Trinity Academy, Bristol

In its own words: "Trinity Academy opened in 2019 as a Free School and part of Amplify Education (formally Cathedral Schools Trust). We spent our first two years sharing a site with Stoke Park Primary School until September 2021, when we moved into our £25 million new building."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Trinity Academy is a unique school with the highest aspirations for young people. We are a highly diverse community where all are not only welcomed, but thrive. At Trinity Academy, we offer a world-class education that allows every child to achieve beyond what they thought they could - their absolute best."

On phones, the school says: "Phones Trinity is a strictly phone free school, this includes other technology like smart watches and headphones."

In 2026, pupils at Trinity Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46 in Bristol, City of; and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Bristol, City of; and 47% in England.

That is down from 52.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.53: pupils made well 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 40.3, against 56.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 213 families put Trinity Academy as their first choice and 586 named it as one of their preferences, for 170 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 56 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Trinity Academy are Fairfield High School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.3); Orchard School Bristol (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.5); Bristol Metropolitan Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.4); and South Gloucestershire Hospital Home Teaching Service (1.7 miles).

Trinity Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Trinity Academy is one of 21 schools run by Amplify Education, an academy trust.

Of the 120 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Trinity Academy had 73 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Ashley Down, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mulready Close (ne-bound), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Trinity Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Trinity Academy issued 205 suspensions, 21.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Trinity Academy are Stoke Park Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Filton Avenue Primary School (0.5 miles), Glenfrome Primary School (0.6 miles) and Wallscourt Farm Academy (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.