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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External links
- [http://www.chilton-trinity.co.uk/ School website]
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