Trinity Academy (formerly Holy Trinity Church of England Senior School) is a church aided 11 to 18 co-educational
academy school
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most ...
located in
Halifax in the
, England.
The school was founded in 1815 by the then Vicar of
Halifax. The school was situated at Savile Hall, the former home of Lord Savile, in the centre of Halifax and since has moved to
Illingworth, in the north of Halifax, where it sits in the locality of other secondary schools, such as
North Halifax Grammar School
The North Halifax Grammar School (NHGS) is a state grammar school, and former specialist Science college (with academy status) in Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
11+
The school has approximately one thousand students, aged 11 ...
.
The school became a specialist
Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise Colleges (BECs) were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in England. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields. Schools that successfully applied to the Specialist Schoo ...
in 2005. In 2007, it also gained the Quality Standard for Careers Education and Guidance and the Healthy School's Award.
The Academy
In July 2010 Holy Trinity Senior School closed, and the school site became part of the Trinity Academy. Students at Holy Trinity were automatically entitled to a place at the new Academy. Trinity Academy can cater for 1700 male and female pupils, aged 11 – 16. The academy admit children of all, or no, faiths; however a proportion of places are reserved for children linked to local churches.
In 2012 Trinity Academy was judged to have made 'outstanding' progress since opening due to the rapid improvement in results compared to the predecessor school.
In 2013 it was judged 'outstanding' in all areas by
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a Non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the U ...
. As at 2022 this is the school's most recent inspection.
In September, due to the closure of
St Catherine's Catholic High School
St Catherine's Catholic High School was a Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The school was named after Catherine of Siena.
It was an 11 to 18 comprehensive school, with a post 16 curriculum delivered ...
, the pupils merged with the school.
References
External links
Trinity Academy Halifax
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Academies in Calderdale
Schools in Halifax, West Yorkshire
Educational institutions established in 1815
1815 establishments in England
Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Leeds
Secondary schools in Calderdale
People educated at Trinity Academy, Halifax