Achieve and Learn Trust

UID 16821·Companies House 08137701·Incorporated July 2012

Schools

Flags

3 high severity

Total income

£16.6m

2,017 pupils

Avg staff costs

74.3%

of income

Avg reserves

8.9%

of income

Avg absence

9.8%

Persistent: 26.1%

More metrics

Avg FSM

35.4%

free school meals

Capacity

85%

2,017 / 2,368 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 25.1%above 20%5 of 8 directors appointed in last 2 years1 school with absence above 8%1 school with Ofsted concerns1 school with workforce pressure1 school with staff costs above 78%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 1Inad. 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 1RI 1

Personal development

Good 2

Leadership & management

Good 1Inad. 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

43.1

-3.1

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressAltrincham College Green Lane, Altrincham, WA15 8QW

Companies House08137701

Incorporated10 July 2012

Trust growth over time

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Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	2	1,964	£13.3m	£12.6m	71.8%	22.3%
2022/23	2	2,042	£14.7m	£14.4m	71.3%	22.6%
2023/24	2	2,017	£16.6m	£15.8m	74.3%	8.9%
2024/25partial	2	2,009	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

0.0%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£0

CS staff costs

£0

CS income

£0

Admin & clerical£0

Teaching staff£0

ICT£0

Premises£0

Legal & professional£0

Auditor costs£0

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

8 current directors · Average tenure: 3.8 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (8)

Priyanka Chopra

director·< 1 year

Connor Rand

director·< 1 year

Sam Dr Povall

director·< 1 year

Nikki Patel

director·1 year

Suzanne Dickerson

director·1 year

Cara Afzal

director·3 years

Alison Gaynor Hewitt

director·8 years

Susan Gwenda Wildman

director·13 years

Company Secretary

Danielle Nicola Taylor

secretary·13 years

39 former officers — most recent departure: Nov 2025

Margaret Lloyd

director·1 year·Resigned Dec 2024

Rachel Quesnel

director·1 year·Resigned Nov 2025

Kim Earle

director·2 years·Resigned Jun 2024

Kevin Anthony Shaw

director·3 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Tom Macdonald

director·7 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Jenny Louise Singleton

director·8 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Jane Brophy

director·8 years·Resigned May 2020

Pam Dunham

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2024

David Brynne Dr Lambrick

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Malcolm Stansfield

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2022

Margo Mary Kane

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Gillian Cartwright

director·10 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Matthew Oliver James Stevenson

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2014

Ruth Elizabeth Beattie

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Denise Amanda Lewis

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Ann Catherine Bell

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2015

Thomas Robert Hague

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Stephen Hodges

director·12 years·Resigned May 2016

Mark Collier

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2015

Jane Brophy

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2016

Michael David Peregrine Councillor Young

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2017

David Slack

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Linda Jane Panton

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2013

Peter Dr Schofield

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2014

Robert John Aubrey

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Hazel Angela Stevenson

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Amanda Ursula Catterall

director·13 years·Resigned Apr 2014

Peter Richard Brooks

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2025

Andrew Eastwood

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Martin English

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Amanda Floodgate

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2014

Linda Ann Goodchild

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2016

John Philip Kevan

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Viriginia Valentine

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2012

Elizabeth Jane Rev Lane

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Robert Stephen Cornish

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Marilyn Lucas

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Isabel Isherwood Bilous

director·13 years·Resigned May 2013

Katherine Matthews

director·13 years·Resigned Jun 2013

Member schools (2)

2 schools|2 with risk flags|2 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Altrincham College	138614	Secondary	high staff costs
Reddish Vale High School	145133	Secondary	workforce pressurehigh absenceofsted concern

Altrincham CollegeSecondary

high staff costs

Reddish Vale High SchoolSecondary

workforce pressurehigh absenceofsted concern