Trinity School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Newbury, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.59 miles
Other Applicants · Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2009–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Trinity School is a secondary school in Newbury, West Berkshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2024. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2009 to 2026 entry.
Trinity School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 8.59 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 10 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, the last child offered a place lived 8.59 miles away, under one of its admission criteria.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2009, and it swung sharply between some years, most between 2025 and 2026.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 202 first-choice applications for 209 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 9 West Berkshire secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 42.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Berkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Love Lane, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2DU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,349 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s values of ‘personal excellence and collective responsibility’ underpin its positive culture.”
- “Staff are aspirational and caring in equal measure.”
- “Parents value this balance of priorities.”
To improve
- “However, in a few areas, the delivery of the curriculum is not yet as effective as it could be.”
- “In some cases, teaching does not support all pupils to make the progress they could from their respective starting points.”
- “This is because teaching is not adapted to meet pupils’ needs well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 202 first-preference applications, 209 offers in total, 202 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Berkshire.
- St Bartholomew's School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park House School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kennet School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Downs School 7.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John O'Gaunt School 8.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Theale Green School 10.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Willink School 10.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Little Heath School 11.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published