Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School
Primary performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Every child who put Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England 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
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 Catholic and Church of England School is an all-through school covering ages 3–16, 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.
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
School profile
- Age range
- 3–16
- Pupils on roll
- 1,148
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“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.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School at a glance
Located in Barnsley, Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England/Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 1,148 pupils aged 3 to 16. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 12.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 37.5, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England 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 102 in reading and 103 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, 20% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 45 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 10.7%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England 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.