STAFF
Trinity School is able to attract and retain a staff of very high quality as a result of the fine reputation of the school and of the professional opportunities it can offer. Most teachers are graduates in their teaching subjects, some with wide experience including teaching abroad, and all have a real commitment to their work. All of our staff are involved in continuing professional development to enrich their professional knowledge and to ensure best practice in improving student learning. Additionally, many are active in the local community, whether as preachers or councillors, or in sport, the Church and fund-raising for charities. Our PE staff are active participants in sport themselves, and our musicians have considerable reputations locally.
Many staff bring wide experience to bear in their work, having come from a background of industry, commerce or the arts. It is worth noting that many staff are themselves parents of children attending Trinity. As well as our teaching staff, we have a team of knowledgeable and experienced support staff, fulfilling an increasing variety of roles, including House Tutors, Curriculum Support and Cover Supervisors.
All staff are represented on ‘Team Trinity’, a group which works hard to improve the working environment and organise social events.
If you would be interested in bringing your experience and skills to work for the school community, please watch out for advertisements on our Job Vacancies Page and in the local press.
Summer 2019 Exam Certificates
Summer 2019 exam certificates are now available for collection from the Sixth Form Office during school hours. If students are unable to collect them in person, they can nominate someone to do this on their behalf by emailing 6form@trinity.cumbria.sch.uk
Year 11 Mock results
On Friday 6th December, our year 11 students will receive the results of their recent mock examinations. This will provide the students with important information as to what they are currently achieving in each subject, and the effort that will be needed to ensure they achieve their very best next Summer.
For more information please read the letter below:
Year 11 Mock event 291119 (pdf)
Year 7 Tutor Evening - Feedback
Year 7 Tutor Evening – Thursday 28 November 2019 Feedback/Comments
Many thanks to all parents/carers who attended the above event. If you did attend the evening please advise if this was helpful to you and/or if you have any ideas how this event can be improved in the future by following the link below and completing the online reply slip:
Year 7 Tutor Evening - Comments Reply
Trinity Christmas Fayre
Trinity Christmas Fayre Thursday 19th December
Information for anyone who wishes to trade at our Christmas Fayre can be found in the document below:
Christmas Fayre (pdf)
Year 13 Parents’ Evening
Year 13 Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 11 December 4:00-6:30pm - Trinity Sixth Form Centre
I hope that you will be able to attend the Year 13 Parents’ Evening to speak with your son/daughter’s subject teachers. Appointments can be made between 10.00am on Monday 2 December and 11.55pm on Sunday 8 December.
Please visit our parent evening system to book your appointments.
Please read the letter below for more information:
Year 13 Parents' Evening letter (pdf)
Years 7 Tutor Evening
Dear Parent/Carers,
We have been thoroughly impressed by the way that our new Year 7 have settled at Trinity. As part of their transition, we would like to invite you to a Tutor Evening on Thursday 28nd November.
This evening is different from a Parents’ Evening, as we would like to give you the chance to see examples of your child’s work this year in their new school, celebrate the many successes and see whether anything can be further improved in their studies.
Please read the invitation letter and reply slip below for more information:
Invitation to Information Evening Y7 2019 (pdf)
Carol Service in Carlisle Cathedral
On behalf of the governors, staff and students of the school we are very pleased to invite you to our Carol Service in Carlisle Cathedral. This service is one of the highlights of the school year in which the school and parents/carers and the Cathedral come together to celebrate the festival of Christmas. We would be delighted if you could join us in the Cathedral on:
MONDAY 16th DECEMBER 2019 at 7.15pm
Please read the letter and reply slip below for more information:
Parent invite (pdf)
Cross Country Results
Letter to Parents Oct 2019
Dear Parent/Carer
The first half term of the new academic year is almost over, students are settled well into the new school year and learning well. We are delighted with the start that many have made with over 52,000 achievement logs awarded to students in just six weeks.......
Please read the rest of the letter below for more information:
Letter to parents (pdf)
Year 7 & 10 Information Evenings 2019 - Presentations
Dear Parent/Carers,
Our presentation from our Year 7 Information Evening on Thursday 19th September can be viewed below:
Year 7 Evening 2019 Online (pptx)
Our presentation from our Year 10 Information Evening on Wednesday 25th September can be viewed below:
Year 10 Evening 2019 Online (pptx)
Year 10 Drugs Workshop
Dear Parent/Carer
As part of our Personal Development Programme, we take the opportunity to give an input into Drugs education for all students, to ensure that they are aware of the risks associated with drug use and fully educated to make healthy, informed lifestyle choices. This work, in Year 10, will be led by Jen Marrs, who is the county lead in this area. Jen has worked with our students over the last eight years, consistently receiving high praise......
For more information please read the letter below:
Y10 Drugs Workshop (pdf)
Student Expectation
Yr9 Personal Development Programme
Dear Parent/Carer
As part of our Personal Development Programme, we take the opportunity to give an input into the statutory Sexual Health and Relationships education which all schools are required to deliver. This work, in Year 9, will be led by Jen Marrs, who is the county lead in this area. Jen has worked with our students over the last eight years, to very positive feedback.
For more information please read the letter below:
Y9 PDV - SH&R (pdf)
A Welcome from the Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carer
It is a privilege to be able to write to you in my first term as Headteacher of Trinity School. I am looking forward to working with you and meeting you at our regular parents’ evenings and events.
Ms Jo Hawkin - Headteacher
I offer a warm welcome to the parents/carers of our new Year 7 students and look forward to officially welcoming you to the Trinity community at our Year 7 Information Evening next week. A separate letter has gone out inviting you to this event. Welcome, too, to those joining us from other schools in Year 12. Mr. Winter, Assistant Head and Head of Sixth Form, will be meeting you at the Year 12 Information and Tutor Evening on 25th September. Both year groups have settled well, with 100% attendance in Year 7 on their first day. They are finding their way around, are making new friends and seem happy. Year 12 have been involved in a three-day induction programme which involved a variety of activities: first aid training, road safety awareness, teambuilding and sessions designed to set them up effectively for their academic studies that start on Monday. All are raring to go.
Read on..
September 2019 (pdf)
Prospectus
Transition to Trinity Guide
Year 7 Parents and Carers,
Our Transition to Trinity information is available here:
Trinity Yr7 Transition Guide 2019 - 2020 (pdf)
MFL: Yr 7 - 11 Dictionaries and Language Booklets
Dictionaries
We are very much looking forward to your child being as successful as they can in their language learning in the next academic year. It would be very beneficial that your child attends each language lesson with a dictionary, which would support their learning.
Please read the letter below for more information:
Y7-11 Dictionaries (pdf)
Language Booklets - Yr 11 Revision Guides
As part of your child being as well prepared and as successful as possible in their language GCSE, we would like to inform you about the CGP GCSE French/ Spanish revision guide that is available to purchase.
Please read the letter below for more information:
Y11 Revision Guide (pdf)
Our Language Booklets for Yr 9 & 10 French and Spanish are also available to view and download here: Booklets Folder
Music Tuition - Information letter and forms
Dear Parent/Carers
Please find below 2019-20 Music tuition letters and forms to be returned to the finance office:
Can you get your Five-a-Day?
Challenge yourself to get 5 Good Behaviour Logs as soon as possible each week!
Ofsted Report
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have now received the final report from Ofsted following their visit to the school on Wednesday, 13th March for a section 8, one day inspection. The report is available below and will be published on Ofsted’s own website on Wednesday, 24th April. We are pleased to tell you that the school continues to be graded as a good school.
Please read the information below:
Ofsted Letter (pdf)
Ofsted Final Report (pdf)
SEND inspection – Ofsted
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please read the letter below concerning Inspection of Cumbria County Council local area’s effectiveness in identifying and meeting the needs of, and improving outcomes for, children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
SEND inspection letter (pdf)
Non-examination Assessments (NEAs).
Please read the word documents below for information on Non-Examination Assessments (NEAs).
Information for candidates ~ NEA 1819
Information for cands~cswk.1819
Reviews of marking Candidate policy
GDPR - Privacy Notice
GDPR
Trinity School is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals in accordance with its legal obligations under the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), which came into force on 25 May 2018. Please find below Trinity Schools Privacy Statement in relation to this new regulation.
Trinity School - Privacy Notice (pdf)
Berlin & Krakow Trip 2020 - Yr 8 Students
WWII & THE HOLOCAUST BERLIN & KRAKOW TRIP
25/03/2020 – 31/03/2020
Open to Year 8s only
We are excited to be proposing a school tour to Germany and Poland to enhance our History curriculum for students.
Here are the key details about the planned trip:
• 7 days and 6 night(s)
• Departs on 25 March 2020
• Returns on 31 March 2020
• The purpose of the trip is to enhance the learning experience of students; to visit historic sites; to enhance their understanding of the Holocaust and to pay their respects to the victims
Please read the letter and reply slip below for more information:
Berlin Krakow trip - letter (pdf)
SIAMS Report
Dear parents and carers,
In addition to the visits we get from Ofsted, as a Church of England school we are subject to an additional inspection: the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMs). This takes place every five years and Trinity was inspected on 18th and 19th October 2016....
Letter and full report below:
SIAMS letter to parent/carers (pdf)
Trinity SIAMS Report - 2016 (pdf)
Homework Planners
In a move to ensure that standards of recording homework are consistent across the school, we would appreciate it if you could reinforce the following with your child/children when signing their planners on a weekly basis. All homework must have these key pieces of information recorded in the planners:
- Subject which set the homework.
- Details about the task to be completed.
- Due date for the homework.
For more information read the letter below:
Use of Planners (pdf)
Performance Tables
Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium
PP statement 2019-2020 (pdf)
Pupil premium strategy and catch-up funding statement (secondary) 2017-2018 (pdf)
What is Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to help raise the attainment of pupil premium pupils and support them in reaching their full potential.
Students are eligible if they meet any of the criteria listed below:
- They have received Free School Meals at any point in the last 6 years.
- They are in the care of the Local Authority
- They are the children of Service Personnel
Read more in the letter below:
PP Letter Yr7-11 (pdf)
Details of how we use this money to support the students in the curriculum are included from the links below:
PP statement 2018-2019 (docx)
PP statement 2018-2019 (pdf)
Year 7 Catch-Up
Sixth Form - Parents' Online Booking
Sixth Form Parents' Evening Booking System
Please visit: https://trinity6thform. parentseveningsystem.co.uk to book an online appointment. Parents' Guide for Booking Appointments can also be viewed here - ParentGuide (pdf). A map of our Sixth Form School building is available to view here: Sixth Form MapLower School - Parents' Evening Booking System
Lower School Parents' Evening Booking System
Please visit our Lower School Parents' Evening Booking system.
Parents' Guide for Booking Appointments can also be viewed here - ParentGuide (pdf).
A map of our school layout can be viewed here: TrinitySchoolmap-Oct-2019 (pdf)
School Maps
A map of our school layout can be viewed here: TrinitySchoolmap-Oct-2019 (pdf)
Report System
For information about our new behaviour report system please view the pdf document below:
Homework Policies
Literacy and Progress
Literacy and Progress
It is vitally important for all our students to make progress in English and Mathematics.
To this end, we regularly monitor progress, and use a wide range of intervention strategies to help students achieve their full potential. It is very common for students to have some type of intervention or 'booster' lessons at some point during their time at Trinity School, regardless of their ability level.
Trinity School Prayer
God of Adventure,
You call us to follow your Son,
in transforming the world:
inspire our minds by your Spirit
and fill our hearts with your love,
that we may grow into the people you intend,
reflect your life in the world
and bring all those we love to you
for the sake of Him
who gave His all
Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
Amen