Brighouse High School Academy Trust

UID 2435·Companies House 07566986·Incorporated March 2011·Compare

Schools

1

Flags

3

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: May 2012Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£9.7m

1,308 pupils

Avg staff costs

71.5%

of income

Avg reserves

0.7%

of income

Avg absence

8.6%

Persistent: 25.2%

More metrics

Avg FSM

22.4%

free school meals

Capacity

91%

1,308 / 1,430 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 0.7%below 5% threshold1 school in deficit1 school with workforce pressure1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

40.0

-6.2

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBrighouse High School, Brighouse, HD6 2NY
Companies House07566986
Incorporated16 March 2011

Trust growth over time

1
10/11
1
11/12
1
12/13
1
13/14
1
14/15
1
15/16
1
16/17
1
17/18
1
18/19
1
19/20
1
20/21
1
21/22
1
22/23
1
23/24
1
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/2211,324£8.7m£9.3m76.6%3.6%
2022/2311,299£9.4m£9.6m71.3%2.5%
2023/2411,308£9.7m£9.9m71.5%0.7%
2024/25partial11,302

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

12 current directors · Average tenure: 7.5 years · 2 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (12)

Abi Blower

director·1 year

Anna Jones

director·2 years

Christopher Booth

director·2 years

Margaret Firth

director·3 years

Dawn Edwards

director·4 years

Helen Dobson

director·4 years

Richard Mark Horsfield

director·6 years

Fiona Roberts

director·9 years

Kevin Robert Jones

director·10 years

Brian Robson

director·15 years

James Alfred Jones

director·15 years

Madeleine Susan Brearley

director·15 years
43 former officers most recent departure: Aug 2025

Sandip Samaddar

director·2 years·Resigned Jun 2025

Alison Redshaw

director·4 years·Resigned Feb 2024

Alex Pavlovic

director·4 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Lynne Cecelia Gabbitass

director·6 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Rebecca Pyrah

director·6 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Diane Rachel Kirby

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Stacey Shaw

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2017

John Thompson

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2020

Sue Thompson

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Katy Green

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Andrew John Dr Mcelligott

director·10 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Anne Moffat

director·11 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Colin Paul Bird

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2016

Gary Jack Edmondson

director·11 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Julie Anne Haslam

director·11 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Karen Rosemary Stepney

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Rebecca Venus

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Eric Donald Heaton

director·12 years·Resigned May 2014

Richard Mark Horsfield

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Catherine Sarah Chippindale

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Martyn Cooper Bullick

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2023

John Mark Morgan

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Anthony Gerard Mugan

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2015

Stephen John Sykes

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Tracey Anne Booth

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Richard James Hitchcock

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2015

Deborah Smith

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2015

George Edward Richardson

director·15 years·Resigned Nov 2015

Elizabeth Cresswell

director·15 years·Resigned Aug 2019

John Anthony Smith

director·15 years·Resigned May 2012

Clare Whiteley

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2012

Samantha Louise Wood

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2014

Jenny Walker

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2014

John Arthur Illingworth

director·15 years·Resigned Sept 2012

Richard Lister

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2014

John Brian Heppenstall

director·15 years·Resigned Dec 2015

George Mellor

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2012

Alice Morgan

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Roger Morgan

director·15 years·Resigned Mar 2012

Emma Orme

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Jayne Ann Greenwood

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2014

Carl Fitzpatrick

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2011

Sarah Louise Dimmock

director·15 years·Resigned Oct 2012

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity
in year deficitworkforce pressurehigh absence