Trinity Academy St. Edwards

Trinity Academy St. Edwards is performing exceptionally well, achieving an overall rating of outstanding in all domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This is particularly impressive given that it has not been previously inspected under section 5 of the Education Act. The school's inclusive environment fosters rapid progress for all pupils, with a strong emphasis on developing their literacy and oracy skills. Pupils display exemplary behaviour, take initiative in school activities, and participate in a variety of enrichment opportunities that contribute to their personal growth.

Strengths

• Exceptional education with inclusive practices.
• Rapid progress in pupil learning and development.
• High expectations and subject-specialist teaching.
• Strong emphasis on developing literacy and oracy.
• Pupils exhibit model behaviour and respect.
• Comprehensive personal development program.
• Effective leadership with high ambition for pupils.

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. Edwards attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.2% 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, 10.6% of pupils at Trinity Academy St. Edwards were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 5 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. Edwards had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.6% 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, 8.8% of pupils at Trinity Academy St. Edwards were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.9% 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 St. Edwards received £8,239 and spent £7,988 for each of its 717 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £528,000 (£737 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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Trinity Academy St. Edwards is part of Trinity Multi Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Trinity Academy St. Edwards's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trinity Academy St. Edwards is Outstanding, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Trinity Academy St. Edwards last inspected by Ofsted?

Trinity Academy St. Edwards was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Trinity Academy St. Edwards have?

Trinity Academy St. Edwards has 882 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trinity Academy St. Edwards cover?

Trinity Academy St. Edwards for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Trinity Academy St. Edwards's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 53.4, and 66% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Trinity Academy St. Edwards?

Trinity Academy St. Edwards is at Keresforth Close, Barnsley, S70 6FP.