Trinity Academy St. Edwards
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Barnsley
Keresforth Close, Barnsley, S70 6FP
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 14/05/2024
Application demand
47%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.8%
18.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
882
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
47%
1st preference success rate
169 of 360 families who put it first got an offer
170
Places offered
725
Total applications
4.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 360 | 169 | ● 47% |
| 2nd preference | 272 | 1 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 93 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 725 | 170 | 23% |
1st preference success by year
Barnsley lets families list 3 preferences. 6 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Mark Allen
- Address
- Keresforth Close, Barnsley, S70 6FP
- Phone
- 01226664166
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Ward / constituency
- Kingstone · Barnsley South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148561
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 26% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: TRINITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
882 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
14 May 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 746 pupils
Attendance
92.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 0 | — |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.