School Chooser

Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School

Primary · ages 2-11MixedChurch of England174 pupilsNursery Free breakfast clubBurton-upon-TrentStaffordshire
School Chooser Score
11
Well below
similar schools
Likely range 4 to 27, so it could be “below”
Out of 100. Better than 4% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
Reached the expected level at 1153%England 63%
Attendance94.6%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families24%About the same as most schools in England
Places66 spare174 pupils, 240 places
Pupils per teacher21.1School workforce census
Pupils on roll174Census January 2026

Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School is a Church of England school (voluntary controlled) in Burton-upon-Trent for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 174 pupils and room for 240. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 11 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 4% of the 50 schools most like it.

Wetmore Road, Holy Trinity CE (C) Primary School, Burton-upon-Trent, DE14 1SN01283 247550holytrinity.staffs.sch.ukMrs Jade Wakefield headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

32 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1153%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level3%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score102.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score99.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 55%55%20172018: 58%58%20182019: 62%62%20192023: 52%52%20232024: 52%52%20242025: 53%53%2025
Since 2017: -2%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017StaffordshireEngland
Pupils tested322725211922
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths53%52%52%62%58%55%66%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths3%0%0%14%5%5%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score102.0106.0102.0103.0104.0104.0105.8105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score99.0103.0102.0103.0103.0103.0104.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score101.0104.0103.0106.0105.0104.0105.8105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard59%81%60%71%68%68%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard56%70%76%76%84%77%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)59%70%64%81%74%86%
Reading progressReading progress score-3.6-2.0-2.0-1.5
Maths progressMaths progress score-2.6-2.4-2.1-1.9
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged44%33%33%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged57%57%73%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 3 of the 4 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
44%57%
Gap 13 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
50%54%
Gap 4 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
47%53%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%3%
Gap 3 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

A few spare places198 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
94% full

About 12 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have grown by 18% since 2021/22, so places are getting harder to come by.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Staffordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll174Census January 2026
Places24072% full
Pupils from low-income families24%24% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English40%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support18%32 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%9 pupils with a plan
Average class size25.45 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils20%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)24%£68,200 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls90 / 84
White British pupils52%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 23.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 27.0 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (15), language and communications needs (12), Specific learning difficulty (7), Moderate learning difficulty (5), Other difficulty or disability (1), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll174195206185168151
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals24%28%23%17%20%15%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language40%42%33%28%23%17%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support24%22%20%11%13%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%4%2%0%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.6%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school15.8%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils1.02024/25, 1 permanent exclusion
Missed without permission1.7%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.4%5.6%5.8%5.6%3.8%3.4%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.7%4.1%4.1%4.5%2.9%2.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.7%1.5%1.7%1.2%0.9%1.3%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence15.8%14.0%16.8%12.3%10.6%5.8%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate1.01.50.50.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions10000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers8.3full-time equivalent, 10 people
Pupils per teacher21.1Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers90%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants9.4full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£47,436
Teachers who left in the year32%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher1.62023/24

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£7,387England £7,738. Total £1.4m
Income per pupil£7,817England £7,697. Total £1.5m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,647England £3,480
Money in reserve3%Not much put by: £46k, £238 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£84kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,387spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m34112 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate194 per 1,000 people114% higher than the England average
Typical house price£235,000East Staffordshire
Nearest bus stop50 mHoly Trinity School, 8 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery SchoolCouncil890 m308No overall grade 202412Compare
Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy900 m179No overall grade 202529Compare
Lansdowne Infant AcademyAcademy930 m207Not inspectedCompare
Christ Church Primary SchoolAcademy0.8 miles353Not inspectedCompare
Grange SchoolAcademy0.8 miles168Good 202328Compare
Eton Park Junior AcademyAcademy1.0 miles197Good 20238Compare
Horninglow Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles228Not inspected26Compare
Lift AngleseyAcademy1.1 miles621Good 201987Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats4%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the bottom of its group. Its score of 11 is 30 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 41 · highest 98100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 47 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Carlyle Infant and Nursery AcademyAcademy7.8 miles182Good 202335Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 11 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 11% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 4 to 27. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.16
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 32 pupils
Ofsted inspection0%no data
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.25
DfE progress measure; 32 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
-0.04
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
-0.03
2024/25; 184 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well below
-0.18
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 32 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School scores 11 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 4% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 4 to 27, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

How good are Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 53% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 3% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School have?

174 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 240 places, so it is 73% full.

Is Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 12 places were empty in 2024/25 (6% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School?

Pupils were in school 94.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 16% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School?

The average class had 25.4 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 20% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

Does Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Wetmore Road, Holy Trinity CE (C) Primary School, Burton-upon-Trent, DE14 1SN
Telephone
01283 247550
Website
www.holytrinity.staffs.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Jade Wakefield
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Church of England school (voluntary controlled) (Voluntary controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 2-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of Lichfield
Local authority
Staffordshire
Ward
Burton & Eton
Constituency
Burton and Uttoxeter
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
124294 · LAESTAB 8603144 · UKPRN 10079334

Where these figures come from