Tiffin Boys scores: can an Atom SAS predict a pass?
No. No practice score converts into a Tiffin result. The final ranking weights Stage 2 English at 50%, Stage 1 maths at 20% and Stage 2 maths at 30%.
What the weights mean
English and maths count equally. The maths half splits 2:3 between Stage 1 and Stage 2. Stage 1 English and maths, averaged, decide who reaches Stage 2.
Worked example Read the weighting
If Stage 1 maths rises by 10 standardised points and nothing else changes, how much does the weighted total rise?
Answer: 10 × 0.20 = 2 points.
The trap: Ten extra raw answers are not ten standardised points.
Atom, a tutor or practice at home?
Tiffin sets its tests with Quest. Pupil Premium families can get free Atom support through the school.
Match help to the need
| You see | Try first |
|---|---|
| Cannot explain a fraction method | A short lesson, then a fresh problem |
| Vague written answers | One evidence paragraph, then a revision |
| Answer-sheet slips | A short transfer drill |
| Sessions become arguments | Shorter sessions, or another adult |
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Priority Area
Places go first to boys within the 10km Priority Area. Check the full policy for your entry year.
What Tiffin has published for 2024 to 2026 entry
Switch between the stages.
How many boys sat each stage. The percentage is simple arithmetic on the school's two numbers, not a pass rate the school publishes.
| Entry year | Sat Stage One | Sat Stage Two | Share of Stage One |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,866 | 665 | 36% |
| 2025 | 1,675 | 653 | 39% |
| 2024 | 1,654 | 666 | 40% |
- For 2024, 2025 and 2026 entry, every place went to boys living inside the 10 km Priority Area. No places went to boys outside it.
- The school marks the 2026 cut-off score and appeals as "tbc": the 2026 cut-off is only known after the waiting list closes at the end of Year 7.
- Pupil Premium offers include any offers later declined. The school began reporting them for 2025 entry.
The school calls the table guidance only: the number of applicants and the whole situation change every year. A practice score from any provider cannot be placed on this scale.
Which scores you are told, and when
- Around 15 or 16 October 2026: whether your son is invited to Stage Two. No scores for boys who are invited. Source
- Boys not invited to Stage Two receive their Stage One scores. Source
- After National Offer Day (early March 2027): standardised scores go only to boys not offered a place. Source
- The waiting list runs from 1 March 2027 to the last day of the 2027 to 2028 school year, ranked by the selection criteria, ties by distance. The lowest Combined Score admitted by then becomes that year's cut-off score. Source
Questions parents ask
What was the Tiffin Boys cut-off score?
Tiffin's own table gives a cut-off score, the lowest Combined Score offered a place by the end of Year 7, of 102 for 2024 entry and 98 for 2025 entry. For 2026 entry it says "tbc", because the waiting list is still open. The lowest score offered on 1 March was 104, 100 and 100 for 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Is a Tiffin score of 100 enough?
The lowest score offered a place on 1 March in 2025 and 2026. Every place went to boys inside the 10 km Priority Area.
Can an Atom SAS be converted into a Tiffin score?
No. Tiffin publishes no conversion from any practice score.
When do Tiffin parents get their son's scores?
Boys not invited to Stage Two receive their Stage One scores. After National Offer Day, standardised scores go only to boys who were not offered a place. Invited boys get no scores in October.
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