Trinity Academy Halifax

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Calderdale
Unique reference
136094
Address
Shay Lane, HX2 9TZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1617 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
6.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.9%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85%
Mixed 4.7%
Other White 4.1%
Pakistani 2.4%
African 1%
Indian 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.9
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.2
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award58
TourismTechnical Award41
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award33
Health StudiesTechnical Award67
MultimediaTechnical Award50
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award67
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE56
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Trinity Academy Halifax

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
323
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
399
2nd preference
183
3rd preference
100
From another Local Authority
159
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
303
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
329
169
160
Year 8
327
183
144
Year 9
326
162
164
Year 10
314
153
161
Year 11
321
158
163
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
28.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
36.0%
32.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
11.0%
23.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
4.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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