Trinity Academy Richmond

Trinity Academy Richmond is a happy, calm and nurturing primary school where pupils feel safe and proud to belong. Inspectors found high expectations for learning and behaviour, a broad and ambitious curriculum, and particularly strong early years provision. Reading is central: children start learning to read in Reception, staff are well trained, and pupils who need extra help get daily support. Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported well, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is part of the Dales Academies Trust, and governance and trust oversight are described as strengths; staff feel valued and workload is well managed. This was a graded inspection under the current framework, so no overall effectiveness grade is given, but the school no longer requires significant improvement following its previous inadequate judgement. The main areas for improvement are in some foundation subjects, where the important knowledge and vocabulary pupils need are not always made clear, so pupils do not remember enough of the curriculum. In some subjects, leaders also lack an accurate picture of what pupils know and can do, which limits their ability to see where improvements are needed. The report asks the school to refine curriculum delivery in these subjects and strengthen oversight of curriculum impact.

Strengths

• Calm, nurturing and inclusive environment where pupils feel happy, safe and proud of their school.
• High expectations for learning and behaviour, with pupils polite, respectful and keen to contribute.
• Broad, well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum, especially strong in mathematics and English.
• Reading prioritised from Reception, with expert staff and daily extra help for pupils who struggle.
• Early years provision is a strength, with high-quality opportunities and strong preparation for Year 1.
• Pupils with SEND are quickly identified and well supported to access the same ambitious curriculum.
• Strong pastoral support and practical help for families, with positive attitudes to attendance.
• Wide range of enrichment activities and opportunities for pupils to reflect and contribute to school life.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.
• Trustees and governors hold leaders to account effectively, and staff feel valued with well-managed workload.

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, important knowledge and vocabulary are not made clear enough, so pupils do not remember sufficient curriculum content.
• Curriculum delivery in these subjects needs refining to foreground the key knowledge pupils need for future learning.
• In some subjects, leaders do not have an accurate understanding of curriculum impact and what pupils know and can do.
• Oversight of the curriculum needs strengthening so the school can identify and make rigorous improvements where needed.

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 Academy Richmond attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.6% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Trinity Academy Richmond 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 Trinity Academy Richmond had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.3% 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, 21.6% of pupils at Trinity Academy Richmond were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Trinity Academy Richmond received £8,325 and spent £9,326 for each of its 123 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £151,000 (£1,229 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Dales Academies Trust, income was £7,522 and spending £7,432 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 Richmond · North Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

Trinity Academy Richmond is part of Dales Academies Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Carnagill Community Primary School Catterick Garrison
• Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School Richmond
• Ravensworth Church of England Primary School Richmond
• Barton Church of England Primary School Richmond
• Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School Richmond
• East Cowton Church of England Primary School Northallerton
• Croft Church of England Primary School Darlington
• Great Smeaton Academy Primary School Northallerton
• Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School Northallerton
• Oakbridge Church of England Primary School Northallerton

What is Trinity Academy Richmond's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trinity Academy Richmond is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Trinity Academy Richmond last inspected by Ofsted?

Trinity Academy Richmond was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Trinity Academy Richmond have?

Trinity Academy Richmond has 116 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trinity Academy Richmond cover?

Trinity Academy Richmond for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Trinity Academy Richmond's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Trinity Academy Richmond?

Trinity Academy Richmond is at Frances Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4NF.