Holy Trinity School

Free schools·Primary school Kidderminster, Worcestershire·DY10 2BY
Composite score
36.1
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#12,108
National rank
#1296
In West Midlands
#103
In Worcestershire
Top 82%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
71
any preference, for 42 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.3020220.9820230.9620240.9120250.982026

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

Every child who put Holy 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).

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
62%
39 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.39
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
95
any preference, for 28 places
Last place offered lived
1.65 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2649 m
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.32
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3320221.7020231.2120241.0720251.392026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Holy Trinity School is an all-through school covering ages 4–18, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#2,286
National rank
#258
In West Midlands
#22
In Worcestershire
Top 72%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
41.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
69%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
3.59

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Age range
4–18
Pupils on roll
739
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,865
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
98%
65 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
94%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Holy Trinity School at a glance

Located in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Holy Trinity School is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 739 pupils aged 4 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 41.6, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Holy Trinity School ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Holy Trinity School their first choice was offered one of its 42 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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