Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B71
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- London, SE12 8PD
- Distance
- 1.1km away
St Matthew Academy
St Joseph's Vale, London, SE3 0XX
Local ranking1st of 14 secondary schools in Lewisham
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
All-through
Phase
1650
Capacity
4-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 83.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 13.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 24
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 72.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 172
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1065
- Boys
- 615 (58%)
- Girls
- 450 (42%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (65% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.5%
- EAL
- 28.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £4,634/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Black African: 34.5%
- Black Caribbean: 17.3%
- White British: 8.6%
- White Other: 8.0%
- Mixed Other: 4.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 4.7%
- Black Other: 4.6%
- Other: 4.4%
34.5%
Black African
17.3%
Black Caribbean
8.6%
White British
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St Joseph's Vale
London, London
Administrative
- URN
- 135264
- UKPRN
- 10021091
- Establishment No.
- 6907
- Trust
- ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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