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Secondary school in Nottingham

The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy

Beechdale Road, Aspley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3EZ

Sixth form Roman Catholic Full
School website 01159296251

Ofsted

Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 4 December 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

55.3 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

59% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

83% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

47% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.10confidence interval -0.11 to 0.30

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
33.5

England average 32.3

A level students
86

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1182
Places
1125
How full
Full — 1182 pupils against 1125 places
Girls / boys
605 / 577
Overall absence
5%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
14%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
22%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
48%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
7%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
98%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
94%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
52%
No sustained destination
1%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
189

After sixth form

Went to university
62%

England 50%

In education, work or training
86%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
6%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
108

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

27% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
77%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
95

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Nottingham 020D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
31%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
24%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
66%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
13%

England 17%

Households with no car
24%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
40%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Matthew Shenton
Local authority
Nottingham
Ward
Leen Valley
Constituency
Nottingham North and Kimberley
URN
138341

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Bluecoat Beechdale AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 34 0.2 mi
Nottingham Girls' AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2023 47.7 0.3 mi
Bluecoat Aspley AcademyAcademy converter Good 2024 48.6 0.7 mi
Ellis Guilford SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 37.1 1.1 mi
Nottingham University Samworth AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 40.5 1.1 mi
Bluecoat Wollaton AcademyAcademy converter No grade 49.4 1.3 mi
Fernwood SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 53.8 1.4 mi
Take 1 Learning CentreOther independent school No grade 1.7 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Little Heath SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 48.2
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school Good 2022 53.1
Felpham Community CollegeCommunity school No grade 41.9
Newton Abbot CollegeAcademy converter No grade 40.5
William Edwards SchoolAcademy converter No grade 42.5
The Blue SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 49.7
The Douay Martyrs Catholic SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 52.6
Chipping Norton SchoolAcademy converter No grade 49.3

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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