Financial Information

Pathway Trust receives funding from the Department for Education for each of our schools based on the formula agreed by each local authority. Funding is pooled across the trust, with resources prioritised based on educational need. Headteachers are accountable for expenditure on staffing and resources for each school, with some services being provided by partnership teams working across all schools (including strategic leadership, school improvement, financial management, human resources, estates & facilities management, IT and governance).

Pathway Trust is a single organisation for accounting purposes, and all external accounting and audit is thus conducted at trust level. In compliance with regulations, the Chief Executive Officer is the accounting officer for the trust, and the Director of Finance has the function of chief financial officer.

On 1 September 2026 schools from The Priory Learning Trust (TPLT) joined Castle School Education Trust (CSET) to form Pathway Trust. Historic governance and financial information relating to CSET and TPLT are filed at Companies House:

• THE PRIORY LEARNING TRUST Companies House
• PATHWAY TRUST (formerly CSET) Companies House

Financial Information for Pathway Trust from September 2026

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Financial Information for CSET up to August 2026