Empowering Minds Academy Trust

UID 16699·Companies House 10668193·Incorporated March 2017·Compare

Schools

Flags

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

Total income

£9.9m

1,513 pupils

Avg staff costs

71.8%

of income

Avg reserves

19.2%

of income

Avg absence

More metrics

Avg FSM

26.8%

free school meals

Capacity

81%

1,513 / 1,859 places

Total admin cost

£542k

£358 per pupil

Trust overview

All 5 schools with reported data have staff costs below the DfE's 78% review point.

All 5 schools with reported data hold reserves at or above the DfE's 5% reference point.

Trust-average reserves have risen about 5 percentage points over two years of published returns.

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

Absence is at or below the national average in 3 of 5 schools.

2 schools report persistent absence above 20%, a level the DfE prioritises for additional support.

All 5 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 5 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+

Good 4

Behaviour & attitudes

100% Good+

Good 4

Personal development

100% Good+

Good 4

Leadership & management

100% Good+

Good 5

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

68.8%

+7.8pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressTranmoor Primary Tranmoor Lane, Doncaster, DN3 3DB

Companies House10668193

Incorporated14 March 2017

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

Expected standard 1

Attendance & behaviour

Strong standard 1

Personal development

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	5	1,567	£8.7m	£8.3m	71.0%	12.1%
2022/23	5	1,537	£9.1m	£8.5m	69.8%	16.0%
2023/24	5	1,535	£9.3m	£8.9m	70.4%	16.2%
2024/25partial	5	1,513	£9.9m	£9.2m	71.8%	19.2%
2025/26	5	1,481	—	—	—	—

Central services

2024/25

Centralisation

4.7%

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

£455,000

CS staff costs

£384,000

CS income

£60,000

Admin & clerical£106,000

Teaching staff£276,000

ICT£0

Premises£0

Legal & professional£23,000

Auditor costs£2,000

Governance

Source: Companies House

Board of trustees

Accounts to Aug 2025

7 current directors · Average tenure: 3.9 years

Directors / Trustees (7)

Toni Illman

director·1 year

Jordan Davison

director·1 year

Scott Morton

director·1 year

Dmitri Zimozdra

director·2 years

Rachel Carney

director·4 years

Mark Antony Skelton

director·5 years

Sarah Cairns

director·9 years

16 former officers — most recent departure: Jan 2025

Robert Leigh Pegg

director·4 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Robert Mellor

director·4 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Paul Rust

director·4 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Mark Coppel

director·4 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Emma Fox

director·4 years·Resigned Apr 2024

Nicky Lawton

Member schools (5)

5 schools|5 with risk flags|0 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Bessacarr Primary	144412	Primary	performance decline
Hawthorn Primary School	147797	Primary	high absenceworkforce pressurein year deficit
Highwoods Academy	144539	Primary	workforce pressure
Southfield Primary	144410	Primary	workforce pressureperformance decline
Tranmoor Primary	144411	Primary	workforce pressureperformance decline