Meadowhead School Academy Trust

UID 3888·Companies House 07933749·Incorporated February 2012·Compare

Schools

Flags

1 high severity

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

Total income

£14.7m

1,924 pupils

Avg staff costs

75.3%

of income

Avg reserves

8.1%

of income

Avg absence

9.2%

Persistent: 23.3%

More metrics

Avg FSM

35.8%

free school meals

Capacity

99%

1,924 / 1,950 places

Total admin cost

£668k

£347 per pupil

At a glance

1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

100% Good+

Good 1

Behaviour & attitudes

100% Good+

Good 1

Personal development

100% Good+

Good 1

Leadership & management

100% Good+

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

46.0

-0.2

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressMeadowhead School, Sheffield, S8 8BR

Companies House07933749

Incorporated2 February 2012

Trust growth over time

matpulse.co.uk

Schools Pupils

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	1,917	£11.8m	£11.7m	76.0%	14.9%
2022/23	1	1,919	£13.3m	£13.8m	76.7%	9.7%
2023/24	1	1,924	£14.7m	£14.8m	75.3%	8.1%
2024/25partial	1	1,960	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

0.0%

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

£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

15 current directors · Average tenure: 4.8 years · 7 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (15)

David Pike

director·< 1 year

Ryan Vardy

director·< 1 year

Jennifer Susan Goodison

director·< 1 year

Helen Elizabeth Batty

director·1 year

Sarah Margaret Slowther

director·1 year

Christine Murphy

director·2 years

Chris Oakley

director·2 years

Ben Anderson

director·3 years

Fiona Newton

director·3 years

Andrew James

director·3 years

Katie Arundale

director·5 years

Kewaljit Grewal-joy

director·7 years

Lisa Margaret Read

director·12 years

Richard David Law

director·14 years

Lynda Taylor

director·14 years

Company Secretary

Kevin Elliott

secretary·5 years

56 former officers — most recent departure: Dec 2025

Paul Stuart Billington

director·< 1 year·Resigned Dec 2025

Serena Thorpe

director·1 year·Resigned Dec 2025

Chris Levett

secretary·2 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Chris Levett

director·2 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Stacey Shaw

director·2 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Debbie Clark

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|1 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Meadowhead School Academy Trust	138545	Secondary	high absence

Meadowhead School Academy TrustSecondary

high absence

Jessica Headey

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Ian William Sibbald

director·4 years·Resigned Jun 2024

Sally Jane Ayres

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Richard Beigel

director·5 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Fay Robinson

director·5 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Rachel Gora

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2022

Helen Elizabeth Batty

director·5 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Jonathan Wheat

director·5 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Ian Jonathan Richards

director·5 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Safeena Noreen Akhtar

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Gary Bragg

secretary·5 years·Resigned May 2021

Emma Jane Cobbold

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Marcia Dunbar

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Deborah Jane Clark

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Helen Kennedy

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2021

Karen Louise Clare Squillino

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Matthew John Newbould

director·6 years·Resigned Feb 2021

Anja Kelly

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Janet Elizabeth Ledger

secretary·10 years·Resigned Aug 2020

David Kevin Blagden

director·10 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Stuart Affleck

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Katy Simpson

director·10 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Christopher Steadman-south

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Peter Wilson

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2025

Elizabeth Smith

director·10 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Claire Professor Mcgourlay

director·12 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Elaine Middleton

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Graham Pounder

director·12 years·Resigned Nov 2015

Richard Mark Saxby

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2015

Stephen Clive Fowler

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Kenneth Arthur Cook

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2019

James Philip Taylor

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Christopher David Ridley

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2012

Carol Kelly

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Catherine Elizabeth James

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Susan Hays

secretary·14 years·Resigned Nov 2015

Daniel John Healey

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2015

Ajman Ali

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2016

Alan Arthu Hancock

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Abigail Clare Golland

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Edwin Harry Revd Steele

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Paul Harold Stockley

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2015

Fiona Vallely

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Peter Voyse

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2013

Mark Winrow

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2012

Lynn Nevin

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2017

Graham Edward Parry

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2016

Maureen Alicia Neill

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Angela Diana Farrant

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Janet Elizabeth Ledger

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2018