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Trinity Academy Leeds, Leeds

Outstanding
Secondary
Free schools
Mixed
Ages 11–16

Trinity Academy Leeds is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Leeds, part of Trinity Multi Academy Trust. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in April 2024. Its 2026 GCSE results were the 6th-highest of the 37 schools in Leeds with published results, and 465th of 3,298 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.5 first-choice applications for every place. It was 77% full in 2025.

GCSE results
Above England average
Ofsted
Outstanding (2024)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Better than England average
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Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days

Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Leeds (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Trinity Academy Leeds in detail

Trinity Academy Leeds in its own words

In its own words: "Trinity Academy Leeds is great news for families in Leeds! Trinity MAT has poured all its experience and expertise into creating another unique and exceptional academy, which opens up exciting new opportunities for every student. Trinity MAT’s ‘no excuses’ culture places high quality teaching and learning above everything: we aspire to do the best for each student in our care."

Vision and values (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2026, pupils at Trinity Academy Leeds averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

63% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 54.1, against 57.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 3.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and Geography.

Getting a place at Trinity Academy Leeds

For September 2026 entry, 349 families put Trinity Academy Leeds as their first choice and 800 named it as one of their preferences, for 236 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 127 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Trinity Academy Leeds

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state secondary schools to Trinity Academy Leeds are Co-op Academy Leeds (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 27.9); Mount St Mary's Catholic High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.6); The Ruth Gorse Academy (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.4); and Dixons Trinity Chapeltown (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.8).

Trinity Academy Leeds's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Co-op Academy LeedsMount St Mary's Catholic High SchoolThe Ruth Gorse AcademyDixons Trinity Chapeltown

The trust

Trinity Academy Leeds is one of 11 schools run by Trinity Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.8 in 2024/25.

All 11 schools in Trinity Multi Academy Trust

Who goes there

60.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 70.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (27%), White British (14%) and Asian (14%).

In 2026, 159 pupils (13.5%) received SEN support and 11 (0.9%) 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.

Staffing

Trinity Academy Leeds had 77 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Leeds Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Torre Road Trinity Academy, 110 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Trinity Academy Leeds 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 949 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Trinity Academy Leeds issued 241 suspensions, 25.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

Primary schools nearby

The primary schools closest to Trinity Academy Leeds are St Patrick Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Co-op Academy Brownhill (0.2 miles), All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles) and Ebor Gardens Primary Academy (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.

St Patrick Catholic Primary SchoolCo-op Academy BrownhillAll Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary SchoolEbor Gardens Primary 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; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~536m)Possible (~766m)Unlikely (~996m)

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:Mrs Kathryn Cafferky
Pupils:1,182
LA:Leeds
Phone:01134831126
Address:Torre Road, Leeds, LS9 7QL
Trust:TRINITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (11 schools)
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2021

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 3 years ago
Outstanding

Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Inspected 24 April 2024View full report
URN:148560
UKPRN:10088781
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Leeds South
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Outstanding at its April 2024 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.

At a Glance

60.1%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Secondary Performance (GCSE)

Academic year 2025/26

GCSE Results

55.4

Attainment 8

63.2%

Eng+Maths 5+

2025/26 academic year

Performance by Group

GroupProgress 8Attainment 8Eng+Maths 5+
All pupils-55.463.2%
Disadvantaged(133)-54.162.4%
Not known to be disadvantaged(95)-57.264.2%
Boys(100)-52.962%
Girls(128)-57.464.1%
Show more breakdowns (2)
Known or believed to be other than English(158)-57.466.5%
Non mobile(220)-55.562.7%

2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data

GCSE Subjects Offered

English Language454
Mathematics454
English Literature454
Combined Science338
Spanish306
Geography244
Business Studies204
History198
Health Studies188
Statistics146
Physics116
Biology116
Chemistry116
Religious Studies100
Art and Design84
Information and Communication Technology76
Sports Studies76
Physical Education46
Drama34
Hospitality and Catering34

+ 6 more subjects

2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils

Exclusions & Suspensions

1

Permanent exclusions

0.11%

Exclusion rate

241

Suspensions

25.34%

Suspension rate

78 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 951 pupils

2024/25 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Term dates

Trinity Academy Leeds is a free school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Leeds's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Torre Road Trinity Academy
114m · 2 min walk
Raincliffe Road
254m · 4 min walk
Torre Rd Lupton Avenue
283m · 5 min walk
Berking Avenue
328m · 5 min walk
Lupton Avenue (near)
357m · 6 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Trinity Academy Leeds is in Leeds; for families living there:

Apply to Leeds for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
60
Fatal
0
Serious
22
Children hurt
20

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 60 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 22 serious and 38 slight.

20 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 15 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.

19 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 Leeds is 18.5 (the median across 308 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 Trinity Academy Leeds

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  • We hold no last distance offered figures from Leeds, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at Trinity Academy Leeds for 2022 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Leeds 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

77%

Available places

945 pupils

1,230 places

285 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Leeds

High pressure
New homes approved:14,725
Projected new pupils:2,651

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

Across Leeds council

Low demand council-wide0.93 applications per place

Places available

10,015

Applications

9,313

Got 1st preference

83.2%

Got preferred school

95.4%

All secondary applications across Leeds council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History

24 April 2024
OutstandingReport
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

159

SEN Support

11

EHC Plans

14.4%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health57
Speech, Language & Communication44
Moderate Learning Difficulty18
Autistic Spectrum Disorder15
Hearing Impairment13
Specific Learning Difficulty11
Other6
Physical Disability4
Visual Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
13.8%
Asian
13.7%
Black
27.3%
Mixed
6.4%
Chinese
0.1%
Other
8.4%
Unclassified
23.2%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals60.1%
English as Additional Language70.7%

1,182

Total Pupils

551

Boys

631

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

77

Teachers

15.4:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£52,081

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£8,246

Per pupil

£10753k

Total funding

£593k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£2,271,998
EAL funding£173,585
Lump sum£145,125

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.9%

Overall absence

11.7%

Persistent absence

996

Enrolments

Authorised2.5%
Unauthorised2.3%
Persistent (10%+)11.7%
Severe (50%+)2.3%

Absence trend

5.0%
21/22
5.8%
22/23
6.0%
23/24
4.9%
24/25
Overall absence rate

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

Questions parents ask about Trinity Academy Leeds

What are GCSE results like at Trinity Academy Leeds?

In the 2026 results, pupils at Trinity Academy Leeds achieved an Attainment 8 score of 55.4. 63% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.

What is Trinity Academy Leeds's Ofsted rating?

Trinity Academy Leeds was rated Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection in April 2024.

What is the catchment area for Trinity Academy Leeds?

No fixed boundary. When Trinity Academy Leeds is oversubscribed, Leeds allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Trinity Academy Leeds?

Trinity Academy Leeds was not full in 2025: it ran at 77% of its 1230 places.

How big are the classes at Trinity Academy Leeds?

Classes at Trinity Academy Leeds average 25.6 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Trinity Academy Leeds?

Trinity Academy Leeds has around 1182 pupils on roll. 60% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Trinity Academy Leeds?

4.9% of sessions were missed at Trinity Academy Leeds in 2024/25. 11.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Trinity Academy Leeds?

Apply through Leeds's coordinated admissions process, naming Trinity Academy Leeds 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 Trinity Academy Leeds?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 60 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 22 serious and 38 slight. 20 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 15 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 19 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 Leeds is 18.5 (the median across 308 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Trinity Academy Leeds?

Trinity Academy Leeds is at Torre Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7QL.

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

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