Trinity School

Free schools·Secondary school Sevenoaks, Kent·TN13 3SL
Composite score
58.4
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#1,398
National rank
#223
In South East
#37
In Kent
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
17%
EBacc average points score
4.21

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
57%
252 first choices, 173 places
First choices per place
1.46
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
792
any preference, for 173 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.52
1 per place
1.1420221.2220231.2320241.3820251.462026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Trinity School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,145
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Christian
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,683
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
178 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Trinity School at a glance

Located in Sevenoaks, Kent, Trinity School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Christian religious character. The school educates roughly 1,145 pupils aged 11 to 19. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.7, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 3.3 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of secondary schools nationally.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 57% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (252 first choices for 173 places). After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 15.9 pupils per teacher. Trinity School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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