Benfield School
Academy converter · 819 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.5
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Trinity Academy Newcastle
- Pupils on roll
- 205of 180 places
- Free school meals
- 89.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 26
- Ofsted
- Report card, 20 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Urgent improvementAchievement Urgent improvementAttendance and behaviour Urgent improvementPersonal development and wellbeing Urgent improvementInclusion Urgent improvementLeadership and governance Urgent improvementPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Not met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Trinity School (URN 131766, until 1 March 2015).
What the data says
Trinity Academy Newcastle has no sixth form. Of the 31 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 35% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
26% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Newcastle upon Tyne, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Newcastle upon Tyne and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Trinity Academy Newcastle | Newcastle upon Tyne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 31 | 2,784 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 45% | 86% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 45% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 35% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 10% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 26% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 29% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Trinity Academy Newcastle | Newcastle upon Tyne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.0 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.08 | 3.93 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 89% | 47% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 53.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 23% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 11 | 42% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Mathematics | 10 | 38% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| Biology | 7 | 27% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 14% |
Other secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Excelsior Academy
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75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.4
Gosforth Academy
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.4
Jesmond Park Academy
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.4
Kenton School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,589 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.7
North East Futures UTC
University technical college · sixth form · 314 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.