Trinity Solutions Academy

Overview

Trinity Solutions Academy provides vocational education for disadvantaged learners facing significant barriers, including special educational needs and involvement with youth justice. The report highlights a "highly inclusive culture" underpinned by "expert trauma-informed practice," where learners feel safe, supported, and valued. While most aspects of provision meet expected or strong standards, specific improvements are required in subcontracted courses and work experience placements.

Strengths

• Leaders have established a "highly inclusive culture" with "very high expectations" for all learners.
• Staff are "well trained" in trauma-informed practice and identifying special educational needs, sharing "sector-leading expertise" across the region.
• Learners make "substantial progress" in vocational skills and achieve qualifications, often from "very low starting points."
• The environment is described as "calm" and "welcoming," helping learners develop "confidence, independence and a strong sense of belonging."
• Attendance and achievement have "improved rapidly and substantially" following effective actions by the new leadership team.

Areas to improve

• Strengthen the teaching of an "industry-standard curriculum" in the subcontracted hairdressing and beauty salon.
• Ensure learners at the subcontractor site benefit from the "same wider curriculum" as those at the main site.
• Secure external work experience placements for learners who would benefit from them.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an "open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility" and concerns are actively managed.