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Secondary · CO4 · Essex

The Trinity School

Carris Close, Colchester, CO4 6ED

ALPHA TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance93.3%
Attainment–
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils780

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jun 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes and leadership and management good; personal development outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CO4. Where we have them, council (Colchester) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
780
Free school meals
16.3%
8.1% below district average (24.4%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
17.4%
8.6% below district average (26%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
10.7%
7.1% below district average (17.8%)
Attendance
93.3%
2.1% below district average (95.4%)

Also: England 91.9%

Persistent absence
12.4%
Attainment
–

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CO4 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2021/2293.3%
  • 2022/2393.3%
  • 2023/2491.7%
  • 2024/2591.6%

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
900
Pupils on roll
780

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Essex page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.4%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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