Trinity School

Trinity School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The institution, led by headteacher Charlotte Wilson, fosters a positive culture through its values of personal excellence and collective responsibility. With an ambitious and broad curriculum from Year 7 to 13, students are encouraged to achieve well academically while developing their resilience and confidence. The school is particularly effective in supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and there is strong engagement in extracurricular activities that promote leadership and community involvement.

Strengths

• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum from Year 7 to 13.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils, leading to positive behaviour.
• Effective support for all students, including those with SEND.
• Comprehensive personal development and careers provision.
• Positive attitudes to learning and high levels of student engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum in some areas.
• Some pupils do not meet expectations for their attitudes to 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 Trinity School attended 89.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.7% 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, 8.4% of pupils at Trinity School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 6 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 Trinity School had 15.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.7% 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, 15.7% of pupils at Trinity School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 51 pupils.

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 Trinity School received £7,690 and spent £7,649 for each of its 1,355 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,982,000 (£2,201 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Newbury Academy Trust, income was £7,900 and spending £7,476 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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All schools in Newbury · West Berkshire local authority: places and applications

Trinity School is part of Newbury Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Speenhamland School Newbury
• Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery Newbury

What is Trinity School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trinity School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Trinity School last inspected by Ofsted?

Trinity School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Trinity School have?

Trinity School has 1,349 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trinity School cover?

Trinity School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Trinity School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.2, and 36% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Trinity School?

Trinity School is at Love Lane, Shaw, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2DU.