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Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School

URN
144606
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School
URN
144606
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

46 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

33

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

40

Destinations

48

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
17 June 2025
Inspection date
23 April 2025
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 17 June 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Requires improvement

    Graded 17 June 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

69

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

199

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

69

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.88×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Barnsley
Admissions portal
Nottingham admissions

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

56.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

65.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

69.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

48.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

S71 2LF - Carlton Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
Carlton Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Postcode
S71 2LF
Phone
1226704550
Website
-
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Barnsley
Local authority code
370

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Barnsley.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

97

Closed schools

155

Primary schools

188

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 17 June 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 17 June 2025

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 17 June 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    17 June 202523 April 2025Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1InspectionView report for inspection published 17 June 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      17 June 2025
      Inspected
      23 April 2025
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    34.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 62

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    37.5

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    19.7%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    47.4%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    15.3%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    5.8%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    77.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    7.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    6.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    7.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    34

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary188 (75.2%)
    • Secondary34 (13.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other28 (11.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Michael's Catholic High School0 mSecondaryClosed
    St Michael's Catholic and Church of England High School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Holy Trinity0 mAll-throughClosed
    St Dominic's Catholic Primary School80 mPrimaryClosed
    Edward Sheerien School117 mSecondaryClosed
    St Helen's School117 mSecondaryClosed
    Spring Wood School562 mNot applicableClosed
    Springwell Special Academy577 mNot applicableOpen
    Holy Cross Deanery Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School577 mPrimaryClosed
    Springwell Community Special School577 mNot applicableClosed
    • St Michael's Catholic High School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Michael's Catholic and Church of England High School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Holy Trinity
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      All-through
      Status
      Closed
    • St Dominic's Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      80 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (All-through) and local authority (Barnsley)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Holy TrinityAll-throughS71 2LFClosed
    • Holy Trinity
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      S71 2LF
      Status
      Closed
    Edward Sheerien School
    Distance
    117 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Helen's School
    Distance
    117 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Spring Wood School
    Distance
    562 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Springwell Special Academy
    Distance
    577 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Holy Cross Deanery Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
    Distance
    577 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Springwell Community Special School
    Distance
    577 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed