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Trinity School

Secondary · Newbury · RG14 2DU

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 8 February 2024

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At a glance

1,349 pupils · 112% of 1,204 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.trinitynewbury.org/
URN
138525

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 202 families named it first for 209 Year 7 places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.009 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 17 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2009 to 2025. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 8 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

209 places offered · 202 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.009 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 1.009 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

203 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
42.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
59.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
38.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
33.6
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school42.9
Median of its 12 closest peers44.4
West Berkshire average46.6
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademyPontefract · 158 miles awayExpected standard46.7
Therfield SchoolLeatherhead · 43 miles awayGood49
Oasis Academy BrislingtonBristol · 53 miles awayExpected standard44.3
Liverpool CollegeLiverpool · 152 miles awayOutstanding55.1
Three Rivers AcademyWalton-on-Thames · 40 miles awayGood42.3
Brighton Hill Community SchoolBasingstoke · 14 miles awayExpected standard44.5
Castleford AcademyCastleford · 160 miles awayGood48.5
Katherine Warington SchoolHarpenden · 51 miles awayGood54.8
The Bay Church of England SchoolSandown · 53 miles awayGood38.3
The John of Gaunt SchoolTrowbridge · 39 miles awayGood44.3
Tavistock CollegeTavistock · 137 miles awayRequires improvement41.6
Epsom and Ewell High SchoolEpsom · 45 miles awayExpected standard44.1

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision and SEN unit.

SEN unit
18 of 15 places taken full, or over capacity
Resourced provision
31 of 30 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (West Berkshire 76%, England 59%) · Any other White background 10% (West Berkshire 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (West Berkshire 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (West Berkshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (West Berkshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (West Berkshire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (West Berkshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (West Berkshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (West Berkshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (West Berkshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (West Berkshire 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

20.37 suspensions per 100 pupils and 6 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Berkshire: 21.38 suspensions and 0.32 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

68.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,436; 4.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,649
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (6%) · supplies and services 6% (11%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 3% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £2,982,000; in-year balance +£56,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
49%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
34%
Any sustained destination
95%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.7%62.3%
Social housing16.2%17.1%
Privately rented16.1%20.5%
Detached houses29.3%22.9%
Flats12.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016324 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£375,000375 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£267,500–£546,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (118)£640,500
Semi-detached (90)£395,000
Terraced (77)£330,000
Flat (90)£205,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.62 km, 2025 entry): 778 sales, median £335,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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