Finance

Our Central Team of dedicated experts offer a full service of financial support to all our schools, working closely with the business managers at each site to provide robust financial budgeting and oversight for school finance matters.

Being part of our Trust offers opportunities to benefit from savings afforded to a larger groups of schools, for services and other purchases.

We follow the Department for Education’s Academy Trust Handbook to ensure that the public money we are entrusted with is spent as fairly and efficiently as possible, and to the maximum benefit of our students.

Please contact us for further details or to arrange a conversation with our Business Director, Mrs Rachel Canning.

Finham Park Multi Academy Trust’s appointed external auditors are (Bishop Fleming LLP, Stratus House, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park, Exeter, EX1 3QS)

As a charitable company, Finham Park Multi Academy Trust prepares and publishes its accounts each year. Our financial year matches the academic year, running from September through to August.

Annual Reports:

Claire Denton

Headteacher, Pearl Hyde Community Primary School

Claire is passionate about Primary Education; she has taught in all year groups across the primary phase and held several leadership roles in her career in a range of schools.
Working throughout the primary phase has given her a depth of knowledge and understanding that drives her to strive for excellence. Claire is a specialist in working to develop ambitious curriculums with cultural capital and quality first teaching at the heart of a school. She is committed to ensuring children make excellent academic progress and receive a range of experiences that develop young learners to carry our values such as honesty, respect and integrity. 
Claire has extensively used coaching as a tool for improvement allowing children and adults to meet their full potential. Claire uses research to implement the most affective practice believing that education is about creating a community where all stakeholders are invested in breaking down barriers so that children have access to a world class education.