Sandwich Technology School

UID 4465·Companies House 07401373·Incorporated October 2010·Compare

Schools

Flags

3 high severity

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

Total income

£9.9m

1,314 pupils

Avg staff costs

74.7%

of income

Avg reserves

41.0%

of income

Avg absence

13.6%

Persistent: 43.2%

More metrics

Avg FSM

36.6%

free school meals

Capacity

96%

1,314 / 1,368 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 41.0%above 20%Last accounts filed 18 months ago1 school with workforce pressure1 school with Ofsted concerns

1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

0% Good+

Inad. 1

Behaviour & attitudes

0% Good+

Inad. 1

Personal development

0% Good+

Inad. 1

Leadership & management

0% Good+

Inad. 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

35.3

-10.9

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressSandwich Technology School, Sandwich, CT13 0FA

Companies House07401373

Incorporated8 October 2010

Trust growth over time

matpulse.co.uk

Schools Pupils

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	1,391	£8.5m	£8.7m	82.9%	35.9%
2022/23	1	1,353	£9.3m	£10.5m	72.1%	40.7%
2023/24	1	1,314	£9.9m	£9.5m	74.7%	41.0%
2024/25partial	1	1,235	—	—	—	—

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 2024Source: Companies House

13 current directors · Average tenure: 3.9 years

Directors / Trustees (13)

Claire Susan Titherington

director·1 year

Amelia Rose Donohoe

director·1 year

Jeff Martin

director·1 year

Simon Benedict Sharples

director·1 year

Micheala Louise Clay

director·1 year

Michael Kristopher Alan Cadby

director·2 years

Paul Hadaway

director·2 years

Sarah Beavon

director·3 years

David Mark Noel Kelly

director·3 years

Mark Andrew James

director·6 years

Martin Henry Charles Hydes

director·6 years

Robert David John Carroll

director·9 years

Terence Raymond Porter

director·10 years

Company Secretary

Sarah Katherine Mills

secretary·3 years

58 former officers — most recent departure: Mar 2025

William Dr Farr

director·1 year·Resigned Feb 2025

Charles Joseph

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Katharine June Elizabeth Manser

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Ian Sven Heijne

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2024

Charles Walter Henry Lord Northbourne

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Paul Ivor Carter

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|3 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Sandwich Technology School	136317	Secondary	workforce pressureofsted concernhigh absence

Sandwich Technology SchoolSecondary

workforce pressureofsted concernhigh absence

Samantha Ann Holland

director·3 years·Resigned Mar 2025

Jane Catherine Waters

director·5 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Benjamin Stroud

director·5 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Emma Victoria Dunn

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2021

Theo Lawless-hughes

director·6 years·Resigned Apr 2022

Kevin Edward Beatty

director·6 years·Resigned Apr 2021

Kate Blackman

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Mark Mucklow

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Luke Jones

director·7 years·Resigned Jan 2019

Lee Suzanne Thatcher

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Matthew Brian Cox

director·9 years·Resigned May 2018

Kelvin James Nelson

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Leila Appleby-lansley

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2016

Paul Thomas Ronald Rickard

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Catherine Jane Hurst

director·10 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Ian Barwood

director·10 years·Resigned May 2019

Robyn Mary Starr

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Peter John Crean

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Christopher Brian Coyston

director·10 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Paula Turner

director·10 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Katharine June Elizabeth Manser

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Tracey Louise Savage

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Gillian May Rowland

director·11 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Charles Walter Henry Lord Northbourne

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2022

James Edward Flannery

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Stephen Paul Donnelly

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2015

Gaynor Smissen

director·13 years·Resigned May 2015

Dionne Juliana Hawkins

director·13 years·Resigned May 2018

Kimberley Fiona Anderson

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Dawn Sonya Hogben

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2017

Amanda Louise Mitchell

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2013

Emma Stannard

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2015

Adem Azira

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2015

Stella Leitner

director·14 years·Resigned May 2012

Paul Ivor Carter

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Stephen Roy Pinfold

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2014

Bruce Robert Eccles

director·15 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Veronica Carmen Gomez

director·15 years·Resigned Dec 2014

David Daniel Reverend Harrison

director·15 years·Resigned Aug 2012

John Kirtley

director·15 years·Resigned May 2016

Andrew John Chapman

director·15 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Laura Nicole Campbell

director·15 years·Resigned Aug 2015

David Brown

director·15 years·Resigned Sept 2014

Julie Platts

director·15 years·Resigned Aug 2012

Leyland Bradshaw Ridings

director·15 years·Resigned May 2018

George Ernest Rorke

director·15 years·Resigned Apr 2014

Paul Southgate

director·15 years·Resigned Sept 2012

Samantha Summers

director·15 years·Resigned Jan 2015

David Karim Yusof Hampson-ghani

director·15 years·Resigned Dec 2015

David Bruce Larkins

director·15 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Stephen Peter Dr Chappell

director·15 years·Resigned Jul 2012

Lynn Marie Walters

secretary·15 years·Resigned Sept 2022