Bishop Stopford School

UID 2339·Companies House 07698789·Incorporated July 2011·Compare

Schools

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

Total income

£9.7m

1,453 pupils

Avg staff costs

73.9%

of income

Avg reserves

24.8%

of income

Avg absence

4.7%

Persistent: 8.6%

More metrics

Avg FSM

6.9%

free school meals

Capacity

105%

1,453 / 1,383 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 24.8%above 20%1 school in deficit

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Outst. 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 1

Personal development

Outst. 1

Leadership & management

Outst. 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

58.7

+12.5

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

Companies House07698789

Incorporated8 July 2011

Trust growth over time

10/11

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13/14

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15/16

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19/20

20/21

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22/23

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24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	1,493	£8.8m	£8.3m	68.0%	31.8%
2022/23	1	1,488	£9.1m	£9.3m	73.0%	28.8%
2023/24	1	1,453	£9.7m	£9.9m	73.9%	24.8%
2024/25partial	1	1,459	—	—	—	—

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

15 current directors · Average tenure: 3.6 years · 5 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (15)

Nicholas Summers

director·< 1 year

Robert King

director·< 1 year

Moses Rajamani Mani

director·1 year

Claire Ette

director·2 years

Sarah Bertram

director·2 years

Christine Davis

director·2 years

Dalbir Khangura

director·2 years

Clare Bridget Holden

director·2 years

Thomas Guy Joyner

director·3 years

Richard Main

director·3 years

Catherine Hopkins

director·4 years

Julian Richard White

director·6 years

Stephen Brading

director·7 years

Stuart Ian Mackenzie Ross

director·7 years

Jill Silverthorne

director·7 years

Company Secretary

Clare Louise Curchin

secretary·5 years

48 former officers — most recent departure: Feb 2026

Jason Royce

director·2 years·Resigned Sept 2024

Dalbir Khangura

director·2 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Nigel Clive Govier

director·3 years·Resigned Feb 2024

Alun Protheroe Davies

director·4 years·Resigned Dec 2025

Mark Veevers

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2023

Stephen Matthew King

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Dennis William Murray

director·6 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Stuart Mitchell

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Robert John Hardcastle

director·7 years·Resigned Oct 2019

John Charles Hill

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Diana Jean Maccarthy

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Kate Elizabeth Lucas

director·7 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Brian James Reverend Canon Withington

director·8 years·Resigned Feb 2026

Maithri Vasantha Gunasekara

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Dennis William Murray

director·8 years·Resigned Oct 2019

Hannah Mary Revd Jeffery

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2017

James William Edward Balding

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Kevin John Slough

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2023

James Edward Turner

director·9 years·Resigned Oct 2020

Julian Ritson Lomas

director·9 years·Resigned May 2022

Bruce Canon Ruddock

director·10 years·Resigned Apr 2017

Helen Lorna Watters

director·11 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Michael Charles Stock

director·11 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Sheralyn Ann Coe

director·12 years·Resigned Feb 2018

Marie Simons

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Liz O'leary

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2012

Louise Warne

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2012

Jane Elizabeth Rowley

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2013

Shaun William Barritt

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2014

Godfrey Edgar Bland

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Duncan Philip Childs

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2015

Dale Richard Evans

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2018

Margaret Frances Holman

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2018

Moira Ingham

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2016

John O'leary

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2018

Liz O'leary

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2022

Hilary Margaret Sutton

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Louise Warne

director·14 years·Resigned May 2015

Patsy Wilson

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2012

Kerry York

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2013

Julie Lombardo

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Gillian Dorothy Horrocks

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2018

Dominic Rev'D Barrington

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2015

John Charles Hill

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2014

Matthew Turner

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Liana Blake

secretary·14 years·Resigned Apr 2020

Ronald Eric Dr Whittaker

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Martin Timothy Hill

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Bishop Stopford School	137086	Secondary	in year deficit

Bishop Stopford SchoolSecondary

in year deficit