Trinity Academy Cathedral is a secondary school located in Wakefield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 10/11/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Thornes Road, Wakefield

School Information

Address: Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF
Website: cathedral.trinitymat.org
Telephone: 01924330640
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wakefield
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Rob Marsh
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 145579

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 10/11/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1050
Number of Pupils: 962
Number of Boys: 444
Number of Girls: 518

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.77 Confidence interval 0.51 to 1.02
Of the 105 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 95 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:15%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:46%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.57
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Castle Nursery School
255A Barnsley Road , WF1 5NU 		3out of 4 2,288 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School
The Mount , Thornes Road WF2 8QW 		3out of 4 292 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School
Lawefield Lane , WF2 8ST 		3out of 4 1,182 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource
Field Lane , Thornes WF2 7RU 		3out of 4 1,205 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School
St George's Road , Lupset WF2 8AA 		4out of 4 1,419 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Dewsbury Road , WF2 9DD 		2out of 4 1,501 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Trinity Academy Cathedral
Thornes Road , WF2 8QF 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Horbury Academy
Wakefield Road , Horbury WF4 5HE 		3out of 4 2,489 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Thomas
Barnsley Road , Sandal WF2 6EQ 		3out of 4 2,589 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Kettlethorpe High School
Kettlethorpe Hall Drive , Standbridge Lane WF2 7EL 		3out of 4 3,054 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
CAPA College
Unity Hall , Westgate WF1 1EP 		- not rated 1,761 yd Free schools 16 to 19 Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Wakefield College
Margaret Street , WF1 2DH 		- not rated 2,175 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Evolve Academy
St. Georges Road , Lupset WF2 8BB 		- not rated 1,669 yd Academy alternative provision sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Wakefield Girls' High School
Wentworth Street , WF1 2QS 		- not rated 2,270 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Wakefield Girls' High School Junior School
2 St John's Square , WF1 2QX 		- not rated 2,295 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
154 Northgate , WF1 3QX 		- not rated 2,512 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School
158 Northgate , WF1 3QY 		- not rated 2,541 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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