Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy Trust

UID 2338·Companies House 07672781·Incorporated June 2011·Compare

Schools

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Nov 2021Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£6.4m

971 pupils

Avg staff costs

78.0%

of income

Avg reserves

25.1%

of income

Avg absence

4.9%

Persistent: 10.4%

More metrics

Avg FSM

8.4%

free school meals

Capacity

104%

971 / 930 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 25.1%above 20%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 1

Personal development

Good 1

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

59.3

+13.1

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBishop Rawstorne Church Of England Academy Highfield Road, Leyland, PR26 9HH

Companies House07672781

Incorporated16 June 2011

Trust growth over time

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

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18/19

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	956	£5.7m	£5.6m	78.3%	37.0%
2022/23	1	962	£5.4m	£6.0m	89.8%	28.0%
2023/24	1	971	£6.4m	£6.3m	78.0%	25.1%
2024/25partial	1	963	—	—	—	—

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

14 current directors · Average tenure: 6.7 years · 7 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (14)

Charlotte Hughes

director·< 1 year

Christopher Iain Dr Duff

director·< 1 year

Russell Christopher Bird

director·< 1 year

John Anthony Latham

director·2 years

Christine Heydon

director·2 years

Louise Morley

director·2 years

Simeon Alistair Websdell

director·6 years

Julie Anne Hughes

director·7 years

Joanna Cast

director·8 years

Karl Rhys Roberts

director·8 years

John Paul Cowley

director·12 years

Stephen John Gregson

director·13 years

Sheila Cooper

director·14 years

David Ernest Taylor

director·14 years

Company Secretary

Lynn Eileen Hood

secretary·14 years

44 former officers — most recent departure: Mar 2026

Andrew David Higham

director·2 years·Resigned Dec 2023

Anita Colette Berry

director·4 years·Resigned Mar 2026

Georgina Prof Moulton

director·4 years·Resigned Mar 2026

Wendy Marie Gibbons

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Philip Peter Ascroft

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Thomas Daniel Leonard Smith

director·6 years·Resigned Feb 2024

Sally Mackrill

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2022

Adam Robert Ainscough

director·6 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Ronda Lee Culshaw

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Mark Mcnulty

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Sian Louise Belfield

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2019

John Anthony Latham

director·10 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Michael Rev Woods

director·10 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Ellen Margaret Palmer

director·10 years·Resigned Oct 2019

Andrew James Reverend Brown

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Paul Victor Phythian

director·11 years·Resigned Nov 2018

Teresa Valerie Cowell

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Anne Haines

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Rebecca Jane Howard

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2018

Emma Gregory

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Joanne Ward

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Philip Charles Liston-smith

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Jason Michael Towriess

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2014

Richard Brian Dr Mcgucken

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2015

Beverley Jayne Reverend Ward

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2011

Ian Gerald Pye

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2011

David James Reverend Reynolds

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2014

Jeanette Helen Rigby

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Eileen Sharples

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Warren Roy Websdell

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Wendy Marie Gibbons

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2021

Inder Singh Brar

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Michael Frederick Harland-say

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2013

Helen Suzanne Dixon

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2020

Barry Johnson

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2013

Alan Keith Lancelotte

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Caroline Emily Lane

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2013

Alan Davies

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2014

Gillian Sara Loveday

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2013

Carol Yvonne Dale

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Andrew Charles Marston

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Kathleen Cooper

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Simon Taylor Moulton

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2012

Paul Victor Phythian

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2014

Member schools (1)

1 school|0 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy	137296	Secondary	—

Bishop Rawstorne Church of England AcademySecondary