The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottingham
Unique reference
138341
Address
Beechdale Road, Aspley, NG8 3EZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1178 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
46.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.3%
Persistent absence
15.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 25.6%
Other White 20.9%
African 19.4%
Mixed 11.2%
Indian 7.9%
Other Asian 4.8%
Other Black 2.5%
Caribbean 2.3%
Other 2.3%
Pakistani 1.2%
Chinese 1%
Irish 0.8%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.23
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.8
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.54
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award35
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE88
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE67
Design & TechnologyGCSE65
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE184
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
242
2nd preference
145
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes18.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
194
97
97
Year 8
199
99
100
Year 9
195
101
94
Year 10
195
108
87
Year 11
193
86
107
Year 12
95
46
49
Year 13
107
52
55
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
39.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
61.0%
29.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
13.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
8.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
86.0%
65.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
16.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
30.0%
14.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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