Astrea Academy Trust

UID 16104·Companies House 09791051·Incorporated September 2015·Compare

Schools

26

Flags

47

19 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Mar 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£111.8m

14,591 pupils

Avg staff costs

70.5%

of income

Avg reserves

0.0%

of income

Avg absence

7.7%

Persistent: 21.7%

More metrics

Avg FSM

44.0%

free school meals

Capacity

90%

14,591 / 16,227 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 3.4%below 5% thresholdLast accounts filed 18 months ago16 schools with workforce pressure12 schools with absence above 8%3 schools in deficit1 school with declining results4 schools with Ofsted concerns1 school with staff costs above 78%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 19

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 15RI 4

Personal development

Outst. 1Good 18

Leadership & management

Good 26

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

39.4

-6.8

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

58.8%

-2.2pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressThe Quadrant, Sheffield, S9 4WG
Companies House09791051
Incorporated23 September 2015

Trust growth over time

3
10/11
8
11/12
9
12/13
9
13/14
9
14/15
16
15/16
20
16/17
24
17/18
26
18/19
26
19/20
26
20/21
26
21/22
26
22/23
26
23/24
26
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/222614,278£94.7m£87.9m71.9%0.0%
2022/232614,358£103.6m£93.8m71.3%0.0%
2023/242614,591£111.8m£100.5m70.5%0.0%
2024/25partial2614,299

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

10.2%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£11,413,000

CS staff costs

£8,816,000

CS income

£229,000

Admin & clerical£3,267,000
Teaching staff£3,853,000
ICT£275,000
Premises£-290,000
Legal & professional£500,000
Auditor costs£62,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2024Source: Companies House

10 current directors · Average tenure: 3.4 years · 7 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (10)

Duncan Paul Cooper

director·< 1 year

Claudia Louise Bickford-smith

director·< 1 year

Penelope Jane Alford

director·< 1 year

Marina Elizabeth Muirhead

director·1 year

Meesha Alecia Warmington

director·2 years

Peter James Burrows

director·4 years

Benjamin Simon Brown

director·4 years

Faye Craster

director·4 years

Tesca Dr Bennett

director·6 years

Christopher John Rossiter

director·7 years

Company Secretary

Tomas Thurogood-hyde

secretary·5 years
20 former officers most recent departure: Sept 2025

Kim Duff

director·2 years·Resigned Aug 2025

William Mchugh

director·2 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Louise Mary Cooper

director·4 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Julie Sarah Bloor

director·4 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Christopher Edmund Dr Sheasby

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Muna Dr Abdi

director·7 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Nicholas Peter Cragg

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Carole Samantha Twiselton

director·8 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Glendon Earl Fendley

director·8 years·Resigned Apr 2021

Naleena Gururani

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2017

Elisabeth Anne Blanche Nicholas

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2017

James Morys Muir

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2020

Simon David Professor Gregory

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Valerie Ann Dunsford

director·10 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Matthew Stupart Robb

director·10 years·Resigned Nov 2023

John Haydn West-burnham

director·10 years·Resigned Apr 2017

Ross Leighton Hall

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Steve Lyndon Sir Lancashire

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Peter Christopher Little

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Jonathan Simons

director·10 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Member schools (26)

26 schools|21 with risk flags|15 high severity
high absenceworkforce pressureofsted concern
high absenceofsted concern
workforce pressure
workforce pressure
workforce pressure
in year deficitworkforce pressure
high absence
in year deficit
workforce pressure
high absenceworkforce pressure
high absenceworkforce pressure
high absence
workforce pressureperformance decline
workforce pressure
high absenceworkforce pressureofsted concern