 1013 | 1034 | 861 |
| Lowest score gaining admissions | 229 | 232 | 229 |
| Initial qualifying score | 106 | 105 | 107 |
School Performance
| University | QE Barnet | Tiffin |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 27 | 12 |
| University College London | 18 | 14 |
| Nottingham | 18 | 9 |
| Imperial College London | 15 | 14 |
| King's College London | 13 | 12 |
| Oxford | 13 | 4 |
| Warwick | 10 | 14 |
| LSE | 9 | 2 |
| Bath | 6 | 3 |
| Bristol | 5 | 13 |
| Southampton | 3 | 7 |
| Manchester | 3 | 2 |
| Edinburgh | 2 | - |
| New York University | 1 | 1 |
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