Applying to CAPA Juniors
CAPA Juniors is an exciting offer for young people who have a real desire to pursue an education and career pathway in the Arts. Trinity Academy Cathedral is proud to run the CAPA Juniors programme. Each cohort accepted onto the CAPA Juniors programme follows an enhanced secondary curriculum with additional Performing and Creative Arts training.
There are 30 places available annually on the CAPA Juniors pathway.
For admission to Trinity Academy Cathedral (including CAPA Juniors), applications from Wakefield residents should be made on Wakefield Council’s online application system. Parents must have also registered their child to sit the Fair Banding Assessment (See Admissions Supplemental Guidance for details). Applications for CAPA Juniors must also complete a CAPA Juniors Supplementary Information Form.
In addition to registering for the fair banding assessment, you will need to complete the application form for your home Local Authority. In Wakefield, this is the online common application form for secondary school admissions. If you live outside of Wakefield, you should complete their application process and preference Trinity Academy Cathedral in Wakefield.
The Fair Banding and CAPA Juniors Supplementary Information Forms have now closed for registrations for September 2027. Parents must have registered their child to sit the Fair Banding Assessment.
If you have any questions please use the contact us button below or email us at contactus@cathedral.trinitymat.org. A member of the transition team will then be in touch with you as soon as possible.
Calendar for Admission
Monday 15th June 2026 – Fair Banding registration form opens, parents/carers must complete this form if they wish for their child to sit the Fair Banding Assessment by Monday 21st September 2026 (see the academy’s Admissions Supplemental Guidance for full details).
Wednesday 16th September 2026 – Our Open Evening took place for Year 6 pupils and parents.
September 2026 – Parents must have registered their child to sit Trinity Academy Cathedrals Fair Banding Assessment by Monday 21st September 2026 (see the academy’s Admissions Supplemental Guidance for full details). If applying for CAPA Juniors, parents must also have submitted the CAPA Juniors Supplementary Information Form byMonday 21st September 2026.
October 2026 – All applicants whose registration forms have been received by the deadline (see Admissions Supplemental Guidance for details), will sit a Fair Banding Assessment, organised by the academy. CAPA Juniors applicants whose supplementary information forms have been received by the deadline will be invited to audition. The auditions will take place at Trinity Academy Cathedral on Friday 9th October 2026.
October 2026 – Parents/carers of Y6 primary school children (regardless of which school they wish to attend) must also complete the application form for their home Local Authority. In Wakefield, this is the online common application form for secondary school admissions. If you live outside of Wakefield, you should complete their application process and preference Trinity Academy Cathedral in Wakefield.
For Wakefield please refer to Wakefield Local Authority’s website for information on how to apply for a place at a secondary school – Closing date 31 October 2026.
CAPA Junior applicants – In line with the School Admissions Code, parents will be informed of the outcome of the audition prior to the deadline for the Common Application Form, although this does not equate to a guarantee of a place.
December 2026 – The academy will provide the local authority with all necessary information in accordance with the LA’s co-ordinated admissions arrangements.
March 2027 – offers made to parents by the LA.