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Trinity School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 49.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.26 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.7[6] 45.1%[6]
2023/24 50[4] 48.6%[4] +0.26[4]
2022/23 48.5[7] 51%[7] +0.22[7]
2021/22 52.5[8] 53%[8] +0.32[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
9.5% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[9] 5.9%[9]
2022/23 C+[10] 8.2%[10]
2021/22 C+[11] 8.9%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
28% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[12]
Employment
2% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[13] 65%[13] 1%[13] 26%[13] 0%[13] 3%[13]
2020/21 98%[14] 63%[14] 1%[14] 24%[14] 2%[14] 3%[14]
2019/20 96%[15] 55%[15] 1%[15] 36%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2018/19 98%[16] 63%[16] 0%[16] 29%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[17]
UK higher education
59% 2022/23[17]
Education
61% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[17]
Employment
22% 2022/23[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[18] 66%[18] 66%[18] 2%[18] 16%[18]
2020/21 90%[19] 54%[19] 55%[19] 1%[19] 34%[19]
2019/20 83%[20] 52%[20] 56%[20] 3%[20] 24%[20]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
66% 2021/22[21]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[21]
Russell Group universities
11% 2019/20[22]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[22]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 70%[23] 35%[23]
2019/20 66%[22] 11%[22] 11%[22] 0%[22]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
13 Mar 2024[24]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[24]
Report published
12 May 2024[24]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[24]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[24]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 Oct 2018[25] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[25] No overall grade[25]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.6 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Applications (any preference)
792 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences
252 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Places offered
173 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 719[26] 238[26] 173[26] 4.2[26] 1.4[26]
Entry Sept 2024 690[26] 209[26] 170[26] 4.1[26] 1.2[26]
Entry Sept 2023 745[26] 217[26] 178[26] 4.2[26] 1.2[26]
Entry Sept 2022 631[26] 199[26] 175[26] 3.6[26] 1.1[26]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[27]
Sibling priority
Students with siblings on roll at the time that the applicant will join the school Entry Sept 2027[27]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Christian[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
1140[1]
Trust
TRINITY SCHOOL SEVENOAKS LTD[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.trinitysevenoaks.org.uk/[1]
District
Sevenoaks[28]
Postcode
TN13 3SL[1]
URN
139554[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1145 2024/25[29]
English as an additional language
6.6% 2024/25[29]
SEN support
15.6% 2024/25[29]
EHC plan
3.3% 2024/25[29]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.2% 2024/25[29]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
85.4%[30]
Mixed
6.9%[30]
Asian
1.7%[30]
Black
2.6%[30]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[30]
Unclassified
2.5%[30]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  27. kent.gov.uk: kent.gov.uk — Trinity School admissions criteria 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (3)
    - 1 - Admission Policy Pupil Numbers Trinity School Sevenoaks has an agreed published admission number (PAN) of 180 Year 7 pupils. (p. 2)
    Trinity School Sevenoaks has an agreed published admission number (PAN) of 180 Year 7 pupils. (p. 2)
    a. Students with siblings11 on roll at the time that the applicant will join the school (p. 3)
  28. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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