Trinity Inspections & Awards
Trinity School
Trinity has won a number of prestigious awards in recent years and has received
very positive feedback in inspections.
Awards
Most notable are:
- Good Schools Guide Award for best A level results in UK for Boys taking Business
Studies 2008.
- Good Schools Guide Award for best A level results in UK for Boys taking Business
Studies 2007.
- Good Schools Guide Award for best A level results in UK for Girls taking English
2007.
- Good Schools Guide Award for best A level results in UK for Girls taking English
2006.
- Independent Schools Association Award for Excellence 2001.
Inspection Reports
Trinity was inspected in the Spring Term 2010 by Ofsted and awarded an 'Outstanding'
status,
read the Ofsted report here
.
We were inspected in November 2008 by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
(
PDF report
).
They concluded that Trinity: “is successful in meeting its aims, notably in drawing
out the best in each pupil”. They stated that the School offers “good overall provision
with some features which are outstanding”.
Described as “an enthusiastic and friendly community”, the School was praised for
its care of individuals, which the inspection team felt had been augmented and “remains
a strength of the school.”
The pupils were also praised, being described as “well grounded in knowledge and
understanding”. Achievement was particularly notable in the Early Years, where it
was described as “good and sometimes outstanding”. Pupils throughout the school
are described as “confident, self-aware and clearly understand and respect the needs
of others”.
Teaching was described as being of good quality, with the best being “stimulating,
challenging and exciting”. They also state that teaching at Trinity “seeks to bring
out the individual pupils’ capabilities and give them confidence.” The relationship
between pupils and staff was described as “strong”.
To give you some perspective with which to judge the report: aspects of each school’s
provision are judged according to a four point scale, on which ‘outstanding’ is
the top ranking and ‘good’ the second best.. ‘Outstanding’ is generally awarded
where that aspect of the school’s provision is judged to be in the top 5% of all
UK independent schools ie. top of what is globally recognised as the best school
education sector in the world.
To have received this “outstanding” judgement with respect to some of our provision
is extremely pleasing. To have also achieved a “good” judgement in eight of the
nine reported areas is a further feather in our cap, this being quite difficult
to do. We were also successful in satisfying all of the 250+ regulatory requirements
to which independent schools are required to conform, something that many schools
are currently having difficulty with. The recommendations for improvement made are
few in number, with only two likely to be lengthy tasks.
Reading reports from other schools for comparison, both locally and UK-wide, is
very encouraging. None of our direct competitors is reported on more favourably
and a good number come out less well, some markedly so.
The task for us now is to continue with the excellent work that is being done at
Trinity, to respond swiftly and robustly to the report’s recommendations and thereby
to improve further on the School’s impressive performance. The School is currently
developing an action plan in response to the report’s recommendations and we will
publish this once it is complete.
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