Chilton Trinity School

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| name = Chilton Trinity School

| image = Entrance, Chilton Trinity School (geograph 4425359).jpg

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| motto = Ambition, Engagement, Resilience

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| type = Academy

| trust = Clevedon Learning Trust

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| head_label = Headteacher

| head = Kathryn Deady

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| address = Chilton Street

| city = Bridgwater

| county = Somerset

| country = England

| postcode = TA6 3JA

| local_authority = Somerset County Council

| ofsted = yes

| urn = 145677

| staff =

| enrolment = 970 as of 2025

| gender = Coeducational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 16

| houses = Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, and Venus

| colours = Blue, red, yellow, and green

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| website = http://www.chilton-trinity.co.uk/

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Chilton Trinity School is a coeducational secondary school located at Chilton Trinity, Bridgwater, Somerset, England.

Bridgwater was selected as the first town in the South West level{{cite web|url=http://www.bsfsomerset.org.uk/ |title=Somerset Building Schools for the Future |accessdate=14 May 2009 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206121200/http://www.bsfsomerset.org.uk/ |archivedate= 6 February 2009 }} to be selected for the UK governments Building Schools for the Future initiative, which aimed to rebuild and renew nearly every secondary school in England.{{cite web|url=http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/resourcesfinanceandbuilding/bsf/ |title=Building Schools for the Future |accessdate=14 May 2009 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428000050/http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/resourcesfinanceandbuilding/bsf/ |archivedate=28 April 2009 }} Within Bridgwater, the initiative was to develop all of the four secondary schools, along with two special provision schools, Elmwood School and Penrose School, at an expected cost of around £100 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.bsfsomerset.org.uk/content.asp?did=23545/|title=Building Schools for the Future in Bridgwater|accessdate=14 May 2009|url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131129214252/http://www.bsfsomerset.org.uk/content.asp?did=23545/|archivedate=29 November 2013}} This included the complete relocation and rebuilding of a new school combining the Haygrove and Penrose Schools. In July 2010, several components of the scheme for Bridgwater schools were cancelled and others were still under discussion.{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Rachel|title=The schools that will have to make do with crumbling buildings|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/jul/09/schools-cuts-buildings-east-bridgwater|accessdate=9 July 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=9 July 2010}}

Previously a foundation school administered by Somerset County Council, in September 2019 Chilton Trinity School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Clevedon Learning Trust.

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