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Trinity Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Church Balk, Thorne, Doncaster DN8 5BY · trinity-academy.org.uk · 01405 813000

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.4
average Attainment 8 score. Doncaster 44.6, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,176
80% of 1,470 places
Local authority
Doncaster
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
39%
First language not English
12.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Emmanuel Schools Foundation

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 195 families put the school first and 205 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 208 (Places 219)208September 2023: 197 (Places 205)197September 2024: 220 (Places 229)220September 2025: 192 (Places 197)192September 2026: 195 (Places 205)195Places 205
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262051951100%
September 2025Sept 20251971921100%
September 2024Sept 20242292201100%
September 2023Sept 20232051971100%
September 2022Sept 20222192080.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.4, and 41.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Doncaster it was 44.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (26.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 41.7 (England 46.3)41.72017/18: 43.0 (England 46.5)43.02018/19: 40.7 (England 46.7)40.72021/22: 42.3 (England 48.8)42.32022/23: 42.4 (England 46.3)42.42023/24: 41.0 (England 45.9)41.02024/25: 42.4 (England 46.0)42.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.446.0
▼41.2%45.4%
●63.3%64.8%
▲42.7%40.5%
▼3.734.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form43.7+3.3
Sixth form college8+1.1
Further education25.4−3.2
Other education2.3+1.8
Apprenticeship4.7−0.7
Employment5.2−1.7
Not in a lasting destination6.6−0.8
Activity not captured4.2+0.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.2 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 29.9 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.9 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 32.8 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 36.2 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 29.6 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 30.9 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 26.2 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
65 studentsC- (26.2)Below average -0.46
67 studentsC- (26.4)Below average -0.40
29 studentsDist- (33.1)Average +0.25
6%AAB or better
96.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2450C (30.9)-0.25
2022/2355C (29.6)—
2021/2245B- (36.2)—
2018/1963C+ (32.8)-0.12
2017/1886C (29.9)+0.05
2016/1794C (29.9)-0.03
2015/1675C- (28.2)+0.11

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University40−10
Further and other education6.3+4.8
Further education5—
Other education1.3—
Apprenticeship16.3+8.9
Employment18.8−6.2
Not in a lasting destination12.5−0.7
Activity not captured6.3+3.4

Ofsted

Trinity Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
16 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Oct 2021Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Sept 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

What parents said

73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (221 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
73%
Replies
221
18% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼76% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼82% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼74% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼79% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼57% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼73% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼87% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼62% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼66% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 82% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼41% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 46% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼54% agreeEngland 68%

based on 38 parents (17%) with SEND

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