Are there Tiffin Boys past papers?
No. Tiffin School says it does not publish its past papers and writes completely new papers every year. It publishes illustrative English and maths questions and an example OMR answer sheet, linked below.
Tiffin Boys practice papers: what exists, and a free sample
Try 14 free Stage One questions
8 English questions and 6 Maths questions, with answers and explanations. Practise the numerical answer grid. No account needed.
What the school publishes
- Tiffin School does not publish past papers. It publishes illustrative English and maths questions for both stages and an example maths answer sheet, and warns that question numbers, timings and types change every year. Source
- Stage One answers go on a computer-marked OMR sheet. English is multiple choice. Maths answers are either a letter or a number bubbled digit by digit, with times given like a digital clock (07:05). Source
- Rough working has plenty of space but is not checked or marked, in either stage. Stage Two answers are handwritten. Source
Official files: illustrative English questions, illustrative maths questions and the example maths answer sheet. Read 26 September 2026.
Free sample with answer-grid practice
Answer the English by ticking one option. For maths, work the answer out, then bubble it one digit per column, as on the real sheet. When you mark it, each wrong grid says whether it looks like a recording slip (digits reversed, a place-value or unit slip, a 12-hour time) or a working error.
Tiffin sample paper
Free Tiffin-style Stage One sample
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English: reading · 6 min practice clock
Read the passage, then choose ONE answer for each question.
The Clockmaker's Window
[1]Every Saturday, Leo stopped outside Mr Okafor's shop on the way to the market. The window was crowded with clocks: tall ones with brass pendulums, small ones shaped like owls, and one enormous station clock whose hands had not moved for as long as Leo could remember. It always said twenty past four.
[2]“Why don't you mend that one?” Leo asked one morning, when Mr Okafor was polishing the glass. The clockmaker considered the question for so long that Leo wondered whether he had heard it.
[3]“That clock stopped on the afternoon I opened this shop,” he said at last. “My daughter was six. She ran in from the street, saw the hands standing still and announced that the shop was now magic, because time could not get inside.” He smiled. “Every other clock in here keeps perfect time. That one keeps something else.”
[4]Leo looked at the station clock again. Its face was cracked in one corner, and a thin line of dust lay along the top of its frame. He had always thought of it as the one thing in the window that was broken.
[5]The next Saturday, he was late for the market. He stopped anyway.
1.Choose ONE answer.
How long has the station clock shown twenty past four?
2.Choose ONE answer.
Mr Okafor “considered the question for so long”. This suggests that
3.Choose ONE answer.
What does Mr Okafor mean by “That one keeps something else”?
4.Choose ONE answer.
Why does Leo stop at the window even though he is late?
English: language · 5 min practice clock
Selected answers. Choose ONE answer for each.
5.Choose ONE answer.
Neither of the two guides ___ sure ___ map had been left behind. Which pair completes both gaps correctly?
6.Choose ONE answer.
Which word best completes the sentence? Although the plan sounded impressive, I remained ___ until I had seen evidence that it would work.
7.Choose ONE answer.
Which sentence keeps the meaning of this sentence? Unless the river falls, the ferry will remain closed.
8.Choose ONE answer.
Which word best replaces tentative in this sentence? We made a tentative arrangement to meet on Thursday, but the date still depended on the weather.
Maths: numerical answers · 12 min practice clock
Work out each answer, then bubble one digit in each column. On these sheets the number of columns matches the number of digits.
9.Work out the answer, then fill one digit in each column.
The mean of four numbers is 13. Three of the numbers are 10, 12 and 14. What is the fourth number?
10.Work out the answer, then fill one digit in each column.
The bar chart shows the favourite sports of a group of pupils. How many more pupils chose football than chose tennis and rugby together?
11.Work out the answer, then fill one digit in each column.
Red and blue counters are in the ratio 5:3. There are 24 more red counters than blue. How many counters are there altogether?
12.Work out the answer, then fill one digit in each column.
Work out the size of angle y, in degrees.
13.Work out the answer, then fill one digit in each column.
14 teams enter a league. Every team plays every other team exactly once. How many matches are played altogether?
14.Work out the answer, then fill one digit in each column.
A film starts at 17:45 and lasts 1 hour 50 minutes. At what time does it end? Give the 24-hour time.
More practice sits in the free lessons and practice sets. Open free practice.
Try the free Tiffin School lesson
If the grids caught a slip, a few minutes of practice each week makes the answer sheet automatic.
Questions parents ask
How do you fill in a Tiffin maths answer sheet?
For multiple choice, draw a firm line through the letter. For a numerical answer, bubble one digit in each column. A time is recorded like a digital clock, so 5 minutes past 7 is 07:05. The line must stay inside the column.
Is this sample the real Tiffin test?
No. It is 14 of our own questions: 8 English, with a reading passage, and 6 maths, some read from a chart or diagram, answered on a digit grid. It practises the answer format and the thinking, not the live paper.