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The Grey Coat Hospital[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 63 62.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B+ B+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
62.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
79% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
30.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.04 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 66.6[6] 78.9%[6]
2023/24 66.6[4] 83.8%[4] +1.04[4]
2022/23 65.3[7] 77%[7] +0.78[7]
2021/22 70[8] 82%[8] +1.00[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
30% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 30.5%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 25.5%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 30.4%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 22.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
68% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
18% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 86%[15] 3%[15] 6%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 82%[16] 9%[16] 5%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 84%[17] 3%[17] 7%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 75%[18] 5%[18] 14%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[19]
Education
77% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 68%[20] 1%[20] 18%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 73%[21] 2%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 82%[22] 2%[22] 8%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 79%[23] 1%[23] 13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
87% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
58% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
48% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
8% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 92%[26] 58%[26]
2019/20 95%[25] 52%[25] 48%[25] 8%[25]
2018/19 87%[27] 42%[27] 38%[27] 6%[27]
2017/18 85%[28] 43%[28] 38%[28] 4%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
4 Oct 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
20 Nov 2022[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
900 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
333 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
169 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 882[30] 293[30] 164[30] 5.4[30] 1.8[30]
Entry Sept 2024 909[30] 315[30] 166[30] 5.5[30] 1.9[30]
Entry Sept 2023 904[30] 348[30] 166[30] 5.4[30] 2.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 898[30] 291[30] 164[30] 5.5[30] 1.8[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
175 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1082[1]
Trust
THE GREY COAT HOSPITAL[1]
Local authority
Westminster[1]
Website
http://www.gch.org.uk/[1]
District
Westminster[32]
Postcode
SW1P 2DY[1]
URN
138313[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1132 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
21.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
10% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
26.7% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
38%[34]
Mixed
15.4%[34]
Asian
7.1%[34]
Black
32.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
5.7%[34]
Unclassified
1.4%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  31. gch.org.uk: gch.org.uk — Admissions Policy Yr 7 Entry Sept 2026 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    1.2 In September 2026, the Published Admission Number (PAN) for entry into Year 7 will be 175 (one hundred and seventy-five) girls, who will be within the full range of ability and from a wide range of backgrounds. (p. 3)
  32. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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