Trinity School

Academy converter·Secondary school Carlisle, Cumberland·CA1 1JB
Composite score
51.7
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#2,318
National rank
#293
In North West
#9
In Cumberland
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
30%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
53%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
3.70

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
205 first choices, 253 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
481
any preference, for 253 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720220.9720230.8620240.9420250.812026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Trinity School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,675
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
31.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,344
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
91%
249 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
77%
Apprenticeship
9%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Trinity School

Trinity School is a secondary school in Carlisle, Cumberland, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,675 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 41.4 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 3.8 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

30% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 53% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Trinity School their first choice was offered one of its 253 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.7%. There are about 17.9 pupils per teacher. Trinity School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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