Trinity School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
139554
Address
Seal Hollow Rd, TN13 3SL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1145 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.9%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.7%
Other White 10.2%
Mixed 7.5%
Unclassified 2.9%
African 1.6%
Other 1%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.7
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.21
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE28
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE48
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
DanceGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE175
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Trinity School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
238
2nd preference
202
3rd preference
139
From another Local Authority
66
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
14
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 classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
100
85
Year 8
186
94
92
Year 9
184
97
87
Year 10
181
92
89
Year 11
176
97
79
Year 12
118
64
54
Year 13
115
68
47
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
28.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
66.0%
58.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
19.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022