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Trinity Academy Cathedral

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,028Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145579URN

Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
1.4 above Wakefield median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Wakefield

596 applications for 196 places · 2nd of 18 in Wakefield
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.9of 90
3rd of 18 in Wakefield
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 10 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard
  2. 25 May 2022
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.0applications per place, Year 7
1.4 above Wakefield median (1.6) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

596 applications · 196 places offered · 311 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.0; Wakefield median median 1.6
  2. 2025 3.0; Wakefield median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.7; Wakefield median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.3; Wakefield median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.3; Wakefield median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.0; Wakefield median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.2; Wakefield median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.1; Wakefield median median 1.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; Wakefield median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; Wakefield median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; Wakefield median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Wakefield median

Dashed bars: as Cathedral Academy (URN 137764), The Cathedral School (URN 108296), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261965963.03111.59
Sep 20251985893.03041.54
Sep 20242045582.72941.44
Sep 20232004662.32961.48
Sep 20221984632.32851.44
Sep 20211983962.02331.18
Sep 20202003721.92351.18
Sep 20191972491.31550.79
Sep 20181982341.21220.62
Sep 2017 *1892121.11050.56
Sep 2016 *1321901.4970.73
Sep 2015 *1401881.31050.75
Sep 2014 *891701.9800.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

195 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.93rd of 18 in Wakefield
Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%4th of 18 in Wakefield
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • Wakefield median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19550.953%73%–
2024/2520048.749%69%–
2023/2419747.046%68%+0.34
2022/2319050.446%69%+0.74

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145579 · 384/4007
Trust
Trinity Multi Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 1,028 on roll
Free school meals
42.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2018
Replaced
Cathedral Academy (URN 137764); The Cathedral School (URN 108296)
Address
Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QF
Local authority
Wakefield

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources