Caldew School

UID 2520·Companies House 07680823·Incorporated June 2011·Compare

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Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Jun 2022Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£7.1m

977 pupils

Avg staff costs

74.9%

of income

Avg reserves

5.0%

of income

Avg absence

8.7%

Persistent: 25.2%

More metrics

Avg FSM

19.7%

free school meals

Capacity

93%

977 / 1,050 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 5.0%below 5% threshold1 school in deficit1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 1

Personal development

Good 1

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

44.3

-1.9

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressCaldew School, Dalston, CA5 7NN

Companies House07680823

Incorporated23 June 2011

Trust growth over time

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

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	960	£6.5m	£6.5m	72.5%	12.8%
2022/23	1	838	£6.5m	£6.8m	74.6%	8.6%
2023/24	1	977	£7.1m	£7.4m	74.9%	5.0%
2024/25partial	1	989	—	—	—	—

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

13 current directors · Average tenure: 5.2 years · 7 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (13)

Nicola Mansfield

director·< 1 year

Emma Garbett

director·< 1 year

Kimberlie Jayne Wallace

director·1 year

Jenny Marie Waite

director·1 year

Hayley Lynn Tancred

director·3 years

Clem Coady

director·3 years

Karen Warwick

director·4 years

Grant Peter Smith

director·4 years

Victoria Lawson

director·6 years

Louise Phyllis Birch

director·7 years

Brendan Mcardle

director·8 years

Victoria Johanna Jackson

director·9 years

Jennifer Margaret Wilkinson

director·14 years

Company Secretary

Lisa Elizabeth Hollywood

secretary·2 years

51 former officers — most recent departure: Dec 2025

Katherine Mary Dalgliesh

director·1 year·Resigned Dec 2025

Julian Mark Ruddick

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2024

Anthony Richard Smith

director·2 years·Resigned Jun 2025

Sarah Margaret Sims

director·3 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Gail Howes

secretary·3 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Barry Keal

director·4 years·Resigned Mar 2024

Tazeem Zahra Abbas

director·4 years·Resigned Jun 2025

Stuart Cooper

director·5 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Lucy Morrison

director·5 years·Resigned Feb 2022

Steven Tweedie

director·6 years·Resigned Feb 2023

Carrie Elizabeth Wallace

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Keith Jonathan Ross

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Michael Smillie

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2025

Kerry Richardson

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Karen Cavanagh

director·8 years·Resigned Jan 2022

Tazeem Zahra Abbas

director·8 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Alexandria Denise Bradshaw

director·8 years·Resigned Nov 2019

John Frederick Story

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Catriona Messenger

director·9 years·Resigned Jan 2018

Rachael Thora Mason

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Steven Lee Garbett

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Paul Green

director·10 years·Resigned Jan 2017

Robert John Charlton

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Mark Smyth

director·11 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Diane Urwin

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2015

Ruth Louise Shield

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2014

Richard Looker

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2017

John Frederick Story

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2018

Diane Shirvinton

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Kerry Richardson

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Darran Richmond Illidge

director·13 years·Resigned Jun 2016

Christopher John Mcaree

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Susanna Katharine Cooper

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Mark Maitland Clifford

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2012

Ian Douglas Campbell

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Anthony Richard Smith

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2013

Pamela Yvonne Abba

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2020

Steve Peter Withers

director·14 years·Resigned May 2013

John Lander Kelsall

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2012

Victoria Anne Lindsley

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2012

Carolyn Hodgson

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2016

Ann Vipond Mckerrell

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2013

Gordon Bernard Hendley

director·14 years·Resigned May 2012

Johanne Elizabeth Doherty

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2025

John Rochard Park

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2012

David Bryan Craig

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Heather Suzanne Cook

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2013

Graham Ellis Sadler

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2013

Thomas Mark Whitfield

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2012

Andrew Blair Duncan Abernethy

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2012

David Foulkes

secretary·14 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Caldew School	137254	Secondary	in year deficithigh absence

Caldew SchoolSecondary

in year deficithigh absence