Secondary
Trinity Academy Cathedral
Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1028 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- TRINITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 96.2
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 1,022
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 May 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
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)GCSE results
49%
3 points above the Wakefield average (46% across 20 schools)
48.7
3.0 above the Wakefield average (45.7 across 20 schools)
1st of 20 by our score, among the secondary schools in Wakefield we can score - 25 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 | 48.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.33 |
| Entered the EBacc | 50% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% |
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 | 47% |
| 22/23 | 46% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 49% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.61 |
| 22/23 | +0.74 |
| 23/24 | +0.34 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.9 |
| 22/23 | 50.4 |
| 23/24 | 47.0 |
| 24/25 | 48.7 |
Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF
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.
Wakefield 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
- Anna Gillinder
- Address
- Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF
- Telephone
- 01924330640