Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere
Secondary · Belvedere · DA17 6HT
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 4 May 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,028 pupils · 114% of 900 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 13.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 136538
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 104 families named it first for 165 Year 7 places, 0.63 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 3 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.63 first-choice applications per place165 places offered · 104 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Bexley school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
173 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is behind 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.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Bower Park Academy | 37.7 | |
| Castle Manor Academy | 40.3 | |
| Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School | 46.1 | |
| Laurus Ryecroft | 51.6 | |
| Brompton Academy | 38.1 | |
| Crestwood Community School | 38.1 | |
| Lift Winton | 37.9 | |
| King's Lynn Academy | 39.1 | |
| Headlands School | 39.6 | |
| Cranbourne | 42.7 | |
| Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy | 36.9 | |
| Leigh Academy Longfield | 40.2 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Other Difficulty/Disability
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 17 of 12 places taken full, or over capacity
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 40% (Bexley 40%, England 59%) · Black African 13% (Bexley 18%, England 5%) · Not recorded 9% (Bexley 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 8% (Bexley 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 8% (Bexley 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bexley 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Bexley 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bexley 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Bexley 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bexley 5%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Bexley 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bexley 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bexley 2%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Bexley 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
56.90 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bexley: 13.70 suspensions and 0.13 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
65% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.4 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 £55,935; 9.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 9% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £635,000; in-year balance +£648,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 3 March 2026: Needs attention
- 5 October 2021: School remains Good
- 2 February 2016: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 39.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 16% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 31.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 13.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 55.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 67.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 9.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 23% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 5.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 30.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 10.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 26.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000406 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £360,000333 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £253,000–£427,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 23an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an 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