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Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School

All-through · Barnsley · S71 2LF

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 April 2025

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At a glance

1,108 pupils · 96% of 1,150 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England/Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
URN
144606

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 89 families named it first for 84 Year 7 places, 1.06 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.682 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. At its inspection on 23 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 45 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

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.06 first-choice applications per place

84 places offered · 89 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.682 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

54 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
48%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
37.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
47.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
19.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.1
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.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school37.5
Median of its 12 closest peers41
Barnsley average45
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind 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
Trinity AcademyBristol · 152 miles awayGood52.1
The Thomas Lord Audley SchoolColchester · 154 miles awayGood (2016)42.3
Trafalgar SchoolPortsmouth · 191 miles awayGood43.5
The Crestwood SchoolDudley · 80 miles awayGood38.9
Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolLiverpool · 60 miles awayGood39.2
Castle View SchoolCanvey Island · 166 miles awayRequires improvement36
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 51 miles awayGood41
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyBurnley · 35 miles awayNeeds attention37.6
Baysgarth SchoolBarton-upon-Humber · 43 miles awayGood40.9
Poltair SchoolSt Austell · 265 miles awayGood47.4
The Thomas Aveling SchoolRochester · 174 miles awayGood41.3
Writhlington SchoolRadstock · 163 miles awayGood40.3

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Barnsley 86%, England 59%) · Any other White background 5% (Barnsley 5%, England 7%) · Not recorded 4% (Barnsley 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Barnsley 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Barnsley 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Barnsley 0%, 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)
9.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

36.41 suspensions per 100 pupils and 17 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barnsley: 46.07 suspensions and 0.59 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
20.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.82% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

54.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.5 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 £53,353; 17.2% 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£8,087
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 71% (78%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 6% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,413,000; in-year balance +£397,000

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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
90%
Continuing in education
77%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
7%

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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher12.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications40.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work13.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways39.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health32%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier45.9%62.3%
Social housing45.2%17.1%
Privately rented8.4%20.5%
Detached houses21.1%22.9%
Flats4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms3.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007327 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£165,500159 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£145,000–£192,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£211,000
Semi-detached (121)£165,000
Terraced (15)£165,000
Flat (5)£86,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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