Trinity Academy Cathedral
About the school
Trinity Academy Cathedral is an open secondary school in Wakefield.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 25 May 2022
- Published
- 19 July 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 48.7
- Wakefield
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Wakefield
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 49.00%
- Wakefield
- 45.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 69.00%
- Wakefield
- 65.20%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 49.50%
- Wakefield
- 32.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.33
- Wakefield
- 3.95
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1037
Girls
53.23%
Boys
46.77%
SEN support
10.80%
Education, health and care plan
5.98%
English as an additional language
24.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
41.47%
Overall absence
7.98
Persistent absence
20.33
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
190
Sustained education or employment
87%
Education
83%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
10%