Bedford Inclusive Learning and Training Trust

UID 16258·Companies House 08156641·Incorporated July 2012·Compare

Schools

Flags

3 high severity

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

Total income

£11.7m

384 pupils

Avg staff costs

82.1%

of income

Avg reserves

2.7%

of income

Avg absence

7.2%

Persistent: 21.9%

More metrics

Avg FSM

53.4%

free school meals

Capacity

62%

384 / 618 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 0.9%below 5% threshold3 schools with staff costs above 78%1 school with workforce pressure1 school in deficit1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 3

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 3

Personal development

Good 3

Leadership & management

Good 3

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

2.6

-43.6

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

0.0%

-61.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressManor Drive, Bedford, MK42 7AB

Companies House08156641

Incorporated25 July 2012

Trust growth over time

10/11

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13/14

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24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	3	376	£9.8m	£7.9m	64.7%	27.8%
2022/23	3	355	£10.5m	£10.1m	76.5%	10.4%
2023/24	3	384	£11.7m	£11.6m	82.1%	2.7%
2024/25partial	3	426	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

7.6%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£954,000

CS staff costs

£825,000

CS income

£47,000

Admin & clerical£493,000

Teaching staff£158,000

ICT£0

Premises£4,000

Legal & professional£-11,000

Auditor costs£26,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

10 current directors · Average tenure: 3.7 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (10)

James Hughes

director·< 1 year

Lee Murray Robinson

director·1 year

Rachael Joan Frossell

director·1 year

Brian Garner

director·1 year

Kerrie Gobindram

director·1 year

Catherine Assink

director·4 years

Simon Broomfield

director·5 years

Catherine Whalan

director·5 years

Deirdre Murphy

director·6 years

Kevin Hartley Green

director·9 years

31 former officers — most recent departure: Jan 2026

Rory Parkinson

director·1 year·Resigned Sept 2025

Mrunal Sisodia

director·3 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Ian Lindsay

director·5 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Alison Symonds

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Karen Russell

director·5 years·Resigned Jan 2026

Perry Brett Dr Knight

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Deborah O'connor

director·7 years·Resigned Oct 2019

Corinne Royden

director·7 years·Resigned Oct 2019

Andrew Hindhaugh

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2020

Gillian Lake

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Clare Louise Sumner

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Donna Marie Margaret Carr

director·9 years·Resigned Jan 2022

Danny Mariner

director·9 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Rachel Peta Caldwell

director·9 years·Resigned Oct 2017

Michael William Bonney

director·9 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Paul Anthony Devereux

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Robert Gareth Bell

director·9 years·Resigned May 2020

David Bailey

director·9 years·Resigned May 2017

David James Sawford

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Laura Jane Sherwood-king

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Terence Charles Ashmore

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2021

Mojdeh Zand

director·9 years·Resigned Oct 2017

Karen Watts

director·10 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Christine Ellen Highams

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Cliona Catherine Devereux

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Stephen Melville Peacey

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Susan Kathryn Vandevelde

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Anthony Roy Withell

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2016

EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED

corporate-secretary·13 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Ian Leslie Zant-boer

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2012

EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED

corporate-director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2012

Member schools (4)

4 schools|3 with risk flags|3 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Grange Academy	139374	Not applicable	high staff costsin year deficit
Greys Education Centre	139320	Not applicable	high staff costs
Rivertree Free School	150792	Not applicable	—
St John's School	137469	Not applicable	high staff costsworkforce pressurehigh absence

Grange AcademyNot applicable

high staff costsin year deficit

Greys Education CentreNot applicable

high staff costs

Rivertree Free SchoolNot applicable

St John's SchoolNot applicable

high staff costsworkforce pressurehigh absence