St Martin's Multi Academy Trust

UID 5533·Companies House 09443906·Incorporated February 2015·Compare

Schools

Flags

3 high severity

Finance: 2025/26Ofsted: May 2024Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2026/27Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£10.2m

1,317 pupils

Avg staff costs

74.5%

of income

Avg reserves

19.9%

of income

Avg absence

More metrics

Avg FSM

51.5%

free school meals

Capacity

100%

1,317 / 1,320 places

Total admin cost

£202k

£153 per pupil

Trust overview

With 4 schools, trust-wide averages move materially with a single school's results.

All 4 schools with reported data have staff costs below the DfE's 78% review point.

All 4 schools with reported data hold reserves at or above the DfE's 5% reference point.

Trust-average reserves have fallen about 4 percentage points over two years of published returns.

Absence is at or below the national average in 4 of 4 schools.

All 4 inspected schools meet the expected standard or above — Good or better under the legacy framework, or Expected standard or above under the Report Card.

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 4 graded schools.

Sub-judgements — earlier framework

Quality of education

100% Good+

Good 3

Behaviour & attitudes

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 2

Personal development

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 2

Leadership & management

100% Good+

Outst. 1Good 3

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

65.0%

+4.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressSt Martin's Church Of England Primary School Wallace Road, Bilston, WV14 8BS

Companies House09443906

Incorporated17 February 2015

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	3	1,148	£7.2m	£7.0m	76.2%	38.5%
2022/23	3	1,104	£7.7m	£7.9m	76.0%	29.9%
2023/24	4	1,320	£9.5m	£9.5m	72.3%	21.8%
2024/25partial	4	1,317	£10.2m	£9.9m	74.5%	19.9%
2025/26	4	1,273	—	—	—	—

Central services

2024/25

Centralisation

4.0%

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

£411,000

CS staff costs

£373,000

CS income

£24,000

Admin & clerical£161,000

Teaching staff£202,000

ICT£1,000

Premises£0

Legal & professional£10,000

Auditor costs£23,000

Governance

Source: Companies House

Board of trustees

Accounts to Aug 2025

11 current directors · Average tenure: 4.5 years · 2 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (11)

Adrian Kenneth Hutton

director·< 1 year

Gary Paul Thornton

director·< 1 year

Esther Dawn Martin

director·2 years

Sukhdeep Kaur

director·3 years

Baljit Kaur Hague

director·4 years

Ian Moore

director·4 years

Lisa Janet Walker

director·4 years

Benjamin Ivor Davis

director·5 years

Kate Reverend Watson

director·5 years

Ian Derick Keepins

director·6 years

Daniel Mark Lee

director·11 years

12 former officers — most recent departure: Dec 2023

Pranay Puri

director·3 years·Resigned Dec 2023

Stephen Robinson

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Peter Robert Richardson

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2023

Timothy Westwood

director·8 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Carroll Anne Thérèsa Mcnally

director·9 years·Resigned Dec 2021

David Rowley

Member schools (4)

4 schools|4 with risk flags|3 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Field View Primary School	141775	Primary	high absenceworkforce pressurehigh staff costsin year deficit
Grove Primary Academy	142680	Primary	high absenceworkforce pressure
St Martin's Church of England Primary School	141825	Primary	workforce pressurein year deficit
Walsall Wood School	150384	Primary	in year deficitworkforce pressure