Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy Limited

UID 2160·Companies House 08082204·Incorporated May 2012·Compare

Schools

1

Flags

3

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Apr 2016Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£2.5m

407 pupils

Avg staff costs

80.3%

of income

Avg reserves

18.6%

of income

Avg absence

4.1%

Persistent: 5.2%

More metrics

Avg FSM

23.2%

free school meals

Capacity

81%

407 / 500 places

At a glance

1 school with staff costs above 78%1 school in deficit1 school with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

72.0%

+11.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressMere Lane, Doncaster, DN3 2DG
Companies House08082204
Incorporated24 May 2012

Trust growth over time

1
11/12
1
12/13
1
13/14
1
14/15
1
15/16
1
16/17
1
17/18
1
18/19
1
19/20
1
20/21
1
21/22
1
22/23
1
23/24
1
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/221397£2.3m£2.5m78.2%17.6%
2022/231401£2.3m£2.3m77.0%20.8%
2023/241407£2.5m£2.5m80.3%18.6%
2024/25partial1432

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: 3.0 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (8)

Neil John Cosgrove

director·< 1 year

Richard Stevenson

director·1 year

Rosie Buckley

director·1 year

Stephen Copley

director·1 year

Samantha Blakeley

director·4 years

Nicola Parker-watts

director·4 years

Matthew Kie Ridley

director·4 years

Karen Woodstones

director·6 years
32 former officers most recent departure: Jan 2026

Bradley Bullock

director·2 years·Resigned Jun 2025

Edward Renwick

director·2 years·Resigned Oct 2024

Rebecca Woodward

director·4 years·Resigned Jan 2026

Craig Scholes

director·4 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Marie Tame

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Mark Roy Perry

director·5 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Tamala Simmons

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Patrick Carroll

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Nicola West

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Adam Foy

director·7 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Michael Woodstones

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Scott Duffield

director·8 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Sarah Simms

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2018

Valerie Wren

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Susan Louisa Mcguinness

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Sandra Mcgeachie

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Thomas Edward Guest

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2015

Deborah Davis

director·10 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Sara Turner

director·10 years·Resigned Nov 2015

Joanne Campbell

director·10 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Amanda Fisher

director·11 years·Resigned Feb 2019

Benjamin Latham

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2015

James Patrick Mcewen

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2014

Emma Walsh

director·11 years·Resigned Nov 2015

Wendy Mullen

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Alison Tomes

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Karen Kemp

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Anthony Brown

director·13 years·Resigned Jun 2014

Valerie Hampshire

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Sharon Faulkner

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2014

John Thomas Gillis

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Philip Ralph Crawley

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity
high staff costsin year deficitworkforce pressure