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Trinity Academy

Secondary · Bristol · BS7 9BY

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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: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 January 2024

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At a glance

1,062 pupils · 87% of 1,220 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
33.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.trinityacademybristol.org
URN
147072

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 213 families named it first for 170 Year 7 places, 1.25 first choices per place. We hold 7 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 23 January 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.25 first-choice applications per place

170 places offered · 213 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places for 2026 entry were decided by random allocation (ballot), not distance.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Places for 2026 entry were decided by random allocation (ballot), not distance.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
52.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
74%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.7
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 school52.1
Median of its 12 closest peers41.1
Bristol, City of average47.1
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of 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
Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England SchoolBarnsley · 152 miles awayRequires improvement37.5
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyBurnley · 160 miles awayNeeds attention37.6
Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolLiverpool · 134 miles awayGood39.2
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 104 miles awayGood41
The Blue Coat School BasingstokeBasingstoke · 65 miles awayRequires improvement33.1
Handsworth Grange Community Sports CollegeSheffield · 139 miles awayRequires improvement36.6
Trafalgar SchoolPortsmouth · 79 miles awayGood43.5
Paxman AcademyColchester · 149 miles awayGood41.3
Manor Croft AcademyDewsbury · 158 miles awayGood47.8
Netherwood AcademyBarnsley · 149 miles awayGood42.6
Bedford High SchoolLeigh · 139 miles awayGood45.5
The Thomas Aveling SchoolRochester · 132 miles awayGood41.3

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 45% (Bristol, City of 55%, England 59%) · Black African 13% (Bristol, City of 9%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Bristol, City of 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Bristol, City of 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bristol, City of 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Bristol, City of 2%, England 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)
8.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

21.67 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bristol, City of: 37.41 suspensions and 0.12 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
16.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% 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)

84.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 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 £48,438; 5.5% 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£7,733
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 15% (11%) · educational supplies 14% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £800,000; in-year balance +£1,115,000

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

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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.4%62.3%
Social housing39%17.1%
Privately rented14%20.5%
Detached houses3.1%22.9%
Flats24.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van33.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014663 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£330,000231 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£290,000–£374,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£524,000
Semi-detached (100)£330,000
Terraced (94)£340,000
Flat (23)£217,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an 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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