The Trinity School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Colchester, Essex
The Trinity School is a secondary school in Colchester, Essex for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Carris Close, Colchester, CO4 6ED
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 780 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are very well prepared for adulthood at The Trinity School.”
- “The exemplary personal development offer provides them with a plethora of opportunities to broaden their range of interests.”
- “Pupils enhance their learning by taking part in a super-curriculum that includes topics of interest from sharks to the right to vote.”
To improve
- “A minority of pupils do not have such positive attitudes to learning, and they do not always attend as well as they should.”
- “On occasion, when the policy is not followed as consistently, a few pupils disrupt the learning of others.”
- “Some groups of pupils do not attend well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 126 first-preference applications, 177 offers in total, 116 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Year 7 2022 to 2026, as Essex published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
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Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- The Gilberd School 0.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colchester Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Helena School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Colchester Royal Grammar School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Colchester County High School for Girls 2.8 mi Outstanding
- St Benedict's Catholic College 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Philip Morant School and College 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Thomas Lord Audley School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published