Trinity Catholic School

Trinity Catholic School is a smaller-than-average Roman Catholic secondary school in Leamington Spa, part of the St Raphael The Archangel Catholic Multi Academy Trust. It has a new headteacher and a number of recently appointed leaders. Inspectors judged the school to be meeting the expected standard in attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing, with safeguarding standards met. Achievement was the one area identified as needing attention, largely because historic weaknesses mean that national examination outcomes still do not yet reflect the quality of education pupils now receive.

Strengths

• Inclusion is central to the school's ethos, with strong support for disadvantaged pupils, pupils with SEND and those who join mid-year
• The specially resourced provision, Peter's Place, helps pupils with SEND achieve well and integrate with peers
• Behaviour is typically orderly and purposeful, with calm routines and respectful relationships across year groups
• Leaders have rapidly improved behaviour management and significantly reduced suspensions following support from the new trust
• Attendance has improved year on year and is close to national averages for pupils with SEND
• The curriculum is ambitious and taught well, with strong foundations in vocabulary, reading, handwriting, spelling and mathematics
• High-quality pastoral care is tailored to individual needs, including targeted support for anxiety, wellbeing and emotions
• A well-planned personal development programme teaches healthy relationships, online safety and respect for diversity
• Pupils are proud of their school and feel safe, cared for and part of a welcoming community
• Governance has been strengthened by joining the new trust, with leaders clear about priorities for improvement
• Staff are proud of the school, feel supported with workload and wellbeing, and value professional development
• Parents are typically positive about the school and recognise recent improvements, including for pupils with SEND

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement requires attention: outcomes in national examinations remain below national averages
• Historic weaknesses mean many pupils are still affected by past shortcomings in the school's provision
• Adaptations to learning are not consistently in place in all subjects and for all pupils
• Some pupils are not always clear about how to improve their work or deepen their understanding
• Some pupils, in some subjects, do not achieve as consistently well as they should
• Overall absence remains above the national average, and leaders need to secure more regular attendance for all pupils
• Disadvantaged pupils' attainment and progress remain below national averages, with a wide disadvantage gap
• Some pupils are unable to explain how the careers programme supports their future ambitions
• Leaders need to analyse the impact of the careers programme to ensure it builds pupils' knowledge over time
• Teaching and assessment need further development so that all staff consistently deepen pupils' knowledge and key 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 Trinity Catholic School attended 89.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 26.8% 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, 6.0% of pupils at 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 Trinity Catholic School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.0% 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, 19.8% of pupils at Trinity Catholic School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 11.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 27 pupils.

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 Trinity Catholic School received £11,994 and spent £10,670 for each of its 405 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £276,000 (£681 per pupil).

Across all 24 schools of St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,227 and spending £7,273 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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Trinity Catholic School is part of St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

• St Peter's Catholic Primary Academy Leamington Spa
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Leamington Spa
• St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary Academy Warwick
• St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy Leamington Spa
• Our Lady and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Leamington Spa
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Leamington Spa
• St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Kenilworth
• Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy Rugby
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam Southam
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Henley-In-Arden

What is Trinity Catholic School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trinity Catholic School is Needs attention, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Trinity Catholic School last inspected by Ofsted?

Trinity Catholic School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Trinity Catholic School have?

Trinity Catholic School has 369 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trinity Catholic School cover?

Trinity Catholic School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Trinity Catholic School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 37.1, and 27% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Trinity Catholic School?

Trinity Catholic School is at Guy's Cliffe Avenue, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 6NB.