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Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

Primary · London · SE23 3HZ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 29 February 2024

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At a glance

185 pupils · 88% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
49.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
45.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.holytrinity.lewisham.sch.uk/
URN
100723

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 29 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

21 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers55.5%
Lewisham average68.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood58%
Friars Primary Foundation SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood68%
Whitehall Park SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayGood46%
E-ACT Badock's Wood AcademyBristol · 110 miles awayGood63%
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayExpected standard65%
Drapers' Brookside Junior SchoolRomford · 17 miles awayGood47%
Horninglow Primary SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 117 miles awayGood (2019)34%
Fonthill Primary AcademyBristol · 109 miles awayGood47%
Ivingswood AcademyChesham · 31 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Sir John Lillie Primary SchoolFulham · 7 miles awayGood (2016)70%
St George's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayStrong standard75%
Newtown Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 113 miles awayGood48%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other Black background 18% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Black African 18% (Lewisham 15%, England 5%) · Not recorded 15% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 12% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 12% (Lewisham 8%, England 1%) · White British 6% (Lewisham 26%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Lewisham 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Lewisham 12%, England 7%) · White Irish 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lewisham: 0.81 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

38.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,895; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,583
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 10% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £69,345; in-year balance +£6,907

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher53.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier44.7%62.3%
Social housing34.1%17.1%
Privately rented20.6%20.5%
Detached houses2.6%22.9%
Flats70.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van50.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003256 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,000820 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£355,000–£670,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£1,145,000
Semi-detached (75)£865,000
Terraced (220)£682,500
Flat (507)£380,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
70an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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