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Trinity Academy Leeds

Secondary · Leeds · LS9 7QL

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 April 2024

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At a glance

1,182 pupils · 98% of 1,200 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
60.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
66.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://leeds.trinitymat.org
URN
148560

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 349 families named it first for 236 Year 7 places, 1.48 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.544 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 6 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 24 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.48 first-choice applications per place

236 places offered · 349 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 0.544 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.544 miles

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

Attainment 8 score

no data

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

EBacc average point score

no data

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 24% (Leeds 8%, England 5%) · Not recorded 23% (Leeds 4%, England 2%) · White British 14% (Leeds 57%, England 59%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Leeds 7%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Leeds 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Leeds 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · other groups together 1%

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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

25.34 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Leeds: 21.53 suspensions and 0.03 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
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 5% 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)

61.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £52,081; 7.8% 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£8,149
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 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (6%) · supplies and services 9% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,690,000; in-year balance +£1,304,000

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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)
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 higher23.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work12%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier27%62.3%
Social housing49%17.1%
Privately rented23.5%20.5%
Detached houses4.1%22.9%
Flats28.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011348 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£138,500316 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£110,000–£175,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (36)£178,500
Terraced (238)£134,000
Flat (40)£141,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (0.88 km, 2026 entry): 270 sales, median £140,000. 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
15an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
21an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
60an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
22an 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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