Hull Trinity House Academy

Hull Trinity House Academy is a good school where pupils achieve well and are proud of its distinctive maritime heritage. Inspectors found a calm, purposeful environment with high expectations, effective safeguarding, and a well-sequenced curriculum that helps pupils build knowledge over time. Pupils with SEND are identified well and receive personalised support, and reading is supported effectively, including for pupils at the early stages and those speaking English as an additional language. Pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, leadership roles, careers information and unique maritime opportunities such as sailboat and powerboat pilot licences. The school’s strengths are reflected across quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Many pupils respond positively to high behaviour expectations, and staff feel supported by leaders and the trust. However, a small number of pupils do not meet these expectations, and suspensions remain high for those pupils, meaning they miss valuable learning. Revised behaviour policies have not yet fully embedded. A further area for improvement is that in some lessons, particularly in key stage 3, pupils are not consistently given enough opportunity to connect, extend and deepen their learning. When this happens, some pupils are less confident in applying knowledge in different contexts. The school is part of Delta Academies Trust, moved to new premises and became coeducational since the previous inspection, and this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well in public examinations and progress successfully to the next stage of education.
• The curriculum is well sequenced, helping pupils build and apply knowledge over time.
• Teachers check pupils’ understanding accurately and correct misconceptions quickly.
• Pupils with SEND are identified well and receive effective personalised support in lessons.
• Reading is supported effectively, including bespoke intervention for pupils who speak English as an additional language.
• Pupils enjoy a calm and purposeful learning environment with high expectations.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, leadership roles and unique maritime opportunities.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Staff feel that leaders consider their workload and well-being.
• Trust and governors provide appropriate challenge and support with an ethos of continual improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, particularly in key stage 3, pupils are not given sufficient opportunity to connect, deepen and extend their learning.
• Revised behaviour policies and practices have not fully embedded, and suspensions remain high for a small number of pupils.
• A small number of pupils still need further support to meet the school’s high behaviour expectations.

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 Hull Trinity House Academy attended 89.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 31.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 20.3% of pupils at Hull Trinity House Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 11 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 Hull Trinity House Academy had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 10.8% of pupils at Hull Trinity House Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hull Trinity House Academy received £8,630 and spent £8,487 for each of its 897 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £813,000 (£906 per pupil).

Across all 62 schools of Delta Academies Trust, income was £7,459 and spending £7,562 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Hull Trinity House Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

• Mersey Primary Academy Hull
• Craven Primary Academy Hull
• Estcourt Primary Academy Hull
• The Parks Primary Academy Hull
• Worlaby Academy Brigg
• The Vale Academy Brigg
• John Whitgift Academy Grimsby
• Wybers Wood Academy Grimsby
• Willows Academy Grimsby
• Macaulay Primary Academy Grimsby

What is Hull Trinity House Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hull Trinity House Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Hull Trinity House Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hull Trinity House Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Hull Trinity House Academy have?

Hull Trinity House Academy has 979 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hull Trinity House Academy cover?

Hull Trinity House Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Hull Trinity House Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.6, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hull Trinity House Academy?

Hull Trinity House Academy is at Beverley Road, Hull, HU3 1UP.