Trinity Academy

About Trinity Academy

Trinity Academy’s headline Progress 8 score of -0.18 sits below the Lambeth local authority average of 0.07 for secondary schools, meaning pupils here make less academic progress between Year 7 and Year 11 than their peers across the borough. That gap is modest but consistent — the school ranks 9th out of 15 Lambeth secondaries on this measure, placing it in the bottom half locally and the bottom 40 per cent nationally. However, the picture is not uniformly downbeat. In maths, Progress 8 is +0.06, essentially in line with the national average, and in EBacc subjects it’s +0.18, a positive outlier. The drag comes from English (-0.32) and open subjects (-0.59), which pull the overall figure below the LA benchmark. With 48.8 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals — well above the national average — the school serves a significantly disadvantaged intake, which context matters when interpreting these scores.

At GCSE, 47.5 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths, and 30 per cent hit the higher grade 5 threshold. The average Attainment 8 score is 38.6, and the EBacc average point score sits at 3.65. Just 7.5 per cent of pupils entered the full EBacc combination, though 77.5 per cent entered at least some EBacc-qualifying subjects. The sixth form tells a more encouraging story. With only 19 students in the data, the cohort is small, but the A-level value added score of 0.78 is rated ‘well above average’, and the average points per entry of 34.63 equates to a C+ grade. The best three A-levels average out at a B-. In its most recent graded inspection in 2017, Ofsted rated the school Good overall, with Good for leadership and management, and a 2022 ungraded inspection confirmed the school remains Good.

The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26, 170 families applied for 87 places, a ratio of nearly 2:1, with 44 first-preference offers made. Facilities include science labs, a sports hall, swimming pool, astro turf, music rooms and a dedicated sixth form centre. Sports on offer range from swimming and tennis to martial arts and rugby, while clubs include gardening, debate, drama and Young Enterprise. SEND provision covers a wide spectrum, including support for autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health. Trinity Academy is a solid, well-subscribed state secondary in Lambeth that serves a high-needs community. Its sixth form punches above its weight academically, making it a particularly strong option for students who stay on post-16, though the main school’s progress scores suggest it’s not currently matching the top performers in the borough.

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