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Holy Trinity Catholic School

Secondary · Birmingham · B10 0AX

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 September 2023

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At a glance

714 pupils · 96% of 740 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
57.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
59.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
URN
144719

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 69 families named it first for 111 Year 7 places, 0.62 first choices per place. We hold 6 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.62 first-choice applications per place

111 places offered · 69 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
44
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
60.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
35.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.6
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 school44
Median of its 12 closest peers43.2
Birmingham average47.7
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
Ark Boulton AcademyBirmingham · under 1 mile awayGood44.2
Jewellery Quarter AcademyBirmingham · 2 miles awaySerious weaknesses35.2
Yardleys SchoolBirmingham · 1 miles awayGood46.7
Ark Acton AcademyLondon · 95 miles awayGood42.1
Ark St Alban's AcademyBirmingham · 1 miles awayGood46.9
City of Derby AcademyDerby · 32 miles awayUrgent improvement34.8
University Collegiate SchoolBolton · 80 miles awayGood36.7
City AcademyBirmingham · 2 miles awayNeeds attention36.4
George Dixon AcademyBirmingham · 4 miles awayRequires improvement33.3
St John Wall Catholic SchoolBirmingham · 5 miles awayGood44.7
Aston Manor AcademyBirmingham · 2 miles awayOutstanding (2017)44.6
Eden Boys' School, BirminghamBirmingham · 4 miles awayOutstanding (2018)61.3

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 35% (Birmingham 25%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 14% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Black African 11% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · White British 5% (Birmingham 22%, England 59%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Birmingham 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Birmingham 6%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Birmingham 0%, England 0%)

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)
9.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
32.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.24 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 15.08 suspensions and 0.24 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
13.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 2% 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)

53.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.3 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 £56,037; 12.3% 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£8,856
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £232,000; in-year balance +£14,000

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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
80%
Continuing in education
79%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher18.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications32%18.1%
In managerial or professional work11.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways38%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier39.4%62.3%
Social housing42.7%17.1%
Privately rented17.7%20.5%
Detached houses6.3%22.9%
Flats33.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van43%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009363 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£190,00098 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£155,000–£229,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (7)£250,000
Terraced (83)£190,000
Flat (6)£91,000

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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
105an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
21an 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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