The Grey Coat Hospital

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 4 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Westminster
Unique reference
138313
Address
Greycoat Place, SW1P 2DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1132 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
1.5%
Girls
98.5%
First language not English
21.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.1%
Persistent absence
14.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 26.1%
African 22.8%
Mixed 14.1%
Other White 11.8%
Other 6%
Other Black 5.1%
Caribbean 4.3%
Other Asian 4.1%
Chinese 2.5%
Unclassified 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 68%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 79%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 66.3
Local authority average 53
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.37
Local authority average 4.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
AstronomyGCSE3
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE59
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE69
English LanguageGCSE166
English LiteratureGCSE166
FrenchGCSE40
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Grey Coat Hospital

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
164
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
293
2nd preference
243
3rd preference
160
From another Local Authority
711
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
137
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
169
0
169
Year 8
166
0
166
Year 9
167
0
167
Year 10
166
0
166
Year 11
166
0
166
Year 12
158
8
150
Year 13
140
9
131
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
91.2%
85.5%
Further education
18.0%
18.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
68.0%
65.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
7.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
74.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
58.0%
30.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022