Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Kingston upon Thames
Tala Close, Surbiton, KT6 7EY
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
91%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.3%
21.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,529
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,477 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
91%
1st preference success rate
208 of 228 families who put it first got an offer
254
Places offered
716
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 228 | 208 | ● 91% |
| 2nd preference | 195 | 30 | ● 15% |
| 3rd preference | 113 | 10 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 180 | 6 | ● 3% |
| Total | 716 | 254 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Kingston upon Thames lets families list 6 preferences. 238 applications came from outside the council area (38 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jolande Botha-Smith
- Address
- Tala Close, Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form, Surbiton, KT6 7EY
- Phone
- 02083973854
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Ward / constituency
- Tolworth · Kingston and Surbiton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137060
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 34% | — | — |
| SEN support | 4% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: TOLWORTH GIRLS' SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM
1,529 pupils · 1,477 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
21 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,225 pupils
Attendance
92.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.87 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 85% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.18 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.11 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 57.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 62% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 78.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 53.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.19 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 237 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.36 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 8.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 109 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 235 | 26% | 64% | 79% | |
| English Language | 235 | 42% | 77% | 91% | |
| English Literature | 234 | 44% | 86% | 96% | |
| Religious Studies | 228 | 43% | 76% | 87% | |
| Combined Science | 174 | 11% | 56% | 78% | |
| History | 141 | 42% | 70% | 84% | |
| Geography | 101 | 34% | 64% | 72% | |
| Spanish | 73 | 33% | 68% | 88% | |
| Art and Design | 71 | 63% | 99% | 100% | |
| Biology | 58 | 71% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 58 | 57% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 58 | 72% | 98% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 41 | 2% | 10% | 32% | |
| Biology | 30 | 7% | 17% | 33% | |
| Mathematics | 30 | 0% | 10% | 33% | |
| Chemistry | 26 | 8% | 12% | 38% | |
| Sociology | 23 | 4% | 13% | 52% | |
| History | 17 | 0% | 18% | 59% | |
| Art and Design | 14 | 36% | 64% | 93% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 0% | 18% | 36% | |
| English Language and Literature | 11 | 0% | 0% | 45% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 10 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |
| Government and Politics | 8 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Photography | 7 | 0% | 29% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12942: Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 63% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 66% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kingston upon Thames council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.