The Trinity Catholic Academy, Liverpool
The Trinity Catholic Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Liverpool, part of St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 172nd-highest of the 177 schools in Liverpool with published results, and 14,305th of 14,452 across England. It was 65% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Liverpool (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
The Trinity Catholic Academy in detail
The Trinity Catholic Academy in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, drama and cooking.
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils at The Trinity Catholic Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 31% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 51% in reading and 40% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at The Trinity Catholic Academy
For September 2026 entry, 25 families put The Trinity Catholic Academy as their first choice and 29 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at The Trinity Catholic Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to The Trinity Catholic Academy are Faith Primary Academy (0.5 miles, 61% reading, 57% maths); Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 65% reading, 65% maths); Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 88% reading, 78% maths); and The Beacon Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 75% reading, 80% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than The Trinity Catholic Academy.
Faith Primary AcademyHoly Cross Catholic Primary SchoolOur Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary SchoolThe Beacon Church of England Primary School
The trust
The Trinity Catholic Academy is one of 11 schools run by St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
24 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Trinity Catholic Academy (as of September 2025): 92% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).
Who goes there
48.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (59%), Black (11%) and other ethnic groups (7%).
In 2026, 33 pupils (11.5%) received SEN support and 8 (2.8%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Sandhills Rail Station, about 1170 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Raymond Place (opposite), 130 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Trinity Catholic 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 972 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, The Trinity Catholic Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to The Trinity Catholic Academy are Notre Dame Catholic Academy (0.5 miles), Purple Ruler (0.8 miles) and North Liverpool Academy (0.8 miles).
Notre Dame Catholic AcademyPurple RulerNorth Liverpool 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 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
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
The Trinity Catholic Academy has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in April 2022. Before that, as The Trinity Catholic Primary School (URN 134722), it was rated Inadequate in March 2019.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's March 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
The Trinity Catholic Academy has made a remarkable turnaround with a much-improved curriculum that engages pupils well. Teachers make learning interesting and fun, and pupils feel genuinely cared for and supported. The school is particularly strong at teaching reading and provides varied enrichment activities that pupils enjoy.
Key Strengths
- Completely redesigned curriculum with clearly identified knowledge and skills for pupils from Nursery through Year 6
- Effective phonics programme resulting in most pupils becoming confident, fluent readers quickly
- Strong care and support from staff that helps pupils feel happy, safe and secure
- Well-delivered catch-up support for pupils who struggle with reading
- Enhanced personal development ensuring pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain
Areas for Improvement
- Some curriculum areas, particularly how teaching is adapted for pupils with SEND, are still at earlier stages of development
- Pupils' errors in handwriting, punctuation and spelling are not identified and corrected consistently, leading to repeated mistakes
- Published assessment outcomes remain low due to older pupils' experience of a historically weak curriculum, though improvements are showing in younger year groups
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with leaders creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Gardening club, sports clubs, cooking club, kayaking experiences, residential visit to outdoor activity centre
The Trinity Catholic Academy is a primary school that has undergone significant improvement following previous inadequate ratings. The school now provides a good quality of education with a dramatically overhauled curriculum and strong support systems for pupils.
At a Glance
48.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
24 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 51% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 40% to 31% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 58% to 67% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
17.1
Avg class size
18.2
Infant (KS1)
23.6
KS2
16
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Before and after school care
The Trinity Catholic Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Liverpool
Term dates
The Trinity Catholic Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Liverpool's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to The Trinity Catholic Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. The Trinity Catholic Academy is in Liverpool; for families living there:
- Liverpool's school travel policy: this document : Home to School Transport Policy 2026-27
- How to apply: Apply for a travel pass
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 21
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 21 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 4 serious and 15 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
3 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 Liverpool is 32 (the median across 193 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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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
65%
Available places
272 pupils
420 places
148 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Liverpool
Across Liverpool council
Places available
5,870
Applications
4,736
Got 1st preference
88.6%
Got preferred school
97.3%
All primary applications across Liverpool council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
33
SEN Support
8
EHC Plans
14.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
288
Total Pupils
154
Boys
134
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
16
Teachers
18.0:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£48,746
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,461
Per pupil
£2070k
Total funding
£242k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
8.6%
Overall absence
27.7%
Persistent absence
264
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
The Trinity Catholic Academy
Questions parents ask about The Trinity Catholic Academy
What are SATs results like at The Trinity Catholic Academy?
Of the pupils at The Trinity Catholic Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 51% reached the expected standard in reading and 31% did so in maths.
What is The Trinity Catholic Academy's Ofsted rating?
The Trinity Catholic Academy has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in April 2022. Before that, as The Trinity Catholic Primary School (URN 134722), it was rated Inadequate in March 2019.
What is the catchment area for The Trinity Catholic Academy?
No fixed boundary. When The Trinity Catholic Academy is oversubscribed, Liverpool allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at The Trinity Catholic Academy?
The Trinity Catholic Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 65% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at The Trinity Catholic Academy?
Classes at The Trinity Catholic Academy average 17.1 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to The Trinity Catholic Academy?
The Trinity Catholic Academy has around 288 pupils on roll. 49% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at The Trinity Catholic Academy?
8.6% of sessions were missed at The Trinity Catholic Academy in 2024/25. 27.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to The Trinity Catholic Academy?
Apply through Liverpool's coordinated admissions process, naming The Trinity Catholic Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does The Trinity Catholic Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?
The Trinity Catholic Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.
How many road collisions happen near The Trinity Catholic Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 21 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 4 serious and 15 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 3 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 Liverpool is 32 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is The Trinity Catholic Academy?
The Trinity Catholic Academy is at Titchfield Street, Vauxhall, Liverpool, Merseyside, L5 8UT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)