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Trinity Academy

Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Lambeth

Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1QS

Website 02031264993

55

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

90.5%

28.1% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

616

Capacity used

Has space

73%

840 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

44 of 44 families who put it first got an offer

87

Places offered

170

Total applications

2.0

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference4444● 100%
2nd preference276● 22%
3rd preference376● 16%
Later preferences (4th–6th)622● 3%
Total1705834%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Lambeth lets families list 6 preferences. 20 applications came from outside the council area (5 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
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Headteacher
Matthew Singh
Address
Brixton Hill, Brixton, London, SW2 1QS
Phone
02031264993
Local authority
Lambeth
Ward / constituency
Brixton Acre Lane · Clapham and Brixton Hill
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
140966

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals51%——
English as additional language56%——
SEN support21%——
53% boys (329)47% girls (287)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: FUTURE ACADEMIES

616 pupils · 840 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 22

    09 June 2022

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 623 pupils

Attendance

90.5%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

9.5%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

28.1%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

4.7%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

4.5%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

23%
20/21
33%
21/22
33%
22/23
32%
23/24
28%
24/25

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

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score38.6——
Progress 8 score-0.18—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths30%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths48%——
EBacc average point score3.65——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry34.63——

Average grade: C+ (England B-)

GCSE results over time

36.5201940.3202236.9202338.6202438.72025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 838.746
Grade 5+ English & maths27.6%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths56.9%65%
Entering EBacc58.6%40%
EBacc average point score3.584.1
Pupils in cohort116—

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.

Disadvantaged pupils
-0.16
Other pupils
-0.19
Low prior attainers
-0.18
Middle prior attainers
-0.08
High prior attainers
-0.70
Girls
-0.08
Boys
-0.24

A-level results over time

26.53202230.69202334.63202432.582025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry32.5835
Average gradeC+—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)16.7%17%
A-level students27—

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.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
Mathematics11211%36%62%
English Language1127%37%56%
English Literature11213%40%72%
Combined Science834%22%45%
Spanish6427%41%50%
History598%49%71%
Geography502%12%28%
Art and Design3611%36%53%
Biology2914%59%93%
Physics2921%48%72%
Chemistry2921%45%79%
Business264%23%46%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Chemistry90%0%33%
Economics90%0%33%
Physics80%13%50%
Government and Politics80%25%50%
Biology70%14%14%
Mathematics729%43%100%
English Literature60%50%50%
Psychology50%0%0%
Geography40%0%0%
History30%0%0%
Computer Science30%0%0%
Religious Studies30%0%0%

Oxbridge

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Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers2

UCAS apply centre 20566: Trinity Academy, Brixton

Cambridge admissions12023
Applications<3
Offers<3
Success rate—
Accepted offers<3

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

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)52%——
Apprenticeships5%——
Any education or training57%——

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 Lambeth council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 March (or next working day)

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.