Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell

Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell is a small primary school that was judged good in all key areas at its November 2024 inspection. Pupils are happy, safe and confident in a warm and welcoming environment, and parents value the support the school provides. The school has high expectations and pupils respond well, while trusting relationships help create calm and positive behaviour. Leaders have made effective changes to the curriculum following previous low outcomes, with significant improvement in key stage 1 and a positive effect on the small key stage 2 cohort. Reading and phonics are particular strengths, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities achieve well. Attendance has improved significantly and is a clear priority for leaders. The school is part of Abbey Multi-Academy Trust and this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic; under the current framework it did not receive an overall effectiveness grade. The main areas for improvement are assessment in some newly revised subjects, where leaders and teachers do not yet consistently know whether pupils have learned the intended knowledge, and handwriting, where some weaker writers continue to form letters incorrectly and lack fluency, which hinders their writing. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Warm, welcoming school where pupils are happy and grow in confidence
• Pupils feel safe, trusted and well supported by adults
• High expectations are set and pupils enjoy learning
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with significant improvement in key stage 1
• Strong reading culture with a rich range of books and shared reading activities
• Expertly delivered phonics programme with targeted support for pupils who need extra help
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and achieve well
• Attendance has improved significantly and persistent absence is reducing
• Calm and inclusive playtimes with polite and respectful pupils
• Effective leadership and trust support with staff well-being prioritised
• Pupils learn life skills, equality and safety well
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is underdeveloped in some newly revised subjects, so leaders and teachers do not consistently know what pupils have learned
• Some pupils do not secure accurate letter formation or writing fluency, which hinders their ability to write effectively

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 Church of England Academy, Rothwell attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell 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 Church of England Academy, Rothwell had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.6% 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, 20.2% of pupils at Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 2024–25 Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell received £6,884 and spent £7,820 for each of its 177 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £228,000 (£1,287 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Abbey Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,974 and spending £8,005 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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Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell is part of Abbey Multi Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Manston St James Primary Academy Leeds
• Bishop Young Church of England Academy Leeds
• Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School Leeds
• St Chad's Church of England Primary School Leeds
• Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Leeds
• Lightcliffe Academy Halifax
• Lightcliffe C of E Primary School Halifax

What is Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell last inspected by Ofsted?

Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell have?

Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell has 183 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell cover?

Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell?

Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell is at Queensway, Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 0NB.