The Trinity School

Colchester · CO4 6ED

General information Secondary School · 11-16 years Who goes here 780 pupils, 16.3% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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The Trinity School

General Information

Address: Carris Close, Colchester, CO4 6ED – View on map
Phone: 01206700910
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Edward Turner
Age range: 11-16 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 126 families put it first for 177 places – 7 for every 10 places. 92% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 177 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 7
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

780 pupils out of 900 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 127
% eligible for free school meals: 16.3%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the Colchester average)
English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14% a year (Colchester 14.2%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 71% moved to another school, 29% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

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Across Essex: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 227 (2.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
Suspensions for bullying: 216 (2.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 112 (1.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Essex (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 8.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 20.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 10.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 41 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 14 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

An Attainment 8 score for this school hasn't been added yet.

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,819 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

12th of 12 secondary schools in Colchester for spending per pupil

#10Colchester County High School for Girls£7,111
#11The Gilberd School£6,838
#12The Trinity School£6,819

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Colchester Academy£8,165
#2The Thomas Lord Audley School£8,140
#3Thurstable School£8,096
#4Paxman Academy£7,940
#5St Helena School£7,834
#6Colchester Royal Grammar School£7,757
#7St Benedict's Catholic College£7,447
#8The Stanway School£7,245
#9Philip Morant School and College£7,180
#10Colchester County High School for Girls£7,111
#11The Gilberd School£6,838
#12The Trinity School£6,819

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