Secondary
Trinity School
Strand Road, Carlisle, CA1 1JB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1711 of 1500 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Trust
- TRINITY SCHOOL, A CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 153.9
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 1,694
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
30%
4 points below the Carlisle average (34% across 5 schools)
41.4
1.1 below the Carlisle average (42.5 across 5 schools)
4th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Carlisle we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.7 |
| Entered the EBacc | 31% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.5 |
| A level students | 138 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45% |
| 22/23 | 36% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 30% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.2 |
| 22/23 | 31.0 |
| 23/24 | 31.2 |
| 24/25 | 29.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.38 |
| 22/23 | -0.36 |
| 23/24 | -0.14 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.7 |
| 22/23 | 42.0 |
| 23/24 | 45.2 |
| 24/25 | 41.4 |
Strand Road, Carlisle, CA1 1JB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cumberland admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- David Samson
- Address
- Strand Road, Carlisle, CA1 1JB
- Telephone
- 01228516051