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Chilton Trinity School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSomerset, South West · Bridgwater TA6 3JATrust: Futura Learning PartnershipSchool website
Pupils on roll
990of 1,050 places
Free school meals
29.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
179
Ofsted
Inspected, 24 September 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Chilton Trinity (URN 123881, until 1 April 2018).

What the data says

Chilton Trinity School has no sixth form. Of the 171 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.5 in Somerset, with 36% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Chilton Trinity School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

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 Somerset and England.

Chilton Trinity School
Somerset
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureChilton Trinity SchoolSomersetEngland
Pupils in the cohort1715,178607,348
Any sustained destination93%92%92%
Stayed in education86%81%86%
— school sixth form0%17%34%
— sixth form college13%17%13%
— further education college72%47%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%6%3%
Employment5%5%3%
No sustained destination5%6%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureChilton Trinity SchoolSomersetEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)42.043.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%40%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects17%31%41%
EBacc average point score3.693.784.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort27%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.630.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils46.347.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language15%9%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics179100%88%10%22%60%
English Literature179100%86%15%21%66%
English Language179100%89%14%20%69%
Combined Science12268%65%2%9%44%
Geography12067%41%22%25%63%
History7743%41%25%26%58%
Physics5732%23%12%46%88%
Chemistry5732%23%11%47%84%
Biology5732%23%14%45%88%
Fine Art5229%9%4%28%37%
Design and Technology4626%11%7%23%65%
Photography2916%6%0%19%52%
Spanish2313%19%26%27%87%
Drama1911%7%16%27%63%
Religious Studies158%31%40%32%93%
French137%18%23%29%54%
Polish53%1%84%
Chinese11%1%75%
Turkish11%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies50
Sports Studies37
Hospitality / Catering Studies27
Speech and Drama13

Other secondary schools in Somerset

Ansford Academy

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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

Bishop Fox's School

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9

Brymore Academy

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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0

Court Fields School

Academy sponsor led · 861 pupils

71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8

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.