Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School

Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School is a welcoming and inclusive Catholic primary where pupils are proud to belong, behave exceptionally well and benefit from a broad, ambitious curriculum. The school has strong early reading provision, effective support for pupils with SEND, and a rich personal development programme that includes clubs, trips and leadership responsibilities. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and staff are overwhelmingly positive about the school. Leaders and governors know the school’s strengths and priorities, but there are some areas for improvement. Early writing and handwriting are not prioritised consistently, which affects pupils’ fluency and presentation. In a small number of foundation subjects, assessment is not used effectively enough to adapt learning, and leaders do not yet have a clear, incisive understanding of curriculum impact across all subjects and groups. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, following a period of exemption after its previous outstanding judgment.

Strengths

• Pupils behave exceptionally well and show highly positive attitudes to learning.
• The school is welcoming and inclusive, with pupils who are proud to belong.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious, with knowledge building from early years to Year 6.
• Early reading is taught expertly, with books closely matched to pupils’ phonics knowledge.
• Pupils with SEND are effectively identified and supported to access the full curriculum.
• Personal development is broad and effective, including enrichment clubs, trips and leadership roles.
• Staff are positive about workload and well-being and feel part of a united team.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Early years activities are purposeful and promote imagination and critical thinking.

Areas for Improvement

• Early writing and handwriting are not prioritised consistently, including letter formation and pencil grip.
• Assessment in a small number of foundation subjects is not effective enough to adapt learning to pupils’ needs.
• Leaders do not have a clear or incisive understanding of curriculum impact across the breadth of subjects, including some groups of pupils.
• In some wider curriculum subjects, learning activities are not always well matched to pupils’ needs or gaps in learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.2% of pupils at Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School received £7,477 and spent £8,017 for each of its 233 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £113,000 (-£486 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School have?

Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School has 242 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School cover?

Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School?

Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School is at Fraser Street, Bilston, West Midlands, WV14 7PD.