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Hull Trinity House Academy, Hull

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Hull Trinity House Academy is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Hull, part of Delta Academies Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in February 2012. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2026 GCSE results were the 5th-highest of the 14 schools in Hull with published results, and 1,366th of 3,298 across England. It was 74% full in 2025.

GCSE results
In line with England
Ofsted
Good (2012)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Below England average
Progress (2024)
Above average
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Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days

Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Kingston upon Hull, City of (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Hull Trinity House Academy in detail

Results

In 2026, pupils at Hull Trinity House Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.2 in Kingston upon Hull, City of; and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Kingston upon Hull, City of; and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.14: pupils made above 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 41.8, against 52.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and History.

Getting a place at Hull Trinity House Academy

For September 2026 entry, 222 families put Hull Trinity House Academy as their first choice and 479 named it as one of their preferences, for 230 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 37 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Hull Trinity House Academy

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hull Trinity House Academy are Ron Dearing UTC (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53); The Boulevard Academy (1.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.8); Newland School for Girls (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49); and St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy (1.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.8).

Hull Trinity House Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Ron Dearing UTCThe Boulevard AcademyNewland School for GirlsSt Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy

The trust

Hull Trinity House Academy is one of 64 schools run by Delta Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.1 in 2024/25.

All 64 schools in Delta Academies Trust

What parents say

85 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hull Trinity House Academy (as of September 2025): 58% would recommend the school, 57% say their child is happy there and 39% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (73%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (39%).

Where pupils go next

Of the 100 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 19% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Who goes there

49.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 48.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (44%), other ethnic groups (15%) and Black (9%).

In 2026, 106 pupils (10.8%) received SEN support and 14 (1.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Hull Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Endeavour, 50 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hull Trinity House Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 956 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of (309), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Hull Trinity House Academy issued 1002 suspensions, 112 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 11 permanent exclusions.

Primary schools nearby

The primary schools closest to Hull Trinity House Academy are Stepney Primary School (0.2 miles), Pearson Primary School (0.2 miles), Clifton Primary School (0.3 miles) and St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.

Stepney Primary SchoolPearson Primary SchoolClifton Primary SchoolSt Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE destination measures; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~661m)Possible (~944m)Unlikely (~1.2km)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Daniel Flack
Pupils:979
LA:Kingston upon Hull, City of
Phone:01482326421
Address:Beverley Road, Hull, HU3 1UP
Trust:DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST (64 schools)
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 April 2012

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from February 2012, 14 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

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Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Inspected 23 April 2025View full report
URN:138082
UKPRN:10037026
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's April 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Hull Trinity House Academy creates a strong sense of community through its unique maritime heritage and daily parade tradition. Teachers provide personalised support and targeted help for pupils who need it, helping all learners progress. The school offers exciting opportunities like sailboat pilot licences and leadership projects that build pupil confidence and help them develop real-world skills for their future.

Key Strengths

  • Well-sequenced curriculum helps pupils build skills and knowledge over time, with teachers accurately checking understanding
  • Excellent support for pupils with SEND and those learning English as an additional language, including targeted phonics intervention
  • Unique opportunities including sailboat and powerboat pilot licences connected to maritime history
  • Strong leadership with high expectations for behaviour and pupil achievement
  • Effective personal development through leadership roles and community projects

Areas for Improvement

  • In some lessons, particularly in Key Stage 3, pupils lack sufficient opportunities to connect, extend and deepen their learning, affecting their ability to apply knowledge in different contexts
  • A small number of pupils still struggle to meet behaviour expectations, with suspension rates remaining high for this minority
  • Revised behaviour policies and practices need more time to embed fully

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with pupils knowing they have trusted adults to speak with and understanding that bullying is taken seriously.

Extracurricular Activities

Reading club, gym club, darts club, sailboat pilot licence (Key Stage 3), powerboat pilot licence (Key Stage 4), Next Gen community projects, leadership roles

Hull Trinity House Academy is a secondary comprehensive school rated Good across all areas. Pupils enjoy being part of this unique school with its maritime heritage and achieve well in public examinations.

About

Hull Trinity House Academy is a co-educational secondary school in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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At a Glance

49.2%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

85 responses
Would recommend58%
Child is happy57%
Child does well66%
High expectations73%
Feels safe65%
Well behaved53%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)39%
Kept informed53%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)43%
Wider development45%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Secondary Performance (GCSE)

Academic year 2025/26

GCSE Results

2023
2024
2025
2026
Attainment 8 GCSE Eng+Maths

2025/26 academic year

Progress 8 has improved from -0.05 to 0.14 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has declined from 50.2 to 47.6 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has improved from 47% to 54% (2023 to 2026).

Performance by Group

GroupProgress 8Attainment 8Eng+Maths 5+
All pupils-47.654%
Disadvantaged(45)-41.844.4%
Not known to be disadvantaged(55)-52.461.8%
Boys(100)-47.654%
Show more breakdowns (2)
Known or believed to be other than English(38)-50.855.3%
Non mobile(93)-48.955.9%

2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data

GCSE Subjects Offered

English Language200
English Literature200
Mathematics200
Combined Science164
Art and Design116
History104
Engineering Studies102
Geography98
Sports Studies96
French54
Business Studies50
Biology36
Physics32
Chemistry32
Music30
Computer Science16
Other Modern Languages6
German1
Spanish1

2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils

After GCSEs - Leaver Destinations

After GCSEs (Year 11) - 100 students

Continued education83%
Further education19%
Apprenticeships5%
Employment2%
Not in education/employment5%

2023/24 data

Exclusions & Suspensions

11

Permanent exclusions

1.23%

Exclusion rate

1002

Suspensions

111.96%

Suspension rate

182 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 895 pupils

2024/25 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Endeavour
52m · 1 min walk
St Hilda Street
69m · 1 min walk
Temple Street
114m · 2 min walk
Cave Street
195m · 3 min walk
Scotney Close
255m · 4 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Hull Trinity House Academy is in Kingston upon Hull, City of; for families living there:

Apply to Kingston upon Hull, City of for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
59
Fatal
0
Serious
12
Children hurt
14

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 59 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 12 serious and 47 slight.

14 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 6 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 7 in a vehicle or otherwise.

15 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of is 34.5 (the median across 106 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Hull Trinity House Academy

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  • We hold no last distance offered figures from Kingston upon Hull, City of, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at Hull Trinity House Academy for 2014 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Kingston upon Hull, City of got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

74%

Available places

892 pupils

1,200 places

308 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Hull

Low pressure
New homes approved:3,261
Projected new pupils:587

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Hull

Across Kingston upon Hull, City of council

Low demand council-wide0.92 applications per place

Places available

3,364

Applications

3,093

Got 1st preference

84.9%

Got preferred school

95.2%

All secondary applications across Kingston upon Hull, City of council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(4)

23 April 2025
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
11 February 2020

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.

7 June 2016

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

106

SEN Support

14

EHC Plans

12.3%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health37
Specific Learning Difficulty21
Moderate Learning Difficulty17
Speech, Language & Communication17
Autistic Spectrum Disorder12
Physical Disability7
Visual Impairment4
Hearing Impairment2
Other2
Severe Learning Difficulty1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
44.1%
Asian
5.6%
Black
9.1%
Mixed
8.0%
Chinese
0.1%
Other
15.2%
Unclassified
3.4%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals49.2%
English as Additional Language48.3%

979

Total Pupils

678

Boys

301

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

52

Teachers

18.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£49,850

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£7,739

Per pupil

£7593k

Total funding

£428k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£1,383,249
EAL funding£103,568
Lump sum£145,100

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

10.8%

Overall absence

31.1%

Persistent absence

972

Enrolments

Authorised5.0%
Unauthorised5.8%
Persistent (10%+)31.1%
Severe (50%+)7.9%

Absence trend

4.8%
18/19
4.6%
20/21
8.2%
21/22
11.7%
22/23
11.1%
23/24
10.8%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Hull Trinity House Academy

What are GCSE results like at Hull Trinity House Academy?

In the 2026 results, pupils at Hull Trinity House Academy achieved an Attainment 8 score of 47.6. 54% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.

What is Hull Trinity House Academy's Ofsted rating?

Hull Trinity House Academy's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in February 2012, it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Hull Trinity House Academy?

No fixed boundary. When Hull Trinity House Academy is oversubscribed, Kingston upon Hull, City of allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Hull Trinity House Academy?

Hull Trinity House Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 74% of its 1200 places.

How big are the classes at Hull Trinity House Academy?

Classes at Hull Trinity House Academy average 25.3 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Hull Trinity House Academy?

Hull Trinity House Academy has around 979 pupils on roll. 49% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Hull Trinity House Academy?

10.8% of sessions were missed at Hull Trinity House Academy in 2024/25. 31.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Hull Trinity House Academy?

Apply through Kingston upon Hull, City of's coordinated admissions process, naming Hull Trinity House Academy on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.

How many road collisions happen near Hull Trinity House Academy?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 59 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 12 serious and 47 slight. 14 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 6 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 7 in a vehicle or otherwise. 15 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of is 34.5 (the median across 106 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Hull Trinity House Academy?

Hull Trinity House Academy is at Beverley Road, Hull, HU3 1UP.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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