Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School

UID 2345·Companies House 07831507·Incorporated November 2011·Compare

Schools

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Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Feb 2016Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£6.6m

949 pupils

Avg staff costs

76.8%

of income

Avg reserves

25.6%

of income

Avg absence

8.0%

Persistent: 19.9%

More metrics

Avg FSM

18.5%

free school meals

Capacity

95%

949 / 1,003 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 25.6%above 20%Last accounts filed 18 months ago1 school with workforce pressure1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Outst. 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

51.9

+5.7

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBishop's Hatfield Girls' School, Hatfield, AL10 8NL

Companies House07831507

Incorporated1 November 2011

Trust growth over time

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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	913	£5.7m	£5.9m	81.4%	27.1%
2022/23	1	943	£6.3m	£6.1m	76.1%	27.8%
2023/24	1	949	£6.6m	£6.6m	76.8%	25.6%
2024/25partial	1	942	—	—	—	—

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 2024Source: Companies House

17 current directors · Average tenure: 4.5 years · 9 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (17)

Shahjamal Chowdhuri

director·< 1 year

Stuart Morishita dubois

director·< 1 year

Anisha Patel

director·1 year

Paul Sandwell

director·1 year

Ramona Mahendra Lambert

director·1 year

Sarah Brimley

director·2 years

Timothy Chandler

director·2 years

Kelly Moss

director·2 years

Suzanne Jayne Bissell

director·2 years

Catherine Jane Chastney

director·2 years

Eleanor Jane Whalley

director·3 years

Sharina Ramana

director·3 years

Susan Elizabeth Jones

director·5 years

Alfred Wood

director·7 years

Andrew David North

director·10 years

Rosemary Ramsdale

director·14 years

Adrian Professor Boswood

director·14 years

Company Secretary

Jeremy Stuart Edbrook

secretary·< 1 year

48 former officers — most recent departure: Feb 2026

Robert Gareth Spruce

director·< 1 year·Resigned Feb 2026

Elisha Oyelere Dr Sunday

director·2 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Deborah Louise Daniel

director·2 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Janet Mandy Ruffhead

director·3 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Samantha Williams

director·3 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Zeenat Mauthoor

director·3 years·Resigned Dec 2025

Steven Keith Mitchell

director·4 years·Resigned Jun 2024

Andrew Garratt

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Anne Virginia Scutt

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Richard John Hoy

director·5 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Hasnain Qayyum

director·5 years·Resigned Apr 2021

Shaun Cowell Reed

director·5 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Julia Higgins

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Roya Sarah Garwood

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2021

Pooja Tripathi

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2020

William Gordon Lowrie

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Caroline Jane Banwell

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2021

Saul Underwood

director·8 years·Resigned May 2023

Saul Underwood

secretary·8 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Alison Dr Bune

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Juliana Balaceanu Stirbu

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Rupert Titus Beauchamp Lyons

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Jaimie Juliette Grossman

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Peter Edward Professor Richardson

director·10 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Osama Ahmed Dr Aswania

director·10 years·Resigned Jul 2022

Deborah Louise Daniel

director·10 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Janet Mandy Ruffhead

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Jo Mcclinton

director·12 years·Resigned Jun 2016

Melissa Louise Jackson

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2017

Carl John Anderson

director·13 years·Resigned Jun 2015

Leisl Jean Salters brown

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2016

Richard Fernand Hillebrand

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2016

Catherine Susan Mcleman

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Deborah Louise Daniel

secretary·14 years·Resigned Jun 2025

Jane Hilary Bennett

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Hilary Ann Burningham

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2012

Jane Fairclough

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2012

Colin Hazel

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2013

Dorothy Hones

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2013

Ian Lennox

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2025

Nigel Anthony Van Someren Bain

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2013

Lynne Milburn

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2012

David Nash

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2012

Moreen Veronica Pascal

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2013

John Nigel Barnes

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2016

Theodora Nickson

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2020

Susan Elizabeth Jones

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2020

William Harold Allanson

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2015

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School	137757	Secondary	workforce pressurehigh absence

Bishop's Hatfield Girls' SchoolSecondary

workforce pressurehigh absence