Catholic Life

Section 48

Our most recent Diocesan Inspection took place in February 2022. The Archdiocese of Birmingham graded Trinity as “Good” in all areas whilst judging the leadership and governance of Catholic Life as outstanding.  

The school was inspected on a new framework, more closely aligned with OFSTED in its rigour and judgements. As a result, it is more difficult to attain a Good judgement in this inspection than it has been in our previous inspections. In addition, all aspects of school life are considered including pupils' behaviour and attitudes as well as the pastoral support provided to our young people 

The inspectors noted that we are “the only school in the area that has an explicit mission to support the most needy and vulnerable”. They found from staff that “pupils show kindness to one another because of the very fact that the school is a community of faith.” Students talked “positively about their experiences, demonstrating their awareness of other's needs”.  

Leadership of the school is described across the report as “inspirational, transformational and outstanding.” The school is described as having a sense of calmness and note is taken of the reduced number of behaviour incidents. “Pastoral care is a real strength” and our most recent change in terms of the introduction of a Return to Learn room which promotes inclusion for our most vulnerable pupils is having a “positive impact”. In terms of this staff felt that our Catholic designation was “at the core of the school’s pastoral work” 

In terms of our governance their contribution is described as “outstanding” as they support and challenge me and the other Senior leaders on all areas of our work as a Catholic school effectively, enabling progress.  

S48 Inspection Report 

Please click on the link below to read about our Mission Team.

Mission-Team.pdf

Please click on the link below to read about 2025 being the Year of Jubilee. 

Year-of-Jubilee-information.pdf

To see a full list of Liturgical dates please click on the link below. 

Liturgical Calendar 2025-26

School Prayer

Born London 191 - Died Italy 2006 aged 15

Bl. Carlos Acutis lived a life of heroic holiness in the modern world.  At school, he defended other kids against bullies.  When one of his friend's parents were getting divorced, he made a special effort to inlcudee him in his own family life.  Along with his holiness, Bl. Carlos was a normal kid.  He loved to code, hang out with friends, play video games and football.  At the age of 15, he contracted leukaemia.  He chose to offer his suffering for Pope Benedict XVI and the Church.  

When a doctor asked him about the pain, he responded: "There are people who suffer much more than me!"

In his last months, he chose to make a website to categorize every Eucharistic miracle in the Church, all 136 of them.  Bl. Carlos Acutis shows a path towrad holiness in the modern world: a love for the Eucharist and a life for God:

"To always be close to Jesus, that's my life plan."

Born Skopje 1910 - Died Calcutta 1997 aged 87

She began missionary work with the poor in 1948, wearing a simple, white cotton sari with a blue border.  Mother Teresa spent several months  in Patna to receive basic medical training at Holy Family Hospital and ventured into the slums.  She founded a school in Motijhil, Calcutta, before she began tending to the poor and hungry. 

On 7th October 1950, Mother Teresa received Vatican permission for the diocesan congregation, which would become the Missionaries of Charity.  In her workds, it would care for "the hungry, the nake, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone". 

"By blood, I am Albanian.  By citizenshiop, an Indian.  By faith, I am a Catholic nun.  As to my calling, I belong to the world.  As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus."  Mother Theresa 31st August 2016

Born El Salvador 1917 - Died El Salvador 1980 aged 62

As an archbishop, Romero repeatedly spoke out against social injustice and violence amid the escalating conflict between the military government and left-wing insurgents that led to the Salvadoran Civil War. 

On 24th March 1980, Archbishop Romero delivered a sermon in which he called on Salvadoran soldiers, as Christians, to obey God's higher order and to stop carrying out the government's repression and violations of basic human rights. 

Romero finished his sermon, he stepped away from the lectern, and took a few steps to stand at the centre of the altar.  As Romero finished speaking, a red car came to a stop on the street in front of the chapel.  A gunman merged from the vehicle, stepped to the door of the chapel.  A gunman emerged from the vehicle, stepped to the door of the chapel, fired one, possibly two, shopts.  Romero was struck in the heart, and the vehicle sped off. 

His Funeral Mass a few days later was attended by more than 250,000 mourners from all over the world.  During the funeral ceremony, smoke bombs exploded on the streets near the cathedral and subsequently there were rifle shots that cam from surrounding buildings.  Many people were killed by gunfire and in the stampede of people running away from the explosions and gunfire.