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Holy Trinity Catholic School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Oakley Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B10 0AX · holytrc.bham.sch.uk · 0121 772 0184
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 714
- 96% of 740 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 57.6%
- First language not English
- 58.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 111 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 111 | 69 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 148 | 75 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 150 | 73 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 151 | 89 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 148 | 69 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44, and 35.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44 | 46 | ||
| ▼35.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.65 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103538)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.2 | −5.6 |
| Sixth form college | 32.4 | −9.3 |
| Further education | 46.2 | +8.4 |
| Other education | 1.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.2 | +3.1 |
| Activity not captured | 6.2 | +1.5 |
Ofsted
Holy Trinity Catholic School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103538), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103538)
Nov 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103538)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 23
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied