SCHOOL PROFILE

Trinity Academy St. Edwards: data, trends and context

Trinity Academy St. Edwards is a secondary school in Barnsley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
148561
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Barnsley
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
TRINITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
S70 6FP
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
882
FSM eligible
26.3%
EAL / First language other than English
11.2%
SEND (total)
13.7%
SEN Support
8.8%
EHCP
4.9%
White British
79.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.8%
Overall absence
7.2%
Persistent absence
18.2%
Severe absence
5.0%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
BarnsleyLocal authority89.6%10.4%4.9%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
37.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.70%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Trinity Academy St. Edwards is a secondary school in Barnsley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.