Tiffin Boys' School
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Tiffin School is a selective boy
s' grammar school
, situated in Kingston upon Thames
, south-west London
, England. It has specialist
Performing Arts College
status and has gained a second specialism in modern foreign languages. The school moved from voluntary aided
status to became an Academy School on 1 July 2011, but still raises additional funds through special events. Founded in 1880, Tiffin School educates over 1,000 student
s.
.
The school motto
is Faire sans dire which, literally translated from French
, means "to do without speaking". This calls to mind the phrase "Actions speak louder than words", and shows that students should perform, showing the world what they can do, rather than telling the world what they can do. The vision statement is "A leading creative community; an enduring love of learning".
Each house has a House Master, with House Captains selected from the Upper VI each September, responsible for overall control and discipline of the house. Houses compete annually for the House Trophy which is awarded to the winning house at the end of the competition, which consists of academic and sporting events, and is usually presented on Sports Day, the Wednesday of the last week of the Summer Term. The current holders of the house cup are Kingsley-Montgomery, who were victorious in the 2010-2011 house competition.
The school also operates a head boy and prefect system. Boys in the upper sixth are appointed prefects. When on duty, the head boy wears a blue gown and the senior prefects a red gown.
s from Kingston, John and Thomas Tiffin, left money in their will
s in 1638 for the education of local people. At first the money was used for scholarship
s to attend local schools. However, the fund grew through investment returns and additional donations, so by the 1820s nearly 110 children were benefiting from the fund.
By 1869, when the charity schools had closed and the money was no longer needed by the Public Secondary School, the charity's trustees proposed to support Kingston Grammar School
. There was a debate until 1872 when it was decided that Kingston Grammar School should receive no more than a quarter of the income from the charity.
, each taking 150 pupils. A single building by the Fairfield housing both schools was opened in January 1880.
In 1929 the Boys' School moved to its present site, in Queen Elizabeth Road near the centre of Kingston. It became a grammar school in 1943 and changed from being voluntary-controlled to being grant-maintained
in 1992. On 1 July 2011 the school achieved Academy status.
The school site campus has expanded and now has a Sports Centre, an Arts block, the South Building and the Judge Lecture Theatre and Learning Resource Centre (named the Dempsey Centre after a former head).
There are plans to replace the old 1940s refectory with a modern canteen and sixth-form centre, which will be connected to the Dempsey Centre.
The Dempsey Centre, named after Dr Tony Dempsey, who retired as head in 2004, was opened in September of that year.
It contains ICT suites, a lecture theatre, a library and a new careers office.
Hilda Clarke, was appointed head of Tiffin School in September 2009 replacing Sean Heslop, who had left in January 2009 to take up a headship in another school. Hilda Clarke is Tiffin's first female head. She was the former head of Langley Grammar School
in Slough
and former deputy head of Tiffin Girls' School
in Kingston upon Thames
.
report in 2002 stated that "the school is very popular; annually, it receives around 1,300 applications for the 140 available places. Very nearly all 16-year-olds continue into the Sixth Form and around 40 more join the Sixth Form each year from other schools. On entry, the pupils’ and Sixth Form students’ attainment is very high compared with the national average." In the 2007 Ofsted Report, Tiffin was rated outstanding (grade 1) in every area.
Universities each year, and for posterity their names are recorded on wood paneling in the main school hall. The majority of boys do end up going to either the Russell Group or the 1994 Group of research intensive universities.
According to the Sunday Times, Parent Power Guide, the school is ranked 10th in the top 100 State Secondary Schools based on 2011 examination results. The 2011 results for the school are:-
A-level %A*-B: 90.9
GCSE %A*-A: 82.8
, which consists of students, parents, staff and friends and is accompanied by either the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, the London Mozart Players
or the Sinfonia Britannica.
, the Royal Festival Hall
, and the Barbican with London
orchestras, and it regularly goes on tour. The choir has also recorded CDs, such as Rejoice in the Lamb and Christmas at Tiffin. It has also appeared on recordings of Mahler with Klaus Tennstedt
, Puccini's Tosca
with Antonio Pappano
and Britten's War Requiem
with Kurt Masur
. In addition to this, the choir has featured on the last ever episode of TFI Friday
, on the soundtrack of A Christmas Carol, starring Kate Winslet
, and on the subsequently released top-ten Kate Winslet Single "What If". The choir has made tours to Germany
, Romania
, Czech Republic
, Estonia
, Latvia
, Poland
, China
and New Zealand
.
Currently, the Conductor for the Tiffin Boys' Choir is Simon Toyne - the Music Director of Tiffin School.
, The Odyssey
, The Government Inspector, Playing the Victim and Hit the Gold Trail (in collaboration with NYMT).
is based at the boathouse, which is shared with Kingston Rowing Club
along the Thames at Canbury Gardens. The school is particularly strong in rugby, cricket, basket ball and rowing.
The school has a sports hall which is open to the public after normal school hours.
Boy
A boy is a young male human , as contrasted to its female counterpart, girl, or an adult male, a man.The term "boy" is primarily used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions or both...
s' grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, situated in Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned and is now a suburb situated south west of Charing Cross. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the...
, south-west London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England. It has specialist
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
Performing Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
status and has gained a second specialism in modern foreign languages. The school moved from voluntary aided
Voluntary aided school
A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school...
status to became an Academy School on 1 July 2011, but still raises additional funds through special events. Founded in 1880, Tiffin School educates over 1,000 student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s.
Admissions
Entry into the school is by academic selection, using both a verbal reasoning test and a non-verbal reasoning test. Over 1,300 candidates applied for 11+ entry in 2010.Identity
The school colours - red and blue - date from the time of its original foundation in the 19th century. The school's crest with three salmon is based on that of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesRoyal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London, England. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the three Royal Boroughs in England, the others are Kensington and Chelsea, also in London,...
.
The school motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
is Faire sans dire which, literally translated from French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, means "to do without speaking". This calls to mind the phrase "Actions speak louder than words", and shows that students should perform, showing the world what they can do, rather than telling the world what they can do. The vision statement is "A leading creative community; an enduring love of learning".
The house system
There were originally four houses. Churchill and Montgomery were added after the Second World War. Every pupil at the school is a member of a house throughout their education at the school.Each house has a House Master, with House Captains selected from the Upper VI each September, responsible for overall control and discipline of the house. Houses compete annually for the House Trophy which is awarded to the winning house at the end of the competition, which consists of academic and sporting events, and is usually presented on Sports Day, the Wednesday of the last week of the Summer Term. The current holders of the house cup are Kingsley-Montgomery, who were victorious in the 2010-2011 house competition.
| House | House Colour | Tie Colours |
|---|---|---|
| Raleigh | Maroon and White | |
| Drake | Black and Red | |
| Kingsley-Montgomery | Black and Green | |
| Churchill-Gordon | Black and White | |
| Livingstone | Blue and Marigold (formerly Brown and Marigold) | |
| Scott | Blue and White | |
The school also operates a head boy and prefect system. Boys in the upper sixth are appointed prefects. When on duty, the head boy wears a blue gown and the senior prefects a red gown.
History
Two prosperous brewerBrewer
Brewer may refer to:*Brewer, someone who makes beer by brewing*Brewer , a disambiguation page that lists people with the surname Brewer*Brewer, Maine, a city in southern Penobscot County, Maine, United States, near the city of Bangor...
s from Kingston, John and Thomas Tiffin, left money in their will
Will (law)
A will or testament is a legal declaration by which a person, the testator, names one or more persons to manage his/her estate and provides for the transfer of his/her property at death...
s in 1638 for the education of local people. At first the money was used for scholarship
Scholarship
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
s to attend local schools. However, the fund grew through investment returns and additional donations, so by the 1820s nearly 110 children were benefiting from the fund.
By 1869, when the charity schools had closed and the money was no longer needed by the Public Secondary School, the charity's trustees proposed to support Kingston Grammar School
Kingston Grammar School
Kingston Grammar School is an independent co-educational school in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. The school was founded by Royal Charter in 1561 but can trace its roots back to at least the 13th century. It is a registered charity under English law....
. There was a debate until 1872 when it was decided that Kingston Grammar School should receive no more than a quarter of the income from the charity.
Foundation
Plans were therefore drawn up in 1874 for two new schools; Tiffin Boys' School and Tiffin Girls' SchoolTiffin Girls' School
The Tiffin Girls' School is an all girls grammar school located in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, England. The school lies in over nine acres on the east side of Richmond Road.-History:...
, each taking 150 pupils. A single building by the Fairfield housing both schools was opened in January 1880.
In 1929 the Boys' School moved to its present site, in Queen Elizabeth Road near the centre of Kingston. It became a grammar school in 1943 and changed from being voluntary-controlled to being grant-maintained
Grant-maintained school
Grant-maintained schools were state schools in England and Wales between 1988 and 1998 that had opted out of local government control, being funded directly by a grant from central government...
in 1992. On 1 July 2011 the school achieved Academy status.
New buildings
In 1937 a new building was opened for the Girls' School for 480 pupils, they had previously been in the same building as the Boys' School.The school site campus has expanded and now has a Sports Centre, an Arts block, the South Building and the Judge Lecture Theatre and Learning Resource Centre (named the Dempsey Centre after a former head).
There are plans to replace the old 1940s refectory with a modern canteen and sixth-form centre, which will be connected to the Dempsey Centre.
Present day
There are between 140 to 150 boys in each year, and about 340 in the Sixth Form, taught by 65 teaching staff.The Dempsey Centre, named after Dr Tony Dempsey, who retired as head in 2004, was opened in September of that year.
It contains ICT suites, a lecture theatre, a library and a new careers office.
Hilda Clarke, was appointed head of Tiffin School in September 2009 replacing Sean Heslop, who had left in January 2009 to take up a headship in another school. Hilda Clarke is Tiffin's first female head. She was the former head of Langley Grammar School
Langley Grammar School
Langley Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Langley, Berkshire, United Kingdom.-Admissions:It has about 1013 pupils of whom 261 are in the Sixth Form. It is situated just north of the A4 next to Kedermister Park...
in Slough
Slough
Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London...
and former deputy head of Tiffin Girls' School
Tiffin Girls' School
The Tiffin Girls' School is an all girls grammar school located in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, England. The school lies in over nine acres on the east side of Richmond Road.-History:...
in Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned and is now a suburb situated south west of Charing Cross. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the...
.
Ofsted report
The OfstedOffice for Standards in Education
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
report in 2002 stated that "the school is very popular; annually, it receives around 1,300 applications for the 140 available places. Very nearly all 16-year-olds continue into the Sixth Form and around 40 more join the Sixth Form each year from other schools. On entry, the pupils’ and Sixth Form students’ attainment is very high compared with the national average." In the 2007 Ofsted Report, Tiffin was rated outstanding (grade 1) in every area.
Academic achievement
The school is strong academically and regularly sends approximately 20 boys to the OxbridgeOxbridge
Oxbridge is a portmanteau of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of perceived superior social status...
Universities each year, and for posterity their names are recorded on wood paneling in the main school hall. The majority of boys do end up going to either the Russell Group or the 1994 Group of research intensive universities.
According to the Sunday Times, Parent Power Guide, the school is ranked 10th in the top 100 State Secondary Schools based on 2011 examination results. The 2011 results for the school are:-
A-level %A*-B: 90.9
GCSE %A*-A: 82.8
Music
The school has a choir and several musical ensembles, including a swing band and the Thames Youth Orchestra. Every year, the school performs an oratorioOratorio
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
, which consists of students, parents, staff and friends and is accompanied by either the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, the London Mozart Players
London Mozart Players
The London Mozart Players is a British chamber orchestra founded in 1949. The LMP is the longest-established chamber orchestra in the United Kingdom whose performances and recordings focus largely on the core repertoire from the Classical era...
or the Sinfonia Britannica.
Tiffin Boys' Choir
The Tiffin Boys' Choir, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007, performs at notable venues including the Royal Opera HouseRoyal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...
, the Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected...
, and the Barbican with London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
orchestras, and it regularly goes on tour. The choir has also recorded CDs, such as Rejoice in the Lamb and Christmas at Tiffin. It has also appeared on recordings of Mahler with Klaus Tennstedt
Klaus Tennstedt
Klaus Tennstedt was a German conductor from Merseburg; he conducted such orchestras as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kiel Opera in Northern Germany; North German Radio Orchestra, in Hamburg; the Minnesota Orchestra; and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.-Life and career:He studied violin and...
, Puccini's Tosca
Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...
with Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage.Pappano's family relocated to England from Castelfranco in Miscano near Benevento, Italy in 1958 and at the time of his birth his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Pasquale Pappano, his father, was by vocation a...
and Britten's War Requiem
War Requiem
The War Requiem, Op. 66 is a large-scale, non-liturgical setting of the Requiem Mass composed by Benjamin Britten mostly in 1961 and completed January 1962. Interspersed with the traditional Latin texts, in telling juxtaposition, are settings of Wilfred Owen poems...
with Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur is a German conductor, particularly noted for his interpretation of German Romantic music.- Biography :Masur was born in Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig, Saxony. Masur has been married three times...
. In addition to this, the choir has featured on the last ever episode of TFI Friday
TFI Friday
TFI Friday is an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000. The show produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first 5 series. The final series was hosted by a number of Guest Presenters. It was broadcast on...
, on the soundtrack of A Christmas Carol, starring Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader...
, and on the subsequently released top-ten Kate Winslet Single "What If". The choir has made tours to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, China
China
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and New Zealand
New Zealand
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.
Currently, the Conductor for the Tiffin Boys' Choir is Simon Toyne - the Music Director of Tiffin School.
Thames Youth Orchestra
Tiffin school contributes a significant number of the musicians in the Thames Youth Orchestra.Drama
Drama has been a long-standing Tiffin tradition and, with the status of Performing Arts College granted in 2003, this continues. The main school production is put on in the first week of December and there is usually a smaller production in the summer. Previous productions have included School for Scandal, MacbethMacbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
, The Odyssey
Odyssey
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second—the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature...
, The Government Inspector, Playing the Victim and Hit the Gold Trail (in collaboration with NYMT).
Sports
Tiffin School is active in all the main sports. It has facilities for rugby, football and cricket at a large area of ground near Hampton Court, known as Grist's (named after a former headmaster). Tiffin School Boat ClubTiffin School Boat Club
The Tiffin School Boat Club is an amateur rowing club, based in England, run by Tiffin School. It is one of the few school rowing clubs in the state sector....
is based at the boathouse, which is shared with Kingston Rowing Club
Kingston Rowing Club
Kingston Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, based in England, founded in 1858.The club is one of the world's oldest and most successful amateur rowing clubs...
along the Thames at Canbury Gardens. The school is particularly strong in rugby, cricket, basket ball and rowing.
The school has a sports hall which is open to the public after normal school hours.
Tiffin shop
The Tiffin shop is a charitable business, that sells the school uniform, sports kit (rugby, cricket), various stationery items and textbooks. Because the shop is connected to the school, the school receives all surplus income. The shop relocated to the 'Elmfield' building in February 2007.Old Tiffinians
Former pupils are known as Old Tiffinians. The Tiffinian Association seeks to arrange reunion events such as dinners and sports fixtures. All alumni, parents of alumni, former staff, governors, and friends of the school are welcome to participate in these events.Notable former pupils
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, painter and writer - Reginald Foster DagnallReginald Foster Dagnall-Early life:Dagnall was born in Fulham, London in 1888 the son of Walter and Frances Dagnall, he was educated at Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames. Dagnall started his career in the drawing office of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company...
, founder of RFD and British aviation pioneer - Michael DixonMichael Dixon (museum)Michael Dixon is the Director of the Natural History Museum in London, England.Dixon attended Tiffin School. His education continued at Imperial College London and the University of York....
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