Trinity Academy Halifax

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 26 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
1599 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
7%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.1%
Persistent absence
16.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.6%
Other White 4.8%
Mixed 4.7%
Pakistani 2.7%
African 1.3%
Indian 0.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.4
Local authority average 48.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE44
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE60
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE78
English LanguageGCSE301
English LiteratureGCSE299
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Trinity Academy Halifax

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
320
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
331
2nd preference
188
3rd preference
106
From another Local Authority
184
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
293
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
324
159
165
Year 8
329
167
162
Year 9
321
179
142
Year 10
322
160
162
Year 11
303
153
150
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
84.6%
85.5%
Further education
45.0%
34.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
30.0%
30.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
6.0%
19.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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