Bishop Luffa Learning Partnership

UID 17461·Companies House 08749379·Incorporated October 2013·Compare

Schools

6

Flags

9

3 high severity

Finance: 2025/26Ofsted: Jul 2024Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£14.0m

2,202 pupils

Avg staff costs

73.8%

of income

Avg reserves

16.0%

of income

Avg absence

4.5%

Persistent: 9.4%

More metrics

Avg FSM

13.6%

free school meals

Capacity

94%

2,202 / 2,336 places

At a glance

3 schools with staff costs above 78%2 schools with declining results2 schools in deficit1 school with Ofsted concerns

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Outst. 1Good 1RI 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 1Good 2

Personal development

Outst. 2Good 1

Leadership & management

Outst. 1Good 5

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

52.6

+6.4

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

54.5%

-6.5pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBishop Luffa School, Chichester, PO19 3HP
Companies House08749379
Incorporated25 October 2013

Trust growth over time

1
14/15
1
15/16
1
16/17
1
17/18
1
18/19
2
19/20
2
20/21
2
21/22
3
22/23
4
23/24
6
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/2221,550£9.1m£9.1m82.8%18.5%
2022/2331,741£10.9m£10.7m80.6%11.3%
2023/2442,020£12.8m£12.4m76.6%9.3%
2024/25partial62,314£2.4m£2.2m70.9%22.0%

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

4.8%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£722,000

CS staff costs

£597,000

CS income

£1,000

Admin & clerical£237,000
Teaching staff£359,000
ICT£4,000
Premises£100,000
Legal & professional£3,000
Auditor costs£17,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

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

Directors / Trustees (6)

John Derek Constable

director·< 1 year

Caroline Leila Rickard

director·< 1 year

Julie Teresa Barwell

director·1 year

Paul Reverend Seaman

director·4 years

James Nicholas Wilson

director·12 years

Nigel Hoggarth

director·12 years

Company Secretary

Mark Nicholds

secretary·12 years
34 former officers most recent departure: Nov 2025

Ann Smith

director·2 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Judith Edwards

director·4 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Lindsey Joanne Parslow

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2023

Dale Christine Rooks

director·5 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Chris Parrott

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Keith Edward Allman

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Emma Louise Arnold

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Austen Hindman

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Neil Reverend Shaw

director·8 years·Resigned May 2020

Barbara Maria Gigliola Dr Ghinelli

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Chrissie Joy Bacon

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Andrew Peter Charles Reverend Doye

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Alan Taylor-bennett

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2021

David Reverend Jarratt

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Gary Malcolm Ewins

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Matthew John Reverend Luff

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Simon Paul Canon Holland

director·10 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Luke Eames

director·10 years·Resigned Oct 2019

Rachel Emily Topley

director·11 years·Resigned Nov 2018

David John Allison

director·11 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Eileen Brown

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2015

Brian Dempster

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Karen Goding

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Mary Hand

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Margaret Caroline Lumley

director·12 years·Resigned Nov 2025

Rachel Milward Moriarty

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2018

Ian Creswick

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2021

David Frederick Hazelden

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Quentin James Cox

director·12 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Clive Reverend Jenkins

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Sue Joshua

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Nicholas Charles Taunt

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Bernard James Adkins

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Philip Mark Gilbert

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Member schools (6)

6 schools|4 with risk flags|3 high severity
performance decline
high staff costs
high staff costsin year deficit
high staff costsin year deficitofsted concernperformance decline