Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School has demonstrated a strong performance in its recent Ofsted inspection, receiving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating. Notably, the school excels in behaviour and attitudes, which have been rated as 'Outstanding'. The school fosters a supportive and welcoming environment for students, with strong community links and effective leadership from its headteacher, Amanda Baines. As a relatively new academy having not been inspected under section 5 prior to this assessment, the school shows signs of ambition in its curriculum and is making significant strides in early years education, mathematics, and reading.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community with high aspirations for pupils
• Outstanding standards of behaviour and attitudes
• High-quality early years provision supporting lifelong learning
• Ambitious and purposeful curriculum regularly reviewed
• Strong focus on communication and language development in early years
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Well-structured mathematics lessons that engage and inspire pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the implementation of some curriculum subjects
• Some subjects not well embedded leading to gaps in knowledge retention

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 Primary School attended 96.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.9% 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 Primary 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 of England Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.2% 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, 11.7% of pupils at Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Primary School received £6,506 and spent £6,263 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £329,000 (£1,472 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Learning Trust, income was £7,271 and spending £7,125 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 Primary School is part of Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Learning Trust, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

• St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School Hartlepool
• Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School Hartlepool
• Holy Trinity Rosehill CofE Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School Bishopton
• Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• St. George's Church of England Academy
• St John's Church of England Academy Darlington
• Heighington Church of England Primary School Newton Aycliffe
• Northern Saints Church of England Academy Sunderland

What is Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School have?

Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School cover?

Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School?

Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School is at Holy Trinity C of E Primary, Crawford Street, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, TS25 1BZ.