Birdwell School

UID 2318·Companies House 08425918·Incorporated March 2013·Compare

Schools

Flags

1 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Nov 2011Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£2.6m

437 pupils

Avg staff costs

76.2%

of income

Avg reserves

9.6%

of income

Avg absence

4.1%

Persistent: 5.5%

More metrics

Avg FSM

8.5%

free school meals

Capacity

97%

437 / 450 places

At a glance

1 school with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

84.0%

+23.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressHollis Close, Bristol, BS41 9AZ

Companies House08425918

Incorporated1 March 2013

Trust growth over time

12/13

13/14

14/15

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16/17

17/18

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19/20

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	444	£2.3m	£2.4m	74.5%	11.4%
2022/23	1	431	£2.5m	£2.5m	75.9%	10.2%
2023/24	1	437	£2.6m	£2.6m	76.2%	9.6%
2024/25partial	1	424	—	—	—	—

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

17 current directors · Average tenure: 5.1 years · 1 change in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (17)

Caitlin Moss

director·< 1 year

Andrew Kimber

director·1 year

Olivia Mullins

director·1 year

Kiera Elston

director·1 year

James Grierson

director·1 year

Laura Humphreys

director·2 years

Jennifer Haimes

director·2 years

Elizabeth Anderson

director·3 years

Kevin Davies

director·3 years

Michael Wells

director·3 years

Henry Springate

director·4 years

Clare Douris

director·4 years

Robert David Goodwin

director·7 years

Nicholas Paul Thompson

director·9 years

Tabetha Jane Dr Newman

director·12 years

Paul Sainsbury

director·12 years

Geoffrey Hartland Mountjoy

director·13 years

Company Secretary

Hannah Leanne Jones

secretary·12 years

29 former officers — most recent departure: Sept 2024

Emily Dr Lake

director·4 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Helen Marie Vye

director·4 years·Resigned Jun 2024

Roxanne Ismail

director·5 years·Resigned Sept 2024

Geraint Bowers

director·5 years·Resigned Jul 2022

Ashley Cartman

director·6 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Marc Cornford

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Rebecca Murray

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Geraint Bowers

director·6 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Louise Roberts

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Catherine Emma Milne

director·8 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Suzanne Easton

director·8 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Emily Kate Jones

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Maxine Houghton

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2021

Barry Philip Hayward

director·9 years·Resigned Jan 2017

Carrie Vickery

director·10 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Amy Matilda Newton

director·10 years·Resigned Jun 2016

Suzanne Easton

director·11 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Charles Mcfeely

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Ian Blanks-walden

director·12 years·Resigned May 2015

Amanda Carr-smith

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Robert John Lee

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2016

Emma Bellis

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2021

Kevin Malone

director·12 years·Resigned Jun 2015

Lucy Charlotte Durham

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Laurence Marsh

director·12 years·Resigned Oct 2015

Rachel Jane Rogers

director·12 years·Resigned May 2016

Elaine Tancell

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2015

John Paterson Naismith

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Michael Craig Patrick Shelly

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|1 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Birdwell Primary School	139471	Primary	workforce pressure

Birdwell Primary SchoolPrimary

workforce pressure