Holy Trinity Church of England Senior School

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Holy Trinity Church of England Senior School
Motto Deus Noster Refugium
Established 1815
Type Co-Educational Comprehensive School
Religious affiliation Anglican
Head Teacher Mr P. Triner
Chair of Governors Mrs C. Enright
Founder The Vicar of Halifax
Specialism Business & Enterprise
Location Holdsworth Road, Holmfield
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX2 9TD
England Flag of England
LEA Calderdale Borough Council
Gender Mixed
Ages 11 to 18
Houses Bronte, How, Keble, Rushworth, Seaton & Treacy
Website www.htss.calderdale.sch.uk
Coordinates: 53°42′42″N 1°52′41″W / 53.7116, -1.878

Holy Trinity Church of England Senior School, is the only church aided 11 to 18 co-educational comprehensive school in the Diocese of Wakefield, founded in the 1815 by the then Vicar of Halifax. The school was situated at Savile Hall, the former home of Lord Savile, in the centre of Halifax and since has moved to Illingworth, in the north of Halifax, where it sits in the locality of other secondary schools, including North Halifax Grammar School and St Catherine's Catholic High School.

Holy Trinity shares its' Sixth Form with Saint Catherine's. The school is also actively involved with Campus Calderdale, a collaborative project with the other secondary schools in the area aimed at broadening opportunities for students.

The school became a specialist Business and Enterprise College in 2005. In 2007, it also gained the Quality Standard for Careers Education and Guidance and the Healthy School's Award.

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