Voluntary aided school

Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham

Mixed · ages 4–16 · no sixth form · Church of EnglandLewisham, London · London SE12 8PDSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,048of 1,020 places
Free school meals
29.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
116
Ofsted
Report card, 25 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham has no sixth form. Of the 111 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 44% moved to a sixth form college, 18% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 44% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.7 in Lewisham, with 56% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lewisham and England.

This school
Lewisham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolLewishamEngland
Pupils in the cohort1112,282607,348
Any sustained destination95%93%92%
Stayed in education94%91%86%
— school sixth form28%43%34%
— sixth form college44%24%13%
— further education college18%19%37%
— other education4%4%2%
Apprenticeship2%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination4%4%6%
Destination unknown1%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolLewishamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)48.346.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%45%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%63%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects89%54%41%
EBacc average point score4.444.304.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort35%38%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils41.637.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.952.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language35%30%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language11498%89%18%20%71%
Mathematics11498%88%18%22%75%
English Literature11498%86%21%21%88%
Religious Studies11196%31%27%32%74%
Combined Science9178%65%3%9%51%
History7565%41%17%26%48%
Spanish6556%19%6%27%38%
French4539%18%33%29%80%
Geography3328%41%15%25%70%
Fine Art2522%9%12%28%64%
Chemistry2320%23%52%47%96%
Biology2320%23%39%45%96%
Physics2320%23%30%46%91%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2017%8%30%21%75%
Citizenship Studies2017%3%20%19%90%
Physical Education1916%11%5%24%53%
Computer Science1311%13%15%30%46%
Drama119%7%55%27%100%
Music76%5%14%33%71%
Statistics11%5%20%
Russian11%0%87%
Portuguese11%0%50%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction20
Sports Studies18
Small Business Management17
Engineering Studies17
Music Technology (Electronic)10
Additional Mathematics FSMQ4

Other secondary schools in Lewisham

Forest Hill School

Community school · sixth form · 1,080 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.3

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.