Central Region Schools Trust

UID 4335·Companies House 08166526·Incorporated August 2012·Compare

Schools

14

Flags

24

15 high severity

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

Total income

£53.5m

6,879 pupils

Avg staff costs

75.5%

of income

Avg reserves

2.4%

of income

Avg absence

7.4%

Persistent: 19.5%

More metrics

Avg FSM

30.2%

free school meals

Capacity

89%

6,879 / 7,770 places

At a glance

5 schools with absence above 8%5 schools with workforce pressure5 schools with staff costs above 78%4 schools in deficit1 school with Ofsted concerns1 school with declining results

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Outst. 1Good 7RI 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 2Good 6Inad. 1

Personal development

Outst. 2Good 6RI 1

Leadership & management

Outst. 2Good 11Inad. 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

38.8

-7.4

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

66.8%

+5.8pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressSuite B06 Assay Studios, Birmingham, B3 1SF
Companies House08166526
Incorporated2 August 2012

Trust growth over time

2
10/11
4
11/12
7
12/13
7
13/14
7
14/15
9
15/16
9
16/17
9
17/18
12
18/19
12
19/20
13
20/21
13
21/22
13
22/23
14
23/24
14
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/22136,898£40.4m£38.0m75.2%10.0%
2022/23136,923£47.4m£45.9m76.1%2.0%
2023/24147,315£53.5m£51.8m75.5%2.4%
2024/25partial147,319

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

5.8%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£3,218,000

CS staff costs

£3,583,000

CS income

£380,000

Admin & clerical£1,308,000
Teaching staff£1,431,000
ICT£0
Premises£152,000
Legal & professional£120,000
Auditor costs£13,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

9 current directors · Average tenure: 4.8 years · 3 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (9)

Richard Davies

director·1 year

Nasa Ahmed

director·1 year

Claire Grainger

director·2 years

Christopher Peter Smith

director·2 years

Gareth Bower

director·3 years

John Howard

director·4 years

Nicholas Raymond Dr Clifford

director·6 years

Orla Marie Macsherry

director·8 years

Eric Leslie Griffiths

director·13 years

Company Secretary

Rita Patel

secretary·< 1 year
20 former officers most recent departure: Mar 2026

Sumandeep Kaur Harris

director·1 year·Resigned Mar 2026

Nicole Riley

director·3 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Jennie Homer

secretary·3 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Dominic James Bradley

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2023

John Stephenson

director·4 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Mohammed Emtiyaz Raza Chowdhury

director·5 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Joanna Woodcock

director·6 years·Resigned Feb 2024

Wilfred Chikowore

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2021

John Gunter Howells

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Sarah Anne Bates

director·7 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Elizabeth Jayne Keates

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2025

John Howard

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Catherine Atkinson

director·9 years·Resigned Jan 2018

John Stephenson

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Paul Nash

director·10 years·Resigned Feb 2019

Peter Redfern

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2017

William Thomas Reverend Adams

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Alison Gwyneth Critchley

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2016

Elizabeth Ruth Crockett

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2014

Lorraine Faith Allen

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2016

Member schools (14)

14 schools|12 with risk flags|14 high severity
workforce pressure
high absence
high staff costsin year deficit
Church Hill Middle SchoolMiddle deemed secondary
high absenceworkforce pressure
ofsted concernhigh absence
workforce pressure
Ipsley CofE Middle SchoolMiddle deemed secondary
high staff costsin year deficit
high absencehigh staff costsin year deficit
high staff costs
high staff costsin year deficitperformance decline
workforce pressure
workforce pressurehigh absence