Trinity Academy New Bridge

State school · Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formSunderland, Sunderland SR5school website

About half of Year 11 leavers stay in education, well below the England rate; none start an apprenticeship.

Where this school leads
56%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Sunderland 76% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Trinity Academy New Bridge: 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): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 19%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): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 17%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): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 6%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): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%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): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 3%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): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 16%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): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%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): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%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): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%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): 100%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): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 11%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): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 12%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
Inspected
Places
—
Pupils
128
Free school meals
74.2%

Ofsted: Short inspection, 1 July 2025: see the report · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Sunderland’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 140 places, including the sixth form. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The New Bridge Academy (URN 142331, until 30 November 2018).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

56%stayed in education after Year 11
This school56%
Sunderland76%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 32 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Of the 32 pupils who finished Year 11 at Trinity Academy New Bridge in 2023, 0% stayed on in Trinity Academy New Bridge’s own sixth form (Sunderland average 21%), 53% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureTrinity Academy New BridgeSunderlandEngland
Pupils in the cohort323,005607,348
Any sustained destination56%86%92%
Stayed in education56%76%86%
— school sixth form0%21%34%
— sixth form college0%—13%
— further education college53%53%37%
— other education3%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%7%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination19%11%6%
Destination unknown25%3%3%
After sixth form · age 18

Where do sixth-formers go at 18?

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

2.1Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school2.1
Sunderland43.3
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 24 pupils in Year 11

75% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 1.8 — below disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Sunderland 42%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureTrinity Academy New BridgeSunderlandEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)2.143.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%41%41%
EBacc average point score0.083.814.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort75%36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils1.833.134.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils2.849.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language0%6%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

32.93%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 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

Language & Communication19%
Mathematics & Statistics17%
Health & Safety16%
Green & Sustainability12%
Transversal Skills11%

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

GCSE subjects5

Entries 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
Mathematics1771%88%0%22%0%
English Language1667%89%0%20%0%
Biology1042%23%0%45%0%
Art and Design625%7%0%24%0%
English Literature14%86%—21%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications1
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills2——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication37%
Health & Safety31%
Green & Sustainability28%
Mathematics & Statistics26%
Transversal Skills25%
Natural Sciences24%
Digital & ICT Skills16%
Arts & Humanities11%
Engineering & Manufacturing11%
Law & Public Administration7%
Social & Cultural Skills5%
Business & Administration3%

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

fraction 13.1percentage 8.3vocabulary 7.0ratio 6.7power 5.8translation 5.8equation 5.5root 5.3gradient 5.3formulae 5.1audience 5.1grammar 5.0particle model 5.0photosynthesis 4.4linear functions 4.1reflection 4.1area 4.1congruence 4.1pythagoras' theorem 4.1change of state 4.0standard form 3.8percentage change 3.8direct proportion 3.8inverse proportion 3.8

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

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, data collection, pythagoras' theorem from Biology, Mathematics, Computing and 3 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, solution from Mathematics, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data collection, conduct field work, climate change from Biology, Computing, Geography and 1 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
More apprenticeships9
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses sampling technique, experimental design, conclusion from Biology, Mathematics, Science · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, unit conversion from Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses data collection, scale, computer systems from Art and Design, Computing, Design and Technology and 2 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses integer, mean, data structure from English Language, Mathematics, Computing and 1 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, formulae, si unit from Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and 1 more
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, volume, unit conversion from Mathematics, Mathematics, Science · jobs: battery test technician
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses experimental design, scientific method, data presentation from Biology, English Language, Computing and 1 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Manufacturing engineer (degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses force, component selection, electrical system from Design and Technology, Science · jobs: maintenance and repair engineer, industrial engineer, production engineer
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Trinity Academy New Bridge offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Sunderland’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to Sunderland in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
  3. Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly to the sixth form; most close applications in these months
Sunderland

Compare with nearby schools

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.