Birchwood High School

UID 2317·Companies House 07791971·Incorporated September 2011·Compare

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

Total income

£10.4m

1,425 pupils

Avg staff costs

75.3%

of income

Avg reserves

7.9%

of income

Avg absence

10.2%

Persistent: 29.9%

More metrics

Avg FSM

16.7%

free school meals

Capacity

95%

1,425 / 1,500 places

At a glance

1 school with absence above 8%1 school with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 1

Personal development

Good 1

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

46.1

-0.1

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBirchwood High School, Bishop''s Stortford, CM23 5BD

Companies House07791971

Incorporated29 September 2011

Trust growth over time

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

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15/16

16/17

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20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	1,407	£8.9m	£9.0m	76.2%	12.7%
2022/23	1	1,418	£10.0m	£10.2m	74.8%	8.9%
2023/24	1	1,425	£10.4m	£10.5m	75.3%	7.9%
2024/25partial	1	1,454	—	—	—	—

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

12 current directors · Average tenure: 5.2 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (12)

Hannah Johnson

director·1 year

Jane Mitchell

director·1 year

Samuel Barnaby Griffin

director·2 years

Connor Samuel Wyatt

director·3 years

Jason Joseph Boyce

director·3 years

Lucienne Sarah Gallagher

director·3 years

Leigh Lloyd-warren

director·6 years

Helen Jane Mansfield

director·6 years

Ruth Bamlett

director·7 years

Gillian Turner

director·7 years

Catherine Gater

director·9 years

James Neville Winter

director·9 years

Company Secretary

Deryk William Bull

secretary·4 years

57 former officers — most recent departure: Sept 2025

Ross Noblett

director·2 years·Resigned Jul 2025

Karen Poole

director·3 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Ryan James

director·3 years·Resigned May 2023

Anna Kate Byers

director·4 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Matthew Lance Free

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2025

John David Ellis Oglesby

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Christopher Francis Emery

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Claire Pressland

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Jane Wach

director·5 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Richard George Victor Townsend

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Charlotte Sear

director·6 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Alison Wilson

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Nicole Brown

director·7 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Nicola Coop

secretary·7 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Lee Elizabeth Bothwell

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Michael Phillips

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Liza Margaret Watkins

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Hilary Scotcher

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Sarah-Jane Eastwood

director·8 years·Resigned Jun 2018

Ruth Helen Crowland

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2022

John Dylan Frederic Gray

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Stephen White

director·9 years·Resigned Jan 2017

Jonathan Charles Smith

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Karen Ann Pritchard

director·10 years·Resigned Jun 2018

Gemma Louise Flint

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Lucy Kathleen Newland

director·10 years·Resigned Jun 2018

Polly Elizabeth Mead

director·10 years·Resigned Nov 2016

Ross Noblett

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Julie Elizabeth Gallagher

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Lee Flello

director·11 years·Resigned Jan 2017

Andrew David Paul Sherriff

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Emma Louise White

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Sally Joanne Gubb

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Gary Lloyd West

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Annie Dr Swanepoel

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2021

Bernard James Cotton

director·13 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Emma Jane Jackson

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2013

Paul Martyn Winter

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2015

Colin Bernard Woodward

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Roger Newman

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2016

David Morgan Brown

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Alan Thomas Hazell

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Alexander Peter Francis

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2012

Julie Stewart

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Mark Anthony Stocker

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2020

Neville Douglas Dr Prior

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Adrian Francis Watson

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2011

Kimberley Anne Reade Marshall

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Eileen Maria Field

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2015

Alyson Lucretia Bailey

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2013

Nigel Patrick Trowell

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2013

Malini Colville

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2015

David Paul Nicholas

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2015

Elizabeth Mary Luxton

secretary·14 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Pauline Ann Mackenzie

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2012

Chris John Dr Ingate

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Eric Edward Marshall

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Birchwood High School	137637	Secondary	high absenceworkforce pressure

Birchwood High SchoolSecondary

high absenceworkforce pressure