Trinity School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Kent
Seal Hollow Rd, Sevenoaks, TN13 3SL
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
63%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.8%
22.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,153
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,140 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
63%
1st preference success rate
149 of 238 families who put it first got an offer
173
Places offered
719
Total applications
4.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 238 | 149 | ● 63% |
| 2nd preference | 202 | 17 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 139 | 4 | ● 3% |
| 4th preference | 140 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Total | 719 | 173 | 24% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. 66 applications came from outside the council area (14 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Matthew Pawson
- Address
- Seal Hollow Rd, Sevenoaks, TN13 3SL
- Phone
- 01732469111
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Seal and Weald · Sevenoaks
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139554
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 6% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: TRINITY SCHOOL SEVENOAKS LTD
1,153 pupils · 1,140 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
14 March 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 936 pupils
Attendance
91.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.26 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.42 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.66 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 45.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 44.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.21 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 175 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.34 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 9.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 108 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 175 | 14% | 51% | 66% | |
| English Literature | 175 | 13% | 49% | 70% | |
| Mathematics | 174 | 16% | 57% | 76% | |
| Religious Studies | 170 | 12% | 45% | 61% | |
| Combined Science | 125 | 5% | 30% | 55% | |
| History | 100 | 30% | 57% | 70% | |
| Business | 77 | 6% | 43% | 65% | |
| Geography | 63 | 17% | 48% | 71% | |
| Art and Design | 60 | 17% | 50% | 70% | |
| Spanish | 49 | 27% | 61% | 84% | |
| Biology | 48 | 25% | 75% | 94% | |
| Physics | 48 | 44% | 92% | 98% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 44 | 5% | 9% | 50% | |
| Religious Studies | 30 | 0% | 23% | 47% | |
| Sociology | 28 | 4% | 7% | 46% | |
| Mathematics | 27 | 7% | 33% | 59% | |
| Business Studies | 22 | 0% | 0% | 32% | |
| English Literature | 17 | 12% | 35% | 53% | |
| Government and Politics | 17 | 0% | 6% | 35% | |
| Film Studies | 16 | 0% | 13% | 69% | |
| Chemistry | 13 | 0% | 23% | 38% | |
| Geography | 13 | 0% | 15% | 46% | |
| History | 12 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Physics | 12 | 17% | 50% | 83% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 19939: Trinity School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 66% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 66% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.