Holy Trinity Church School

Holy Trinity Church School is a primary academy where pupils achieve well and consistently demonstrate exceptional behaviour and attitudes. The report highlights a broad, ambitious curriculum, strong phonics and reading provision, accurate identification of SEND, and a rich personal development offer that gives pupils meaningful leadership and character-building opportunities. Pupils feel safe and happy, relationships with staff are positive, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is judged good for quality of education, leadership and management, and early years, with outstanding behaviour and attitudes and personal development. This was its first routine section 5 inspection since 2014 and the first since the COVID-19 pandemic; under the current framework, no overall effectiveness grade is awarded. The main area for improvement is that in some subjects the work given to pupils does not match their needs or the intended curriculum well enough, including early writing tasks that can be too complex before foundational skills are secure. This limits some pupils' depth of knowledge and understanding, and the trust is asked to ensure all pupils' work supports progression to more complex learning.

Strengths

• Broad and ambitious curriculum sequenced from early years to Year 6
• Strong phonics and reading provision with expert staff and early catch-up support
• Accurate identification of SEND and effective curriculum adaptations
• Exceptional pupil behaviour and attitudes in lessons and around school
• Calm, orderly and safe school environment
• Rich personal development and character education, including pupil voice and leadership
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Supportive leadership with regular training and attention to staff workload
• Wide range of clubs, leadership roles and enrichment opportunities

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, work given to pupils does not match their needs or the intended curriculum
• Some pupils do not secure the knowledge or depth of understanding needed to progress
• Early writing tasks can be too complex before pupils have secured basic foundations
• Trust oversight should ensure all pupils' work builds the intended knowledge and skills

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 School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.2% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Holy Trinity Church 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 Church School had 25.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.8% of pupils at Holy Trinity Church School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 School received £5,765 and spent £5,724 for each of its 413 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £135,000 (£328 per pupil).

Across all 45 schools of The Bath and Wells Diocesan Academies Trust, income was £7,160 and spending £7,193 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 Yeovil · Somerset local authority: places and applications

Holy Trinity Church School is part of The Bath and Wells Diocesan Academies Trust, which runs 46 schools. The nearest others:

• All Saints Church School Yeovil
• Norton Sub Hamdon Church School Stoke-Sub-Hamdon
• West Chinnock Church School Crewkerne
• Martock Church School Martock
• Shepton Beauchamp Church School Ilminster
• Horsington Church School Templecombe
• Abbas and Templecombe Church School Templecombe
• St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge Templecombe
• St Mary's & St Peter's Church School Ilminster
• St Aldhelms Church School Shepton Mallet

What is Holy Trinity Church School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Holy Trinity Church School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holy Trinity Church School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Holy Trinity Church School have?

Holy Trinity Church School has 419 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holy Trinity Church School cover?

Holy Trinity Church School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holy Trinity Church School?

Holy Trinity Church School is at Lime Tree Avenue, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2PW.