Trinity Academy St Chad's

Trinity Academy St Chad's is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in its first inspection. The school fosters a positive learning environment where pupils are confident, articulate, and enjoy coming to school. Leaders have high expectations for students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and provide a broad curriculum that prepares pupils effectively for their next stages of education. Behaviour is exemplary, and pupils feel safe and well cared for, with a strong emphasis on personal development and inclusivity.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes among pupils
• High aspirations and expectations from leaders for every pupil
• Strong emphasis on personal development and community involvement
• Well-structured curriculum with engaging lessons in reading and mathematics
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Diverse opportunities for pupil leadership and extracurricular activities

Areas for Improvement

• Some aspects of the curriculum, such as geography, lack clarity in crucial knowledge that needs to be taught

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 St Chad's attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.1% 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 Trinity Academy St Chad's 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 St Chad's had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 42.9% 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, 9.1% of pupils at Trinity Academy St Chad's were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 St Chad's received £7,406 and spent £7,430 for each of its 126 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £127,000 (-£1,009 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Trinity Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,544 and spending £8,213 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 Brighouse · Calderdale local authority: places and applications

Trinity Academy St Chad's is part of Trinity Multi Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Trinity Sixth Form Academy Halifax
• Trinity Academy Akroydon Halifax
• Trinity Academy Bradford Bradford
• Trinity Academy Halifax Halifax
• Trinity Academy Grammar Sowerby Bridge
• Trinity Academy Whitehill Halifax
• Trinity Academy St Peter's Sowerby Bridge
• Trinity Academy Cathedral Wakefield
• Trinity Academy Leeds Leeds
• Trinity Academy St. Edwards Barnsley

What is Trinity Academy St Chad's's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trinity Academy St Chad's is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Trinity Academy St Chad's last inspected by Ofsted?

Trinity Academy St Chad's was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Trinity Academy St Chad's have?

Trinity Academy St Chad's has 121 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trinity Academy St Chad's cover?

Trinity Academy St Chad's for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Trinity Academy St Chad's?

Trinity Academy St Chad's is at Upper Green Lane, Hove Edge, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 2PA.