Clyst Vale Academy Trust

UID 2728·Companies House 07564519·Incorporated March 2011·Compare

Schools

Flags

1 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Dec 2022Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£6.9m

959 pupils

Avg staff costs

83.8%

of income

Avg reserves

1.8%

of income

Avg absence

9.1%

Persistent: 21.9%

More metrics

Avg FSM

22.5%

free school meals

Capacity

85%

959 / 1,124 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 1.8%below 5% threshold1 school with staff costs above 78%1 school in deficit1 school with workforce pressure1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 1

Personal development

Good 1

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

44.5

-1.7

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressClyst Vale Community College Station Road, Exeter, EX5 3AJ

Companies House07564519

Incorporated15 March 2011

Trust growth over time

10/11

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24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	971	£5.8m	£5.6m	78.2%	7.7%
2022/23	1	974	£6.3m	£6.3m	80.7%	6.4%
2023/24	1	959	£6.9m	£7.1m	83.8%	1.8%
2024/25partial	1	936	—	—	—	—

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

11 current directors · Average tenure: 5.3 years · 2 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (11)

Sara Ann Jones

director·1 year

Ryan Clarke

director·1 year

Hanna Marie Somerwill

director·1 year

Christopher Andrew Toze

director·2 years

Sara Jacobs

director·2 years

Joe Pearce

director·2 years

Benjamin Alexander Evans

director·2 years

Will Tipper

director·4 years

Dorothy Elaine Ruscoe

director·11 years

Paul Colin

director·14 years

Simon John Sanger-anderson

director·14 years

Company Secretary

Catherine Prunty

secretary·4 years

49 former officers — most recent departure: Feb 2026

Justin Harold Powlesland

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2024

Steven Whitfield

director·3 years·Resigned Feb 2026

Kate Offord

director·4 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Rebekah Kyffin

director·4 years·Resigned Apr 2024

David Edmondson

director·4 years·Resigned Dec 2025

Mareena Anderson-thorne

secretary·6 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Peter Skelton

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Sue Diffey

director·6 years·Resigned May 2024

Racheal Ann Long

secretary·7 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Laura Waycott

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Sophy Norris

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Aude Odunlade

director·8 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Dave Walter

director·8 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Deborah Custance baker

secretary·8 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Tina Michelle White

director·9 years·Resigned Feb 2019

Melanie Prance

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Michael Adrian Davies

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2022

Ceri Elizabeth Johnson

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Rebecca Wood

director·10 years·Resigned Sept 2015

Sharon Louise Collins

director·11 years·Resigned May 2016

Crawford Iain Peter Dr Winlove

director·11 years·Resigned May 2022

Norman Reith Cooke

director·11 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Ben Brook

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Sara Anne Watt

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2016

James Peregrine Lee

director·13 years·Resigned May 2014

Teresa Elaine Grieve

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Katherine Margaret Hoskins

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2014

Dave Roy Hewlett

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2015

David Gregory Evans

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Jillian Margaret Collins

secretary·13 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Melanie Prance

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2016

Kate Getliffe

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2012

Annabel Louise Mcdonald

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2012

Georgina Stroud

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Cathryn Michelle Durston

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2015

Andrew Luke Edward Xavier Revesz

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2012

Richenda Battishill

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2012

Susanne Rachel Smye

director·14 years·Resigned May 2013

Levon Stephen

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2018

Jonathan Paul Farnhill

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2014

Benjamin Richard Preston

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2011

Graeme Albert Robb

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2013

Stuart Reverend Mackay

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2012

Linda Ann Smith

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2013

Lois Angell

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2012

Kevin Patrick Dr Bawn

director·15 years·Resigned Dec 2023

Barbara Mary Rusbridge

director·15 years·Resigned Feb 2013

Ann Hopkins

secretary·15 years·Resigned Aug 2012

Vanessa Francis

director·15 years·Resigned Jun 2014

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|1 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Clyst Vale Community College	136638	Secondary	high staff costsin year deficitworkforce pressurehigh absence

Clyst Vale Community CollegeSecondary

high staff costsin year deficitworkforce pressurehigh absence