Trinity Academy Newcastle
Condercum Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 8XJ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TRINITY ACADEMY NEWCASTLE
- Executive Head Teacher
- Mr Mark Kennedy
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Trinity Academy Newcastle
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 205
- URN
- 141865
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01912986950
About this school
Trinity Academy Newcastle is a special academy in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 205 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Urgent improvement
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Not met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 22 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 7% | 5% | 4% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 93.0 | 95.0 | 94.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 92.0 | 89.0 | 89.0 |
| Reading progress | -13.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -14.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -12.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 31 | 28 | 26 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.70 -3.21 to -2.18 | -2.49 -3.13 to -1.86 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% | 3.6% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Trinity Academy Newcastle has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Newcastle upon Tyne average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 59.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Newcastle upon Tyne average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2 | 38.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 2.8 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 38 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 41.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 44.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
| 2024/25 | 206 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 November 2025
- 9 November 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 89.32%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 44.52%
- Persistent absence
- 78.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Trinity Post 16 Solutions Limited0.0 miles
Other types · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Hadrian School0.3 miles
Special schools · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Dame Allan's Schools0.6 miles
Independent schools · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Bahr Academy0.8 miles
Independent schools · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne1.8 miles
Universities · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Other schools in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Brenkley School Special schools
- Emily Wilding Davison School Special schools
- Hadrian School Special schools
- Mary Astell Academy Academies
- Moorbridge Local authority maintained schools
- Newcastle Bridges School Academies
- NHS Choices College Other types
- Northern Counties School Special schools
- Percy Hedley Hedleys College Other types
- Percy Hedley School Special schools
- Sir Charles Parsons School Special schools
- Thomas Bewick School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Trinity Academy Newcastle teach?
- Trinity Academy Newcastle teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Who is the executive head teacher of Trinity Academy Newcastle?
- The executive head teacher of Trinity Academy Newcastle is Mr Mark Kennedy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Trinity Academy Newcastle last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Trinity Academy Newcastle, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Trinity Academy Newcastle?
- Trinity Academy Newcastle has 205 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Trinity Academy Newcastle full?
- Trinity Academy Newcastle has capacity for 180 pupils and 205 on roll (114%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Trinity Academy Newcastle a faith school?
- No. Trinity Academy Newcastle has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Trinity Academy Newcastle?
- Trinity Academy Newcastle is part of TRINITY ACADEMY NEWCASTLE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Trinity Academy Newcastle have?
- The schools register lists Trinity Academy Newcastle's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Trinity Academy Newcastle's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Trinity Academy Newcastle's absence rate?
- Trinity Academy Newcastle's overall absence rate is 44.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Trinity Academy Newcastle's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Trinity Academy Newcastle's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 2 July 2026.