Trinity Academy St Peter's

About Trinity Academy St Peter's

Trinity Academy St Peter's is a Church of England primary in Calderdale that currently serves 99 pupils against a capacity of 195, meaning it is running at just over half its potential size. The school's intake reflects a significantly higher-than-average level of disadvantage: 45.5 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a national primary average of around 24 per cent. Despite this, the school is oversubscribed for its 2025/26 reception intake, receiving 17 applications for 11 places and offering all 11 first-preference applicants a spot. That oversubscription ratio of 1.55 suggests a local demand that outstrips supply, even with spare capacity elsewhere in the building. The school is mixed, takes children from age 4 to 11, and includes nursery provision. Headteacher Mathew Brown leads a setting that has clearly rebuilt confidence since a difficult period, and the current numbers point to a school that families in the area are actively choosing.

Academically, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2023 rated it Good across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — a notable recovery from its previous inspection in 2019, when it was judged Inadequate overall. At Key Stage 2 in 2023/24, 50 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Calderdale local authority average of 59 per cent. However, the school's average scaled scores tell a more nuanced story: 102 in reading and 101 in maths are both close to the national benchmark of 100, and 67 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in each of reading, maths and writing individually. Higher-attaining pupils are less common here — 22 per cent achieved a high score in reading, 17 per cent in maths, and none in writing or the combined measure. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom quarter of primaries on the combined expected standard metric.

The school offers a solid range of facilities for a primary of its size, including a library, music rooms, art studios, an ICT suite, a sensory room, a chapel and an outdoor playground. Sports provision covers dance, rounders, swimming and athletics, while clubs extend to coding, film, gardening, drama and book club. SEND provision is explicitly listed for moderate and severe learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, and speech, language and communication needs — a useful signal for parents whose children may need additional support. The school is not a boarding option and has no sixth form. For families weighing alternatives, the nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Luddendenfoot Academy, 1.4 kilometres away. Trinity Academy St Peter's is best suited to families who value a church school with a strong pastoral focus and are comfortable with a setting where academic outcomes are still improving from a low base, but where demand from local parents is clearly growing.

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