Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)

Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy in Handsworth is performing well overall, achieving good ratings across all inspected areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership. The school is praised for creating a caring and stimulating environment that upholds its core values of community, respect, trust, courage, perseverance, and friendship. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 and staffing issues that delayed the full implementation of their new curriculum, leaders have worked hard to ensure that pupils receive a broad and engaging education that prepares them well for secondary school.

Strengths

• Strong focus on improving the quality of education
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities
• Diverse and supportive community environment
• Broad range of subjects and extracurricular activities
• Effective approach to teaching reading with a new phonics scheme

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum delivery and assessment practices in some foundation subjects

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 CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.0% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) 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 CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 50.5% 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, 12.1% of pupils at Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) received £7,787 and spent £7,532 for each of its 195 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £184,000 (£941 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,859 and spending £7,689 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 CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) is part of Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth Birmingham
• St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown Birmingham
• St Clement's Church of England Academy Birmingham
• St George's Church of England Primary School Birmingham
• Quinton Church Primary School Birmingham
• Nonsuch Primary School Birmingham
• St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Solihull
• St Michael's Church of England Primary School Birmingham
• Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy Birmingham
• Hawkesley Church Primary Academy Birmingham

What is Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)'s Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) last inspected by Ofsted?

Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) have?

Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) has 190 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) cover?

Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)'s SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)?

Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) is at Havelock Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B20 3LP.