Holy Trinity Academy, Telford

Coming up: an open evening on Monday 14 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Holy Trinity Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.9 in Telford and Wrekin and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Telford and Wrekin and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.22: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.6, against 49.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were French, Religious Studies and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 281 families put Holy Trinity Academy as their first choice and 714 named it as one of their preferences, for 203 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 98 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Holy Trinity Academy are Thomas Telford School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.8); New Road Academy (2 miles, Attainment 8 35); The Telford Park School (2.1 miles, Attainment 8 29); and Idsall School (2.4 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 41.9).

Holy Trinity Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 159 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 45% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 6 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 33% went on to university or other higher education, 33% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 21% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 138 pupils (13.9%) received SEN support and 20 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Telford Central Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Everglade Road (opposite), 250 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Holy Trinity Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 6th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Holy Trinity Academy issued 155 suspensions, 16.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Holy Trinity Academy are Priorslee Academy (0.3 miles), Redhill Primary Academy (0.5 miles), Thomas Telford Primary Free School (0.6 miles) and St George's Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.