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Holy Trinity School

Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, DY10 2BY · Worcestershire
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

Offers reached between 1.65 and 6.59 miles in the last 4 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Worcestershire County Council offer-day figures, 2020 to 2026.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.
Ofsted: Good · September 2022Top 33% (10/31)Oversubscribed · 1.4 first choices per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 1,437th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 33%.
Top 33% (10/31)Rank among 31 Worcestershire secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
Inspection
Good, September 2022
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 1.65 mi (2026)
Results
-0.09 progress 8; 47.2 attainment 8
Size
723 pupils; 28 places a year; classes of 23
Run by
Holy Trinity School Academy Trust
Type
Free schools
Ages
4 to 18 · Mixed
Ofsted, September 2022The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 7.6%, against 8.4% in Worcestershire.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 8.8, against 9.8 in Worcestershire.
  • Expected standard: 52%, against 59% in Worcestershire.
  • Higher standard: 2%, against 7% in Worcestershire.
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At a glance

Against Worcestershire and England
This schoolWorcestershireEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
52%
Worse than Worcestershire
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
2%
Worse than Worcestershire
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
-0.09
In line with Worcestershire
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
47.2
In line with Worcestershire
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
36%
Worse than Worcestershire
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.6%
Better than Worcestershire
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
24.2%
Worse than Worcestershire
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
8.8
Better than Worcestershire
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
23.0
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
20%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
17.3
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.4
More sought after than Worcestershire
Worcestershire and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 39 families put it first for 28 places; 24 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 21 September 2022
  • Progress 8: -0.09 (England +0.01) (county -0.09) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 47.2 (England 47.4) (county 45.0) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 36% (England 48%) (county 42%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026

Daily life

  • Absence: 7.6% of sessions missed; 24% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 7.4% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 9 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 9); 2 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 23.0 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 17.3 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 68 m, rail 669 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 15 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.9 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Holy Trinity School Academy Trust DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2014
  • Opened as an academy (free schools) on 1 September 2014 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Holy Trinity School (URN 117015) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 31 August 2014
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
7 mi3.50
2021202220232026

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 7202625——151.65
Year 7202325——246.59
Year 7202225——184.31
Year 7202125——93.81
Year 7202025——none—
Reception202650————
Reception202550————
Reception202450————
Reception202350————
Reception202250——161.75
Reception202150——175.37
Reception202050——221.91

Source: Council offer-day figures: Worcestershire County Council, 2020 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 7202628399524
Reception202642417141
Year 7202529319423
Reception202543397838
Year 72024293510625
Reception202448468846
Year 72023274613425
Reception2023494810148
Year 72022273612524
Reception2022506511449

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2015 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8-0.09+0.01-0.092023/2024
Attainment 847.247.445.02025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above36%48%42%2025/2026
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard52%62%59%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard2%8%7%2024/2025
Average A level gradeC+——2023/2024

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(89/114)
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 33% (10/31)
A level (16 to 18)(16/25)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
21 September 2022Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2022.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/246696%In education 88%; Apprenticeship 6.1%; Employment 1.5%
After GCSEs2022/236598%In education 94%; Apprenticeship 1.5%; Employment 3.1%
After GCSEs2021/224794%In education 89%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 4.3%
After sixth form2023/242195%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 14%; Employment 19%
After sixth form2022/231889%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 5.6%; Employment 33%
After sixth form2021/222886%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 7.1%; Employment 36%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Worcestershire league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.6%5.7%1.9%24%2.9%
2023/247.5%4.9%2.5%22%2.6%
2022/237.0%5.7%1.4%23%1.3%
Schools with a similar intake7.4%19%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 831 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/258.85.8%652
2023/2410.06.8%752
2022/236.44.6%474
Schools with a similar intake8.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size23.02025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher17.3November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus68
rail669

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20253
20242
20231
20226
20213

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 3 involved a pedestrian, 2 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO29.52024
PM1011.02024
PM256.92024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals20%2025/26
First language other than English11%2025/26
SEN support19%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.0%2025/26
Girls52%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Holy Trinity School Academy Trust DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2014
  • Opened as an academy (free schools) on 1 September 2014 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Holy Trinity School (URN 117015) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 31 August 2014
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Worcestershire County Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Kidderminster and the Worcestershire league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.