City Learning Trust

UID 16438·Companies House 07746561·Incorporated August 2011·Compare

Schools

Flags

3 high severity

Finance: 2025/26Ofsted: Feb 2026Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2026/27Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£21.2m

2,582 pupils

Avg staff costs

62.4%

of income

Avg reserves

0.0%

of income

Avg absence

7.6%

More metrics

Avg FSM

41.4%

free school meals

Capacity

105%

2,582 / 2,456 places

Total admin cost

£734k

£284 per pupil

Trust overview

With 4 schools, trust-wide averages move materially with a single school's results.

All 4 schools with reported data have staff costs below the DfE's 78% review point.

4 of 4 schools hold reserves below the DfE's 5% reference point.

Every school with reported data balanced its in-year budget in the latest return.

Absence is above the national average in 3 of 4 schools. Attendance tracks intake and local circumstances as well as school practice.

All 4 inspected schools meet the expected standard or above — Good or better under the legacy framework, or Expected standard or above under the Report Card.

1 of these inspections used the new Report Card framework; its scale is not directly comparable with legacy grades.

Generated from published DfE and Ofsted data — year-end snapshots that cannot show in-year plans, restructuring or local context. Reference points are DfE review thresholds, not judgements.

Ofsted & results

Ofsted

100%meeting standard or above

Across 4 graded schools, including 1 under the new Report Card framework. The two frameworks are not directly comparable.

Sub-judgements — earlier framework

Quality of education

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 3

Behaviour & attitudes

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 3

Personal development

100% Good+

Outst. 2Good 2

Leadership & management

100% Good+

Outst. 2Good 2

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

41.4

-4.9

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

67.5%

+6.5pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressHaywood Academy, Stoke-On-Trent, ST6 7AB

Companies House07746561

Incorporated19 August 2011

Report Card inspections (new framework)

About these grades

Grade distribution across 1 schoolinspected under Ofsted's 5-point scale (from November 2025). Not directly comparable with the earlier 1–4 sub-judgements above.

Curriculum & teaching

Expected standard 1

Achievement

Expected standard 1

Inclusion

Strong standard 1

Attendance & behaviour

Expected standard 1

Personal development

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	4	2,530	£16.8m	£14.3m	65.0%	0.0%
2022/23	4	2,596	£17.9m	£15.8m	65.1%	0.0%
2023/24	4	2,618	£19.9m	£17.6m	64.7%	0.0%
2024/25partial	4	2,582	£21.2m	£17.7m	62.4%	0.0%
2025/26	4	2,570	—	—	—	—

Central services

2024/25

Centralisation

14.2%

of total trust spend

Typical MAT centralisation ranges from 3-7% of total trust spend. Figures below 2% may indicate limited central coordination; above 10% warrants review of value for money.

CS expenditure

£2,936,000

CS staff costs

£2,011,000

CS income

£274,000

Admin & clerical£558,000

Teaching staff£1,135,000

ICT£116,000

Premises£108,000

Legal & professional£135,000

Auditor costs£9,000

Member schools (4)

4 schools|4 with risk flags|1 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Haywood Academy	138549	Secondary	high absenceworkforce pressure
Mill Hill Primary Academy	141405	Primary	workforce pressure
Smallthorne Primary Academy	142207	Primary	workforce pressure
Trentham Academy	144558	Secondary	workforce pressurehigh absence