Altus Education Partnership

UID 16624·Companies House 10578239·Incorporated January 2017·Compare

Schools

Flags

2 high severity

Finance: 2025/26Ofsted: Apr 2024Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£32.3m

2,553 pupils

Avg staff costs

67.7%

of income

Avg reserves

0.6%

of income

Avg absence

7.8%

Persistent: 21.9%

More metrics

Avg FSM

26.3%

free school meals

Capacity

59%

2,553 / 4,336 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 38.1%above 20%9 of 14 directors appointed in last 2 yearsLast accounts filed 18 months ago2 schools with workforce pressure1 school with declining results2 schools with absence above 8%1 school with staff costs above 78%1 school in deficit1 school with Ofsted concerns

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Outst. 1RI 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 1RI 1

Personal development

Outst. 1Good 1

Leadership & management

Outst. 1Good 2RI 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

35.3

-10.9

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

57.5%

-3.5pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressSuite F4, Rochdale, OL16 1AE

Companies House10578239

Incorporated23 January 2017

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	4	3,622	£20.6m	£18.8m	70.9%	30.3%
2022/23	4	1,979	£26.0m	£21.9m	67.7%	0.0%
2023/24	4	2,181	£30.0m	£25.5m	66.1%	0.0%
2024/25partial	4	2,689	£2.3m	£2.3m	74.1%	2.8%

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

8.9%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£2,705,000

CS staff costs

£2,034,000

CS income

£526,000

Admin & clerical£803,000

Teaching staff£945,000

ICT£0

Premises£117,000

Legal & professional£97,000

Auditor costs£53,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2024Source: Companies House

14 current directors · Average tenure: 2.7 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (14)

Sarah Rosemary Barker

director·< 1 year

Alex David Metcalfe

director·< 1 year

Farah Khan

director·< 1 year

Eleanor Elizabeth Overland

director·1 year

John Knott

director·1 year

Emma Mary Lark

director·1 year

Alexander Samuel Reed

director·1 year

Stephen Clifford Brierley

director·1 year

Mary Blauciak

director·1 year

Jenny Louise Gibbons

director·2 years

Nazam Suleman

director·3 years

Alasdair John Douglas Smart

director·5 years

Kitsa Mavis Efthymiadis

director·9 years

John Patrick Menzies Rodger

director·9 years

Company Secretary

Maria Jorysz

secretary·7 years

24 former officers — most recent departure: Dec 2025

Geoff Howsam

director·1 year·Resigned Nov 2024

Jane Danielle Buck

director·2 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Helen Arnold

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2024

Steven Michael Peacock

director·5 years·Resigned Oct 2024

Umar Khan

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2025

Mary Blauciak

director·5 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Andrea Daubney

director·5 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Deborah Lee Ball

director·5 years·Resigned Mar 2024

Jennifer Ann Hulme

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Aleksandra Hartshorne

director·7 years·Resigned Apr 2021

George Edward Carpenter

director·7 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Darren James Randle

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2019

Richard Ronksley

director·7 years·Resigned Apr 2023

Ian David James

director·8 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Rupert Reginald Arthur Professor Ward

director·8 years·Resigned Apr 2021

Julian Appleyard

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Joy Bell

secretary·8 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Josephine Wiggans

director·9 years·Resigned Oct 2024

Stephen Beckwith

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2023

Richard Frank Bramwell

director·9 years·Resigned Feb 2021

Susan Janet Gettings

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2021

Michael Kevin Gosling

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Rodger Owen

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Pamela Sarah Coward

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Member schools (5)

5 schools|4 with risk flags|2 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Bamford Academy	137471	Primary	performance decline
Caldershaw Primary School	151825	Primary	high staff costsin year deficit
Edgar Wood Academy	148596	Secondary	high absenceofsted concernworkforce pressure
Kingsway Park High School	148790	Secondary	workforce pressurehigh absence
Rochdale Sixth Form College	144463	16 plus	—

Bamford AcademyPrimary

performance decline

Caldershaw Primary SchoolPrimary

high staff costsin year deficit

Edgar Wood AcademySecondary

high absenceofsted concernworkforce pressure

Kingsway Park High SchoolSecondary

workforce pressurehigh absence

Rochdale Sixth Form College16 plus