Weald of Kent Grammar School Academy Trust

UID 5235·Companies House 07451660·Incorporated November 2010·Compare

Schools

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

Total income

£13.1m

1,920 pupils

Avg staff costs

73.1%

of income

Avg reserves

11.8%

of income

Avg absence

6.8%

Persistent: 20.7%

More metrics

Avg FSM

3.7%

free school meals

Capacity

78%

1,920 / 2,475 places

At a glance

1 school with absence above 8%1 school with Ofsted concerns1 school in deficit

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

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

70.0

+23.8

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressWeald Of Kent Grammar School, Tonbridge, TN9 2JP

Companies House07451660

Incorporated25 November 2010

Trust growth over time

Schools Pupils

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	1,928	£11.0m	£11.0m	70.0%	13.1%
2022/23	1	1,966	£12.9m	£12.5m	68.3%	14.0%
2023/24	1	1,920	£13.1m	£13.4m	73.1%	11.8%
2024/25partial	1	1,902	—	—	—	—

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

16 current directors · Average tenure: 2.0 years · 3 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (16)

Dominic Woodward-lebihan

director·< 1 year

John Alexander Savage

director·1 year

Adrian Docherty

director·1 year

Rosanna Holt

director·1 year

Benjamin David Maurice Katz-crowther

director·1 year

Saima Islam

director·2 years

Amelia-Jane Clark

director·2 years

Gautam Sehgal

director·2 years

Jane Craigie-payne

director·2 years

Valeria Alessia Ropkins

director·2 years

Andrew Barnett

director·2 years

Robin Jones

director·2 years

Victoria Louise Tomalin

director·2 years

William Varley

director·2 years

Richard Booth

director·2 years

Toby Dr Fountain

director·3 years

54 former officers — most recent departure: Nov 2025

Kim Jiskoot

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2025

Kenneth Macsporran

director·3 years·Resigned Apr 2023

Sarah Lancaster

director·3 years·Resigned Feb 2023

Julie Carson

director·3 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Jenny Salmon

director·3 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Julian Hickey

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Weald of Kent Grammar School	136455	Secondary	high absenceofsted concernin year deficit

Weald of Kent Grammar SchoolSecondary

high absenceofsted concernin year deficit

·Resigned Sept 2023

Sophie Clark

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Helen Sparke

director·3 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Geoffrey Marshall

director·3 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Sian Mcdonald

director·3 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Mital Patel

director·3 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Nevita Pandya

director·4 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Anna Colombatti

director·4 years·Resigned Feb 2022

Emily Ann Leonard

director·4 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Chris Eades

director·4 years·Resigned Mar 2025

Linda Stevens

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Radhika Bajaj

director·5 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Nicholas Michael Ulycz

director·5 years·Resigned Mar 2021

Yasmin Ullah

director·5 years·Resigned May 2021

Jane Gould

director·5 years·Resigned Feb 2022

Emily Barnett

director·5 years·Resigned Feb 2022

Elizabeth Kinnersley

director·5 years·Resigned Jul 2025

Nick Hurman

director·6 years·Resigned May 2020

Clive Bygrave

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2020

James Hill

director·7 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Elizabeth Jane Bone

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Rebecca Blackmore

director·7 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Steven James Doyle

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2023

Antonia Rubin

director·8 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Melanie Lisa Mercer

secretary·8 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Julia Wilson

director·9 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Sarah Louise Annandale

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2018

Carmai Pestell

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Georgina Claire Jarratt

director·11 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Jeremy Dahdi

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Gerard Annecelto Garcia

director·11 years·Resigned Oct 2020

Richard Michael Lloyd

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Sheila Ann Viola

director·12 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Daniel Rennison

director·12 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Maureen Johnson

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Peter Holloway

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2014

David Hacon

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2016

Colan Paul Martin

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Anna Linley

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2013

Ed Metcalfe

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2014

Sue Fortune

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2018

Rachel Davies

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2016

Brian Buck

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2018

William Malcolm Yates

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Claire Songhurst

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2014

Timothy Norman French

director·15 years·Resigned Dec 2020

Clair Wilkins

secretary·15 years·Resigned Jul 2017

David Randolph Bower

director·15 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Frederic Mark Hewett

director·15 years·Resigned Jun 2017