# Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School — Barnsley, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** K12
- **Parent rating:** 1.9/5 from 6 published reviews
- **Students:** 1100
- **Founded:** 2012
- **Principal:** Lissa Oldcorn

## Contact

- **Address:** Carlton Road
- **Phone:** +44 1226 704550
- **Website:** https://holytrinitybarnsley.org
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barnsley/holy-trinity-catholic-and-church-of-england-school-18812

## About

Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School is a unique coeducational all-through school for pupils aged 3 to 16, located on Carlton Road in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. It is the only purpose-built 3-16 Catholic and Church of England school in the UK, formed in 2012 by merging St Michaels Catholic and Church of England High School, Holy Cross Deanery Church of England Primary School, and St Dominic's Catholic Primary School. The school operates under the joint jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hallam and the Church of England Diocese of Leeds. It moved into a new building adjacent to the old high school site upon formation. The school is part of the Hallam Schools Partnership Academy Trust since converting to an academy in 2018 after being placed in special measures in 2017. The curriculum and ethos reflect its dual faith foundation, providing a distinctive religious and academic education. Facilities are modern and purpose-built to support a wide age range of students, and the school has a history linked to the local community and Catholic education dating back to the 19th century.

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Requires Improvement — Sep 2022
- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Requires Improvement — Sep 2022
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Requires Improvement — Sep 2022
- **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Requires Improvement — Sep 2022
- **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Requires Improvement — Sep 2022

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — Bad school: This school is a disgrace they dont do nothing about bullying or to help children with needs would not recommend at all *(Sep 2025)*
- **1/5** — Badly treated students: If I could give less than 1 star i would absolutely horrible dangerous school i can as yet go in to detail but they are nothing but bullys to the students that have disabilities *(May 2025)*
- **2/5** — School has gone downhill, poor communication: I was a student of Holy Trinity and left in 2016, my experience there was 50:50. Wasn't the best but wasn't the worst, I've had my fair share of poor experiences at this school but I still had some fond memories there. However, after hearing how my relatives are currently experiencing Holy Trinity has really disgusted me. I'm not sure what's happened to Holy Trinity for it to go really downhill but they really neglect their students now and are absolutely terrible for communication. Teachers are… *(May 2025)*
- **5/5** — Spectacular!: I think this year Holy Trinity has very good teachers. Take your kids to this school for good life skills and good opportunities. If you come, you won't want to leave! Well done to Mrs Oldcorn for hiring such smart and kind teachers. 😇 The school also does fun activities such as staff karaoke to raise money to charity's and does science experiments which the science teachers go out of their way to get equipment for as they want us to learn the best way possible 😇 The school is also really clean … *(Oct 2024)*
- **4/5** — Good for studying: Half the time we don't get homework so it's pretty good for us because half is a studying for tests it would have been excellent if there was no burgers on Monday and Wednesday because they don't taste nice *(Apr 2023)*
- **1/5** — Lack of help: When I attended this school I was made out to be a bad kid when really I just had a learning disability. In year 8 they noticed some traits however didn't do anything about it. In year 9, they opened up an Early Help Assesment where they said all my problems started at home. This was wrong. Once my mum had filled her part of the EHA in it was said to her that this was just kept on file however when we looked into this it should have been sent off to a professional as soon as it was filled in del… *(Aug 2022)*

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