Trinity Academy, Edinburgh

Trinity Academy is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 1024 pupils and 14 pupils per teacher.

12% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 52% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.

9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 48% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 90.1% in 2024/25, and 27.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 108% full.

94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Trinity Academy are Drummond Community High School (1.1 miles), Leith Academy (1.3 miles), Broughton High School (1.5 miles) and Craigroyston Community High School (2.3 miles).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Newhaven (Edinburgh Trams), about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dudley Crescent (before), 150 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Trinity Academy are Trinity Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Holy Cross RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce (Parkside Primary) (0.7 miles) and Wardie Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Edinburgh City publishes both.