Trinity Sixth Form Academy

Free schools 16 to 19 · Mixed · ages 16–19 · with sixth formCalderdale, Halifax HX1school website

About half of students go on to university — well above the England rate.

Where this school leads
59%

of 16–18 leavers started university · Calderdale 33% · England 37% · DfE destination measures, students who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Trinity Sixth Form Academy: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 4%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 4%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 6%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 3%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 2%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 7%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 2%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
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Students
912
Free school meals
0.0%

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Students: of 850 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

After sixth form · age 18

Where do sixth-formers go at 18?

8%went to one of the most selective universities
This school8%
Calderdale15%
England19%

DfE 16–18 destination measures · 320 students who left in 2023

59% went to university (England 37%). 7% started an apprenticeship (England 7%). 17% went into work and 8% had no steady place a year on (England 28% and 16%).

Most selective universities — the third of UK universities whose entrants hold the highest grades; the share is of students who completed level 3 qualifications.

Full breakdown7
MeasureTrinity Sixth Form AcademyCalderdaleEngland
Students in the cohort3201,734541,441
Any sustained destination86%72%79%
University (higher education)59%33%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students8%15%19%
Further education3%5%5%
Apprenticeship7%9%7%
Employment17%23%28%
No sustained destination8%22%16%
Universities · named

Which universities did they go to?

1university has told us how many applied, were offered a place and enrolled

Named universities — most schools do not publish this; the official DfE figures above only say how many went to university and how selective those universities were.

universities’ answers to sch.today’s Freedom of Information requests · request tracker

What universities’ own admissions data say3

For each entry year: how many of this school’s students applied, received an offer and enrolled. Counts under five are shown as “<5” to protect individuals. Applications exclude Clearing; enrolments are students who completed registration.

UniversityEntry yearAppliedOffersEnrolled
University of Bristol20256<5—
2024<5<5—
2023<5<5—

A university’s enrolment count and a school’s own destinations list can differ: the school counts places accepted in the summer, the university counts students registered in the autumn.

Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

8.94%of the A level curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 1,259 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Transversal Skills7%
Business & Administration6%
Law & Public Administration5%
Mathematics & Statistics5%
Natural Sciences4%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

A level subjects28

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology11833%23%
Mathematics7120%31%
Sociology5716%13%
Business Studies5315%13%
Biology4513%20%
Computer Science3911%5%
Chemistry3710%17%
Law3710%4%
Economics3410%13%
History339%13%
Geography288%10%
English Language288%4%
English Literature267%11%
3D Design257%1%
Photography236%3%
Art and Design175%1%
Politics144%6%
Religious Studies123%4%
Further Mathematics113%5%
Physics103%12%
Physical Education93%3%
Classical Civilisation82%1%
French——1%
Arabic——0%
Chinese——0%
Geology——0%
Polish——0%
Spanish——2%
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses21
SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Social ScienceVRQ Level 38022%—
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*6719%—
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*4212%—
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*4111%—
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3278%—
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)257%—
MultimediaOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3236%—
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 3216%—
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*195%—
Health StudiesBTEC National Diploma L3 - Band J - PP-D*D*144%—
Health StudiesBTEC National Foundation Diploma L3 - Band H - P-D*62%—
Health StudiesBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)———
Speech and DramaBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*———
Business StudiesBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)———
GeologyGCE AS level (All)———
PsychologyGCE AS level (All)———
SociologyGCE AS level (All)———
GeologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
PsychologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
SociologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
MultimediaOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 3———
A level results8
MeasureTrinity Sixth Form AcademyCalderdaleEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study854——
— of whom A level students357802261,341
Average A level gradeC+C+B-
Average points per A level entry32.6934.4335.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects10%13%18%
Average grade, applied general courses———
Average grade, T levels———
Fields of knowledge, all stages11
Transversal Skills6%
Business & Administration6%
Law & Public Administration5%
Mathematics & Statistics5%
Digital & ICT Skills3%
Natural Sciences3%
Social & Cultural Skills3%
Arts & Humanities2%
Green & Sustainability2%
Language & Communication1%
Health & Safety1%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

graph 2.3mathematical model 2.0vector 1.8quantitative data 1.1qualitative data 1.1trigonometric identity 1.0exponential function 1.0integration 1.0differential equation 0.9application of theory 0.8numerical method 0.8gradient 0.8research method 0.7inequality 0.7differentiation 0.7research ethics 0.7research design 0.7trigonometric function 0.6si unit 0.6limitation 0.6inverse function 0.6tangent 0.6binomial expansion 0.6sequence 0.6

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses research ethics, experimental design, accuracy from Biology, Chemistry, Further Mathematics and 4 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses qualitative data, quantitative data, data presentation from Computer Science, Geography, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses research design, experimental design, data presentation from Business Studies, Computer Science, Economics and 5 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
More apprenticeships9
Social researcherLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · business and administration · uses research ethics, research design, inferential statistics from Geography, Psychology, Sociology · jobs: research and development manager, social services policy officer, monitoring and evaluation officer
Digital and technology solutions professionalLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses data presentation, conclusion, data collection from Biology, Business Studies, Computer Science and 3 more · jobs: business analyst, ICT consultant, business economics researcher
Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, abstraction, ratio from Business Studies, Computer Science, Economics and 3 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Keeper and aquaristLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses descriptive statistics, research design, research method from Biology, Psychology · jobs: animal care attendant, zookeeper, zoo section leader
Laboratory technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses data presentation, graph, chromatography from Biology, Chemistry, Economics and 2 more · jobs: bacteriology technician, scientific laboratory technician, biology technician
Costs lawyerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · legal, finance and accounting · uses causation, limitation, nuisance from Law, Mathematics · jobs: lawyer, corporate lawyer, lawyer linguist
Clinical associate in psychology (CAP) (integrated degree)Level 7 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses research ethics, psychological theory, data collection from Business Studies, Geography, Psychology and 1 more · jobs: clinical psychologist, crisis helpline operator
Doctor (Degree)Level 7 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses research ethics, psychological theory, experimental design from Geography, Psychology, Sociology · jobs: doctors' surgery assistant, specialised doctor, biomedical scientist
Electro-mechanical engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses kinematics, integration, equilibrium from Further Mathematics, Mathematics · jobs: electrical engineer, electromechanical engineer, instrumentation engineer
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Admission is by application to the provider, usually against GCSE grades for each course; there is no distance rule.

  1. Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly; most close applications in these months
  2. AugGCSE results day: places are confirmed against the entry grades
Calderdale

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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.