Trinity Academy

Free schools·Secondary school Bristol, City of·BS7 9BY
Composite score
65.1
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#685
National rank
#50
In South West
#6
In Bristol, City of
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
52.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
58%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
74%
% EBacc grade 5+
31%
EBacc average points score
4.72

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
74%
213 first choices, 170 places
First choices per place
1.25
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
586
any preference, for 170 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0320221.1820231.3420241.4920251.252026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Trinity Academy yet. Bristol, City of does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
946
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
14.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,733
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

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Location

Trinity Academy at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, Trinity Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 946 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 52.1, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.4 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of secondary schools nationally.

58% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 74% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 74% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (213 first choices for 170 places). Overall pupil absence was 10.2%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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