Central England Academy Trust

UID 4065·Companies House 08425914·Incorporated March 2013·Compare

Schools

5

Flags

8

3 high severity

Finance: 2025/26Ofsted: May 2019Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£20.6m

2,327 pupils

Avg staff costs

80.1%

of income

Avg reserves

17.7%

of income

Avg absence

8.4%

Persistent: 21.2%

More metrics

Avg FSM

36.1%

free school meals

Capacity

68%

2,327 / 3,400 places

At a glance

3 schools with staff costs above 78%2 schools with absence above 8%2 schools with workforce pressure1 school in deficit

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Outst. 1Good 3

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

52.3

+6.1

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

30.0%

-31.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressOak Wood Schools Academy, Nuneaton, CV11 4QH
Companies House08425914
Incorporated1 March 2013

Trust growth over time

1
11/12
2
12/13
3
13/14
3
14/15
3
15/16
3
16/17
3
17/18
3
18/19
3
19/20
3
20/21
3
21/22
3
22/23
3
23/24
4
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/2231,753£14.8m£14.2m83.0%31.3%
2022/2331,729£15.8m£16.4m87.0%21.8%
2023/2431,732£16.9m£16.9m82.1%19.4%
2024/25partial42,385£3.7m£3.8m74.2%12.6%

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

3.2%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£680,000

CS staff costs

£584,000

CS income

£176,000

Admin & clerical£4,000
Teaching staff£558,000
ICT£0
Premises£0
Legal & professional£47,000
Auditor costs£20,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

11 current directors · Average tenure: 3.1 years · 2 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (11)

Ian Stuart Chaplin

director·< 1 year

Andrew Dickinson

director·1 year

Yasin Zackaria

director·2 years

Carole Davies

director·2 years

Farhana Ahmedabadi-patel

director·2 years

Nafees Qamar Khan

director·3 years

Joel Nason

director·3 years

Philip Kelly

director·3 years

Jeffrey Davenport

director·3 years

Emma Johnson

director·5 years

Timothy Peter Snaith

director·5 years

Company Secretary

Benjamin Elliott

secretary·3 years
44 former officers most recent departure: Dec 2025

Steve Bibby

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2024

Stephen Bibby

director·3 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Jackie Brooks

director·3 years·Resigned Dec 2025

Adam Philip Scott Revill

director·5 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Pat Orrill

director·6 years·Resigned Mar 2024

Jason Allen

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Abubaker Malek

director·6 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Patricia Orrill

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Ian Richardson

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Claire Warren

secretary·7 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Rachel Shelley

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Emma Gillin

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Tracey Pitt

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Chris Ward

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Alison Jane Reverend Evans

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Iain Anderson

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Lucy Clark

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Rachel Hobbs

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Julie Flannigan

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Naomi O'connor

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Carole Davies

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Sarah Passey

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Kufa Matifa

director·8 years·Resigned Apr 2018

Ian Bednall

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2021

George Richard Smith

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Elizabeth Sayers

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Hilary Jane Ward

director·10 years·Resigned Sept 2024

Natalie June Pargetor

director·11 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Martyn Roy Bates

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Hazel Mainwaring

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2021

Kevin Latham

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Clive Rev Jones

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2015

Julie Anne Jackson

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2014

Robert Charles Gilbert

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Lyndsey Pykett

director·13 years·Resigned May 2017

Rachel Fairbrother

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Jane Wilson

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Lisa Court

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2017

Linda Brown

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Bill Basra

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2019

Neil Smith

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Sandra Bray

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Veronica Bayliss

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2021

Eileen Booker

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Member schools (5)

5 schools|3 with risk flags|3 high severity
high staff costsin year deficitworkforce pressure
high absencehigh staff costs
workforce pressurehigh staff costshigh absence