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Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham

All-through · London · SE12 8PD

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 25 November 2025 · report published 21 January 2026

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At a glance

1,048 pupils · 103% of 1,020 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
29.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
23.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.trinitylewisham.org.uk
URN
100749

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 59 families named it first for 90 Year 7 places, 0.66 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2023; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 25 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

55 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · usually has places

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

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.66 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 59 first-choice applications · usually has places

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2023 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2023 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
86%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
18%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

116 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
48.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
69%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
56%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.4
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school48.3
Median of its 12 closest peers45.3
Lewisham average47.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Fairfield High SchoolBristol · 111 miles awayGood48.9
Leigh Academy BlackheathLondon · 2 miles awayOutstanding55
Bishop Perowne CofE CollegeWorcester · 108 miles awayGood40.3
The Norwood SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood50.2
The Bishop of Winchester AcademyBournemouth · 94 miles awayGood49.6
Patchway Community SchoolAlmondsbury · 111 miles awayRequires improvement37
Isca AcademyExeter · 161 miles awayExpected standard46.4
Ormiston Sandwell Community AcademyOldbury · 114 miles awayGood42.3
Trinity AcademyBristol · 111 miles awayGood52.1
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyBurnley · 187 miles awayNeeds attention37.6
The Brakenhale SchoolBracknell · 33 miles awayGood44.2
The Thomas Aveling SchoolRochester · 22 miles awayGood41.3

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 21% (Lewisham 23%, England 59%) · Black African 18% (Lewisham 20%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 16% (Lewisham 10%, England 1%) · Any other White background 9% (Lewisham 10%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 6% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Lewisham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Lewisham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 2%)

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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.66 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lewisham: 11.20 suspensions and 0.10 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
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.9 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 £58,059; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,856
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 76% (78%) · premises 10% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (7%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 3% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £425,074; in-year balance +£181,981

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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

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
95%
Continuing in education
94%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

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 higher41.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier27.9%62.3%
Social housing52.9%17.1%
Privately rented19.2%20.5%
Detached houses5.5%22.9%
Flats71.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003286 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£559,000783 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£404,500–£783,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£1,390,000
Semi-detached (69)£830,000
Terraced (337)£720,000
Flat (350)£392,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
71an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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