Trinity School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 14 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
1149 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.8%
Persistent absence
20.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75%
Other White 10.5%
Mixed 7.2%
Unclassified 3%
African 1.2%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award13
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE86
ChemistryGCSE37
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE176
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Trinity School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
209
2nd preference
196
3rd preference
134
From another Local Authority
74
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
142
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
17
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
91
92
Year 8
184
93
91
Year 9
182
92
90
Year 10
183
102
81
Year 11
178
99
79
Year 12
126
75
51
Year 13
113
65
48
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
63.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
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
66.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020