Royal Greenwich Trust School

Free schools·Secondary school London, Greenwich·SE7 8LJ
Composite score
46.8
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#2,820
National rank
#461
In London
#15
In Greenwich
Top 89%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
37.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
24%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
38%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
3.19

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
80 first choices, 144 places
First choices per place
0.56
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
365
any preference, for 144 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4920220.7020230.6920240.7020250.562026

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

Every child who put Royal Greenwich Trust School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
854
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
39.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,815
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
86%
146 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
79%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Royal Greenwich Trust School

Royal Greenwich Trust School is a secondary school in London, Greenwich, classified by the DfE as a free school. Around 854 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 37.4 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

24% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 38% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Royal Greenwich Trust School their first choice was offered one of its 144 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 86% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.2%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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