Holy Trinity Catholic School

Holy Trinity Catholic School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating with outstanding features in behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school fosters a caring and inclusive environment that enables pupils to thrive, particularly emphasizing support for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Pupils appreciate the opportunities for personal growth and academic success, indicating a strong sense of school community and belonging. This is the school's first inspection since converting to an academy, which has brought new leadership dynamics and community engagement.

Strengths

• Strong focus on supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High expectations of pupil behaviour, resulting in a caring and respectful environment.
• Effective curriculum planning that promotes reading across subjects.
• Outstanding personal development opportunities integrated into the school culture.
• Excellent career education and support for transition to Year 11.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, the curriculum is not as securely developed, preventing some pupils from reaching full potential.

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 Catholic School attended 90.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 31.9% 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, 7.0% of pupils at Holy Trinity Catholic School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Catholic School had 13.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.8% 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, 17.8% of pupils at Holy Trinity Catholic School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 Holy Trinity Catholic School received £8,952 and spent £9,289 for each of its 751 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £225,000 (£300 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of St Teresa of Calcutta Multi Academy Company, income was £8,553 and spending £8,717 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 Catholic School is part of St Teresa of Calcutta Multi Academy Company, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• The Rosary Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Chad's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• Holy Souls Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Birmingham
• St Francis Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Clare's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Birmingham

What is Holy Trinity Catholic School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holy Trinity Catholic School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Holy Trinity Catholic School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holy Trinity Catholic School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Holy Trinity Catholic School have?

Holy Trinity Catholic School has 714 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holy Trinity Catholic School cover?

Holy Trinity Catholic School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Holy Trinity Catholic School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.4, and 34% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Holy Trinity Catholic School?

Holy Trinity Catholic School is at Oakley Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 0AX.