The Trinity School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C66
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colchester, CO4 6ED
- Distance
- 0.1km away
The Gilberd School
Brinkley Lane, Colchester, CO4 9PU
Local ranking9th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 296
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1574
- Boys
- 830 (52%)
- Girls
- 758 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1600 (99% full)
- SEND
- 12.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.3%
- EAL
- 12.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 10.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,838/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 67.2%
- White Other: 6.6%
- Black African: 4.8%
- Asian Indian: 4.3%
- Other: 3.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
67.2%
White British
6.6%
White Other
4.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Brinkley Lane
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137926
- UKPRN
- 10036667
- Establishment No.
- 5441
- Trust
- ALPHA TRUST
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