Trent View College

Trent View College is a small specialist college in the Wellspring Academy Trust. Following its September 2026 inspection, it was judged to be at the strong standard across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Safeguarding standards are met. All students have education, health and care plans, and many have multiple and complex needs. Staff identify needs precisely, adapt teaching well and remove barriers to learning so that students progress, attend regularly, behave well and gain qualifications that prepare them for employment, training, further education or supported living. The college's practical, real-world curriculum is a notable strength. Students learn through the Trent Brew Cafe, horticulture, the vehicle workshop, work experience and community activities, and staff build strong partnerships with local employers. Parents and carers receive regular communication, and staff know students well and care deeply about their wellbeing. Leaders have an ambitious vision, check the quality of education carefully and invest in staff development, while governors fulfil their duties effectively. Because the college opened in September 2023, leaders' work to refine the curriculum and teaching has not yet had time to show a sustained impact on students' learning over time. The report's next steps ask leaders to further refine the curriculum so that students build knowledge, skills and independence even more effectively, and to continue developing the college's wider work so that the benefits of its high-quality provision are sustained and evident in students' long-term outcomes and wellbeing.

Strengths

• Students progress well from their individual starting points, including students with complex needs.
• Staff check progress carefully and put tailored support in place to close knowledge gaps.
• Students develop secure communication and language skills through real-world activities and work experience.
• Students gain qualifications and move on to meaningful destinations such as paid employment, training, further education and supported living.
• Attendance is a high priority, and staff act quickly and effectively when attendance falls.
• Students behave well, show positive attitudes to learning and treat each other with respect.
• Bullying is rare and is dealt with effectively when it occurs.
• Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that prepares students well for adult life.
• Teachers have secure subject knowledge, explain content clearly and adapt lessons skilfully.
• Inclusion is highly effective, with barriers to learning removed for all students.
• Staff are particularly skilled at supporting students with multiple and complex needs.
• Disadvantaged students benefit fully from the college's offer, including one-to-one support and counselling.
• Leaders have an ambitious vision and check the quality of education carefully.
• Governors fulfil their statutory duties and hold leaders to account effectively.
• Staff value professional development and enjoy working at the college.
• Strong partnerships with local employers broaden students' learning and work experience.
• The personal development curriculum helps students understand safety, healthy relationships, respect and the rule of law.
• Careers guidance and community activities build students' independence and self-esteem.
• Staff know students well and care deeply about their wellbeing and futures.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum and teaching refinements have not yet had time to show a sustained impact on students' learning over time.
• Leaders should further refine the curriculum so that students build their knowledge, skills and independence even more effectively over time.
• Leaders should continue developing the college's wider work so that the benefits of high-quality provision are sustained and evident in students' long-term outcomes and wellbeing.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Trent View College were suspended at least once (nationally 5.1%). 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 Trent View College had 6.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for special schools was 6.6). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.5%).

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 Trent View College had 58 pupils, 100.0% of them with an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 99.5%).

It says it provides for: specific learning difficulty; social, emotional and mental health; speech, language and communication needs; hearing impairment; vision impairment; multi-sensory impairment; physical disability; autistic spectrum disorder.

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 special school schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Trent View College received £38,928 and spent £31,655 for each of its 45 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £260,000 (£5,769 per pupil).

Across all 25 schools of Wellspring Academy Trust, income was £12,764 and spending £12,663 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 Scunthorpe · North Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Trent View College is part of Wellspring Academy Trust, which runs 25 schools. The nearest others:

• Coomb Briggs Primary Academy Immingham
• Laceby Stanford Primary Academy Grimsby
• Littlecoates Primary Academy Grimsby
• Scartho Infants' School and Nursery Grimsby
• Beacon Academy Cleethorpes
• Eastfield Infants and Nursery Academy Louth
• Lacey Gardens Junior Academy Louth
• Oakhill Primary Academy Barnsley
• The Forest Academy Barnsley
• Springwell Special Academy Barnsley

What is Trent View College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trent View College is Strong standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Trent View College last inspected by Ofsted?

Trent View College was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Trent View College have?

Trent View College has 58 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trent View College cover?

Trent View College for pupils aged 16 to 19.

Where is Trent View College?

Trent View College is at West Common Lane, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN17 1DS.