The Grey Coat Hospital, London

In 2026, pupils at The Grey Coat Hospital averaged an Attainment 8 score of 62.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.8 in Westminster and 47 across England.

79% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 59% in Westminster and 47% in England.

That is down from 66.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.04: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 57.3, against 65.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 333 families put The Grey Coat Hospital as their first choice and 900 named it as one of their preferences, for 169 places offered. That is 2 first choices for every place. 195 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Grey Coat Hospital are Westminster City School (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.8); Pimlico Academy (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.9); Lilian Baylis Technology School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 43.1); and Academy21 (1 mile).

The Grey Coat Hospital's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Of the 160 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 14% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 164 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 71% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 10% into work. 51% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 122 pupils (10.5%) received SEN support and 22 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest tram or metro stop is St James's Park Station, about 340 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Strutton Ground, 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Grey Coat Hospital stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, The Grey Coat Hospital issued 49 suspensions, 4.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Grey Coat Hospital are Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CofE Primary School (under 0.1 miles); St Matthew's School, Westminster (0.2 miles); St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles); and Millbank Gardens Primary Academy (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.