Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust

UID 17178·Companies House 07700728·Incorporated July 2011·Compare

Schools

Flags

1 high severity

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

Total income

£17.6m

2,775 pupils

Avg staff costs

74.9%

of income

Avg reserves

2.1%

of income

Avg absence

9.3%

Persistent: 23.3%

More metrics

Avg FSM

22.1%

free school meals

Capacity

90%

2,775 / 3,075 places

Trust overview

1 school is operating in deficit — this may reflect planned investment or require financial planning.

Overall absence is above the national average in 100% of schools (2 of 2).

1 school has persistent absence above 20%.

All inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding across sub-judgements.

Reference points from DfE published guidance. Whether any metric warrants action depends on the trust's context and strategy.

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 0.7%below 5% threshold2 schools with absence above 8%1 school with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 1

Behaviour & attitudes

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 1

Personal development

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 1

Leadership & management

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

49.0

+2.8

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressKenilworth School And Sixth Form, Kenilworth, CV8 2AL

Companies House07700728

Incorporated11 July 2011

Trust growth over time

matpulse.co.uk

Schools Pupils

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	2	2,615	£15.2m	£13.7m	73.5%	10.7%
2022/23	2	2,715	£16.0m	£15.6m	76.4%	6.6%
2023/24	2	2,775	£17.6m	£17.0m	74.9%	2.1%
2024/25partial	2	2,742	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

9.1%

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

£1,697,000

CS staff costs

£1,294,000

CS income

£196,000

Admin & clerical£463,000

Teaching staff£332,000

ICT£1,000

Premises£62,000

Legal & professional£33,000

Auditor costs£72,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

11 current directors · Average tenure: 3.2 years · 6 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (11)

Sara Scott

director·< 1 year

James Dayus

director·< 1 year

Brian David Thomas

director·< 1 year

Laura Michael

director·2 years

Malcolm Graham

director·2 years

David Wheatley

director·2 years

Juliet Boyd Halfhead

director·3 years

Philip Mcgrane

director·3 years

Paul Shaw

director·5 years

Richard Craig Ward

director·7 years

Hayden Abbott

director·7 years

Company Secretary

Kirsty Gane

secretary·3 years

43 former officers — most recent departure: Mar 2026

Jane Elizabeth Le poidevin

director·2 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Sarah Newton

director·3 years·Resigned Mar 2026

James Fraiser

director·3 years·Resigned Mar 2025

Sandra Louise Mckinnon

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2025

Mark Dismorr

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2025

Angela Barry

Member schools (2)

2 schools|2 with risk flags|1 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form	146697	Secondary	workforce pressurehigh absence
The Westwood Academy	137225	Secondary	high absence

Kenilworth School and Sixth FormSecondary

workforce pressurehigh absence

The Westwood AcademySecondary

high absence

Alistair Stuart Milne

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Lee Philip Miller

director·5 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Matthew James Clements-wheeler

director·5 years·Resigned Jan 2022

Richard John Hales

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Stephen Paul Morales

director·7 years·Resigned Jan 2019

Shirley Margaret Whiting

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Paul Harris

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2021

Susan Mary Casey

director·7 years·Resigned May 2020

Stuart John Croft

director·7 years·Resigned Jan 2019

Elizabeth Louise Shaw

secretary·7 years·Resigned Nov 2022

Thomas Such

director·8 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Jasmine Anne Finlayson

director·8 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Rebecca Jones

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Saffron Maria Campbell-barker

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Satwinder Kaur Toor

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Jane Elizabeth Anne Benton

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Benjamin George Brereton

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Diane Booth

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2015

Kimberley Jean Tucker

director·11 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Martin David Vickery

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2018

James Jonathan Hinde

director·12 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Gill Brown

director·12 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Michael Bernard Layton

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2014

Emma Jane Sharp

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Peter Bruce Elton Shearing

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Peter Reverend Findley

director·13 years·Resigned Jun 2014

Bernadine Patricia Winterburn

director·13 years·Resigned Jun 2014

Marcus Edgar Lapsa

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2018

James Gordon Meriton Butler

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2013

Paul Harris

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2019

Rachael Louise Reid

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Kathryn Ailsa Hughes

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Stephen Anthony Mcdonagh

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2015

Roger George Whittall

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2015

George Stuart Ronald Beamish

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Stephen Thomas Allcock

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2016

Sheena Hodgson

secretary·14 years·Resigned Dec 2018