Chess Valley Primary Learning Trust

UID 17214·Companies House 08240619·Incorporated October 2012·Compare

Schools

Flags

1 high severity

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

Total income

£5.2m

811 pupils

Avg staff costs

74.2%

of income

Avg reserves

9.7%

of income

Avg absence

4.1%

Persistent: 5.9%

More metrics

Avg FSM

6.8%

free school meals

Capacity

93%

811 / 876 places

At a glance

1 school with declining results1 school with workforce pressure1 school with staff costs above 78%1 school in deficit

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Outst. 2

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 2

Personal development

Outst. 2

Leadership & management

Outst. 2Good 2

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

72.5%

+11.5pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressChrist Church Chorleywood C Of E School Rickmansworth Road, Rickmansworth, WD3 5SG

Companies House08240619

Incorporated4 October 2012

Trust growth over time

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	2	391	£2.1m	£2.2m	87.1%	17.7%
2022/23	2	380	£2.3m	£2.2m	79.7%	17.9%
2023/24	4	811	£5.2m	£4.9m	74.2%	9.7%
2024/25partial	4	803	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

5.0%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£261,000

CS staff costs

£177,000

CS income

£52,000

Admin & clerical£59,000

Teaching staff£114,000

ICT£0

Premises£0

Legal & professional£30,000

Auditor costs£27,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

4 current directors · Average tenure: 2.2 years · 6 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (4)

Phil Moore

director·< 1 year

Simon Kearey

director·1 year

Geoffrey Michael Dr Roberts

director·2 years

Robert Martin Thackery

director·3 years

33 former officers — most recent departure: Dec 2025

Julie Disdale

director·1 year·Resigned Oct 2025

Robert Frederick James Finney

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2025

Emily Higgins

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Bobbi Jane Francis

director·4 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Guy Foxell

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2025

Julie Disdale

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2021

William Hall

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2025

William Arthur Hobhouse

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2020

Fiona Shore

director·6 years·Resigned Apr 2024

Laura Clow

director·7 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Jagjit Singh Mudhar

director·8 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Coralie Naalchigar

director·8 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Jeremy Guy Fletcher

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Mary Alderson

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Charlotte Kohnhorst

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2019

David Martin

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Sarah Ann Selleck

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Peter Bruce Cockburn

secretary·11 years·Resigned Aug 2020

Claire Monica O'rourke

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Sara Elizabeth Stoneham

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2015

Sean Christopher Brew

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2013

James Frank Bardwell

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Simon Alexander Flamank

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Duncan Charles Gauld

director·12 years·Resigned May 2025

David Martin The Reverend Hall

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Fiona Shore

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2016

Gillian Mary Dame Pugh

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Anna-Kay Elizabeth Brocklesby

director·12 years·Resigned May 2017

Maureen Anne Cockburn

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2016

Martin Day

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Nicholas John Moorhouse

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Sheila Kathleen Marshall-taylor

director·13 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Jessima Elizabeth Sweeney

secretary·13 years·Resigned Jul 2014

Member schools (4)

4 schools|2 with risk flags|1 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School	139507	Primary	—
Little Chalfont Primary School	150336	Primary	—
Sarratt Church of England Primary School	146723	Primary	high staff costsin year deficit
St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School	150576	Primary	performance declineworkforce pressure

Christ Church Chorleywood CofE SchoolPrimary

Little Chalfont Primary SchoolPrimary

Sarratt Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary

high staff costsin year deficit

St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary SchoolPrimary

performance declineworkforce pressure