Bishop Fox's School

UID 2330·Companies House 07660968·Incorporated June 2011·Compare

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Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Apr 2013Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£8.2m

1,081 pupils

Avg staff costs

73.3%

of income

Avg reserves

18.6%

of income

Avg absence

7.4%

Persistent: 19.1%

More metrics

Avg FSM

21.6%

free school meals

Capacity

90%

1,081 / 1,200 places

At a glance

1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

46.9

+0.7

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBishop Fox's School, Taunton, TA1 3HQ

Companies House07660968

Incorporated7 June 2011

Trust growth over time

10/11

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Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	1,020	£6.6m	£6.0m	69.4%	20.3%
2022/23	1	1,047	£7.4m	£7.3m	72.2%	20.0%
2023/24	1	1,081	£8.2m	£7.6m	73.3%	18.6%
2024/25partial	1	1,109	—	—	—	—

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

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

Directors / Trustees (13)

Nicola Dawn Blackwell

director·< 1 year

Edwina Mcdonnell

director·1 year

Claire Merchant-jones

director·1 year

Bonnie Blue Nicolle

director·1 year

Rachel Shirley Davies

director·1 year

Marie Elizabeth O'donnell

director·1 year

Simon Hines

director·2 years

Tabitha Kate Witherick

director·3 years

Nicola Sally Lewis

director·3 years

Lorraine Julie Darke

director·4 years

Tina Angela Wilkes

director·6 years

Shervin Sai Weng Cheung

director·6 years

Kerry Tonkin

director·9 years

Company Secretary

Matthew David Wood

secretary·< 1 year

60 former officers — most recent departure: Jan 2026

Stuart Ian Wiggins

director·< 1 year·Resigned Jan 2026

Tobias Charles Revd Osmond

director·1 year·Resigned Aug 2024

Simon Robert Baldwin

director·1 year·Resigned Aug 2024

Philip Payne

director·1 year·Resigned Aug 2024

Jason Routley

director·2 years·Resigned May 2024

Karen Jane White

director·2 years·Resigned Feb 2024

Lucy Annabelle Morton

director·2 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Isabelle Ashton

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2026

Efthymia Mavrommati

director·3 years·Resigned Dec 2024

John Daniel Ebsary

director·4 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Foivos Dr Valagiannopoulos

director·4 years·Resigned Nov 2022

Paul William Ward

director·5 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Verity Saunders

director·5 years·Resigned Feb 2023

Lyndsay White

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2023

Leigh Edward Hunt

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2022

Brian Macauley

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Simon Leach

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Lee Mark Tomkins

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Tom Brown

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Elizabeth Strong

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Karen Jane White

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Philip John Payne

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Alison Jane Jones

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Aneta Maria Skut

director·7 years·Resigned May 2022

Louise Elizabeth Mitchell

director·7 years·Resigned Nov 2018

James Fletcher Browning Dryden

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2020

David Ronald Stephenson

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Clare Gillian Mellor

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Simon Robert Baldwin

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Elizabeth Jane Harvey

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Mark Alastair Wall

director·10 years·Resigned Jul 2022

Karan Debra Robertson

secretary·10 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Sandra Jeannette Eaton

secretary·11 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Clare Elizabeth Laight

secretary·11 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Philippa Marie Johnson

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2016

Lee Porter

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Hilary Ann Bowles

director·13 years·Resigned Apr 2017

Rebecca Jane Hodgkin

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Wendy Lee Colvin

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2023

David Colin Smith

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Nigel Gray Dinnes

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Paul Steven Scutt

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2016

John William Hudson

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2012

David John Joslin

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Peter Andrew Kirk

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2012

Timothy John Macdonald

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Anna Maria Elena Curry

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Paul Curran

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Catherine Nicholson

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Brian William Cull

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Timothy Christopher Colwell

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2013

Stephen Brian Purches

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2012

Peter Walter Renshaw

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2012

David Alexander Roxburgh

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2013

Debra Jane Scarratt

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2013

Michael Alan Speed

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2012

Anthony John Alderman

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Josephine Ward

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Karen Jane White

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Sandra Jeanette Eaton

secretary·14 years·Resigned Jul 2014

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Bishop Fox's School	136851	Secondary	high absence

Bishop Fox's SchoolSecondary

high absence