Trinity School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Carlisle · CA1 1JB · Cumberland
Ages 11–18
- Att845.2
- P8-0.1
- EM5+46%
- Absence11.7%
1.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 135620
Richard Rose Morton Academy
Academy sponsor led · Carlisle · CA2 6LB
Ages 11–18 · 905 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
43.7
Overall absence
8.4%
Admissions demand
1.04 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-07-01
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.06
−20+2
Attainment 843.7
English & maths grade 5+36%
English & maths grade 4+57%
EBacc entry35%
EBacc APS: 3.7
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)18.8%
Unauthorised5.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 921
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.04 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
187
Places offered
179
1st-preference offers
173
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 276
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 179
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill101%
905 pupils · 900 places
- Pupils on roll
- 905
- Boys / girls
- 451 / 454
- School capacity
- 900
- Capacity fill
- 905 / 900 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 26%
- FSM pupils
- 235
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Principal Michael McClelland
Location
- Address
- Wigton Road
- Postcode
- CA2 6LB
- Town
- Carlisle
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Carlisle, Cumberland, 905 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 26%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Richard Rose Central Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Carlisle · CA1 1LY · Cumberland
Ages 11–18
- Att841.7
- P8-0.3
- EM5+40%
- Absence11.1%
2.2 miles away
Caldew School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Carlisle · CA5 7NN · Cumberland
Ages 11–18
- Att842.4
- P8-0.2
- EM5+39%
- Absence9.7%
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Principal Michael McClelland
- Telephone
- 01228822644