Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust

UID 16013·Companies House 09940352·Incorporated January 2016·Compare

Schools

31

Flags

36

9 high severity

Finance: 2025/26Ofsted: Apr 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£77.3m

11,129 pupils

Avg staff costs

70.5%

of income

Avg reserves

2.9%

of income

Avg absence

5.4%

Persistent: 13.6%

More metrics

Avg FSM

24.7%

free school meals

Capacity

93%

11,129 / 11,982 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 3.1%below 5% threshold7 schools with declining results6 schools in deficit5 schools with absence above 8%4 schools with staff costs above 78%2 schools with Ofsted concerns11 schools with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Outst. 3Good 11RI 1Inad. 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 8Good 7RI 1

Personal development

Outst. 7Good 9

Leadership & management

Outst. 8Good 21RI 1Inad. 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

48.0

+1.8

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

67.5%

+6.5pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressEvolve Centre, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 5QY
Companies House09940352
Incorporated7 January 2016

Trust growth over time

1
11/12
3
12/13
3
13/14
3
14/15
4
15/16
4
16/17
4
17/18
6
18/19
12
19/20
21
20/21
30
21/22
30
22/23
30
23/24
30
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/223010,614£58.6m£57.4m68.2%8.9%
2022/233010,850£67.5m£66.8m72.5%6.4%
2023/243011,036£76.3m£74.3m70.9%2.2%
2024/25partial3011,055

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

4.2%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£3,294,000

CS staff costs

£2,563,000

CS income

£81,000

Admin & clerical£1,073,000
Teaching staff£973,000
ICT£9,000
Premises£214,000
Legal & professional£457,000
Auditor costs£57,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

9 current directors · Average tenure: 4.1 years · 1 change in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (9)

Neil Andrew Harrold

director·< 1 year

Brendan Robson

director·1 year

Andrew David Haslam

director·2 years

Christopher Philip Zarraga

director·3 years

Claire Anne Emmerson

director·4 years

Denise Mary Kendall

director·5 years

David William Chandler

director·5 years

Helen Hardy

director·6 years

Daniel James O'mahoney

director·6 years

Company Secretary

Debra Margaret Phippen

secretary·1 year
22 former officers most recent departure: Jul 2024

Lawrence Kerrigan

secretary·2 years·Resigned Apr 2024

Suzanne Lisa Hendey

secretary·3 years·Resigned Apr 2023

Anna Harrison

secretary·3 years·Resigned Feb 2023

Christopher Mcdonald

director·3 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Andrea Maria Shanks

director·5 years·Resigned Jul 2024

John Vincent Deighan

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Geraldine Kilgour

director·6 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Jane Catherine Sister Carlin

director·6 years·Resigned May 2021

Adrian Rev Dixon

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Catherine Mary Emmerson

director·6 years·Resigned May 2020

Michael Anthony Fr Hastie

director·7 years·Resigned Oct 2019

Carolyn Duffy

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2020

Simon John Marshall

director·7 years·Resigned Oct 2019

Christine Henderson

secretary·7 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Claire Defty

director·8 years·Resigned Nov 2018

Cathryn Alexandra Henderson

secretary·10 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Patricia Judith Train

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Andrew John Fr. Shaw

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Marie Graham

director·10 years·Resigned Feb 2019

Alan Cormack

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Thomas Brendan Tapping

director·10 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Patrick Martin Melia

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Member schools (31)

31 schools|20 with risk flags|9 high severity