Chingford Academies Trust

UID 2662·Companies House 08179498·Incorporated August 2012·Compare

Schools

2

Flags

4

1 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Oct 2023Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£17.3m

2,051 pupils

Avg staff costs

78.4%

of income

Avg reserves

6.7%

of income

Avg absence

10.5%

Persistent: 35.6%

More metrics

Avg FSM

31.1%

free school meals

Capacity

93%

2,051 / 2,199 places

At a glance

1 school with absence above 8%2 schools with staff costs above 78%1 school with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 1

Personal development

Good 1

Leadership & management

Good 2

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

40.0

-6.3

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressChingford Foundation School 31 Nevin Drive, London, E4 7LT
Companies House08179498
Incorporated14 August 2012

Trust growth over time

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

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/2222,044£15.3m£14.7m76.5%7.3%
2022/2322,042£14.9m£15.3m82.8%5.4%
2023/2422,051£17.3m£16.9m78.4%6.7%
2024/25partial22,018

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

5 current directors · Average tenure: 4.2 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (5)

Aaron Wright

director·1 year

Lyndsey Nassim

director·1 year

Cornelis Jacobus Von mollendorff

director·2 years

Stuart Baker

director·2 years

Anthony Norman Frederick Young

director·13 years

Company Secretary

Yvonne Allijohn

secretary·13 years
20 former officers most recent departure: Feb 2026

Annalisa Smith

director·1 year·Resigned Feb 2026

Costas Kyriacou

director·2 years·Resigned May 2024

Churnet Pieters

director·4 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Peter Leggett

director·5 years·Resigned Oct 2020

Jane Elizabeth Anne Benton

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Katherine Ward

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Steve Delaney

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2025

John Bruce

director·7 years·Resigned Nov 2022

Henry James Carruthers

director·9 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Shakil Motala

director·10 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Andrew Stephen Musgrave

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Neil Peter Taylor

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Colin George Howes

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Aaron Thomas Hutton-whitaker

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Peter George Leggett

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2020

Daren Priest

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2015

Mark Francis Edward George Morrall

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Henry James Carruthers

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Geraldine Anne Evans

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Rosemary Helen Chopin-john

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2020

Member schools (2)

2 schools|2 with risk flags|1 high severity
high staff costs
high absencehigh staff costsworkforce pressure