Trinity Academy Bradford

Trinity Academy Bradford has made significant strides since its establishment, showcasing a good overall performance across key areas, with notable strengths in personal development. Pupils show improved behavior and outcomes, which reflect the effective leadership and prioritization of educational quality by the school and trust leaders. Additionally, the school excels in character development, offering exceptional programs that prepare students for future life, such as the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and various extracurricular activities that foster community engagement and personal growth.

Strengths

• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High expectations for pupil behavior that many students meet.
• Effective character development programs, including the Graduation program and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
• Broad curriculum offering that supports academic achievement.
• Strong leadership that promotes staff well-being and development.
• Investment in improving attendance yields positive results.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum across some subjects.
• Ongoing work needed to ensure pupils develop a secure bank of knowledge over time.

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 Bradford attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.5% 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, 4.7% of pupils at Trinity Academy Bradford were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 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 Bradford had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.7% 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, 21.9% of pupils at Trinity Academy Bradford were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.6% 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 Trinity Academy Bradford received £7,971 and spent £7,865 for each of its 930 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £216,000 (£232 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 Bradford · Bradford local authority: places and applications

Trinity Academy Bradford is part of Trinity Multi Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Trinity Academy Bradford's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Trinity Academy Bradford last inspected by Ofsted?

Trinity Academy Bradford was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Trinity Academy Bradford have?

Trinity Academy Bradford has 914 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trinity Academy Bradford cover?

Trinity Academy Bradford for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Trinity Academy Bradford's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.0, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Trinity Academy Bradford?

Trinity Academy Bradford is at Deanstones Lane, Bradford, BD13 2AS.