Royal Greenwich Trust School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 38.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 38.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 32% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 6.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.36 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	37.4[5]	23.8%[5]
2023/24	39.7[3]	34.7%[3]	-0.36[3]
2022/23	36.4[6]	24%[6]	-0.81[6]
2021/22	41[7]	32%[7]	-0.63[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2018/19[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2017/18	D+[10]	2%[10]
2016/17	D+[11]	0%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 86% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form: 33% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college: 25% 2022/23[12]
Further education college: 21% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 3% 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	94%[13]	39%[13]	27%[13]	23%[13]	0%[13]	4%[13]
2016/17	100%[14]	70%[14]	0%[14]	10%[14]	0%[14]	10%[14]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 78% 2022/23[15]
UK higher education: 53% 2022/23[15]
Education: 63% 2022/23[15]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[15]
Employment: 13% 2022/23[15]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	76%[16]	52%[16]	54%[16]	6%[16]	17%[16]
2020/21	69%[17]	44%[17]	48%[17]	4%[17]	17%[17]
2019/20	76%[18]	31%[18]	59%[18]	2%[18]	15%[18]
2018/19	77%[19]	33%[19]	50%[19]	4%[19]	23%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 72% 2021/22[20]
Top third of most selective universities: 4% 2021/22[20]
Russell Group universities: 12% 2019/20[21]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[21]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	67%[22]	15%[22]
2019/20	66%[21]	12%[21]	12%[21]	0%[21]
2018/19	68%[23]	8%[23]	8%[23]	0%[23]
2017/18	61%[24]	5%[24]	5%[24]	0%[24]

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: 11 Oct 2022[25]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[25]
Report published: 6 Dec 2022[25]
Personal development: Good[25]
Quality of education: Good[25]
Overall effectiveness: Good[25]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[25]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[25]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[25]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[25]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
9 Jan 2019[26]	S5 Inspection[26]	Requires improvement[26]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[27]
Applications (any preference): 365 Entry Sept 2026[27]
First preferences: 80 Entry Sept 2026[27]
Places offered: 144 Entry Sept 2026[27]
First preferences per place: 0.6 Entry Sept 2026[27]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	457[27]	119[27]	171[27]	2.7[27]	0.7[27]
Entry Sept 2024	496[27]	118[27]	172[27]	2.9[27]	0.7[27]
Entry Sept 2023	367[27]	103[27]	148[27]	2.5[27]	0.7[27]
Entry Sept 2022	352[27]	72[27]	147[27]	2.4[27]	0.5[27]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 150 Entry Sept 2027[28]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 900[1]
Trust: UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS TRUST, EAST LONDON[1]
Local authority: Greenwich[1]
Website: http://www.rgtrustschool.net [1]
District: Greenwich [29]
Postcode: SE7 8LJ[1]
URN: 143927[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 854 2024/25[30]
English as an additional language: 39.2% 2024/25[30]
SEN support: 17.6% 2024/25[30]
EHC plan: 1.6% 2024/25[30]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 53.3% 2024/25[30]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 36.1%[31]
Mixed: 14.8%[31]
Asian: 9.4%[31]
Black: 33.9%[31]
Any other ethnic group: 5.1%[31]
Unclassified: 0.8%[31]

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

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Pupil Admission Numbers The school will admit 150 students into Year 7 in September 2027. (p. 12)
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