Durham Trinity School & Sports College

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

City of DurhamConstituency

DH1 5WBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Durham Trinity School & Sports College is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 254 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

254

Total Pupils

70%Boys

30%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 254
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 19 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
22 Mar 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.