St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust

What St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust does

St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust is a Catholic Multi Academy Trust (CMAT) established in 2017 and registered as a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (Company No. 10785982), operating under the oversight of the Diocese of Leeds. The trust operates nine Catholic academies in the Leeds, West Yorkshire area — eight primary schools and one secondary college (Corpus Christi Catholic College) — serving approximately 3,000 pupils from nursery/early years through Key Stage 4. Its mission is rooted in the person and teachings of Jesus Christ and the mission of the Catholic Church, with the vision articulated by Bishop Marcus Stock of building a "Diocesan family of schools" model; the trust is one of five CMATs within the Diocese of Leeds.

The business model is that of a state-funded education provider rather than a commercial enterprise. Revenue is derived from per-pupil funding calculated under the UK national funding formula, distributed centrally via the Education Funding and Skills Agency (EFSA), with additional streams including pupil premium. There is no tuition fee revenue, no commercial product, and no GTM motion in the conventional sense; schools within the CMAT convert to academy status via a formal legal process (funding agreement, commercial transfer agreement, church supplemental agreement). The trust has no proprietary technology stack — no app, API, or SDK — and instead delivers value through centralized specialist staff, shared services (school improvement, finance, HR, governance), collaborative curriculum development, peer-to-peer support, training, and access to capital funding streams available only to academy status.

The trust executed approximately £7,100,000 of capital projects over a two-year period to upgrade school facilities, maintains a strategic partnership with Leeds Trinity University for teacher training and leadership development, and operates with a central team led by Executive Leader and Accounting Officer Peter Hughes (a National Leader of Education). Governance is structured around Members (including the Bishop of Leeds and other clergy) and Directors/trustees, with committees covering Audit & Risk and Education Standards & Pupil Experience. The trust is not venture- or PE-backed, and is governed by UK charity and company law.

Name

St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust

Legal name

St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust

Website

https://stgregorythegreatacademytrust.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust is a Catholic Multi Academy Trust (CMAT) operating nine Catholic primary and secondary academies in Leeds, West Yorkshire, serving approximately 3,000 pupils under the Diocese of Leeds framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Primary and Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Early Learning Academies (EDACADAH)

Keywords

• Catholic primary education
• Secondary school education
• Academy trust management
• Faith-based schooling
• School improvement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds, West Yorkshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust is a Catholic Multi Academy Trust (CMAT) that manages and operates a family of nine Catholic academies (eight primary schools and one secondary college) across the Leeds area, serving approximately 3,000 pupils from early years through Key Stage 4. Its core offering is faith-based education rooted in the person and teachings of Jesus Christ, delivered with centralized governance, shared business services, school improvement support, and collaborative curriculum development across member schools.

Product overview

St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust is a Catholic Multi Academy Trust (CMAT) that manages and operates a network of nine academies across the Leeds area. The trust comprises eight Catholic primary schools (Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Corpus Christi Catholic College, Holy Rosary And St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Immaculate Heart Of Mary Catholic Primary School, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, St Paul's Catholic Primary School, St Urban's Catholic Primary School, and St Francis Of Assisi Catholic Primary School) and one secondary college (Corpus Christi Catholic College). The trust's offering consists of educational services delivered through its family of academies, providing Catholic education rooted in the person and teachings of Jesus Christ, with centralized governance, school improvement support, and shared services across member schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Diocese of LeedscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe trust operates within the Diocese of Leeds as part of a Diocesan family of schools vision outlined by Bishop Marcus Stock. The Bishop appoints foundation trustees and the trust is part of five family groups of Catholic schools within the diocese. The trust's schools are linked to parishes and the diocese provides oversight through the Vicariate for Education.
• Leeds Trinity UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeeds Trinity University is a strategic partner within the Diocese of Leeds educational family. The university has representation on trust boards and is a key partner for training, recruitment, retention and career progression of school leaders and teachers. Alison Griffiths, employee of Leeds Trinity University, serves as a Trust Director.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Leeds Diocese Schools (other CMATs): The remaining Diocesan CMATs within the Diocese of Leeds's five-family structure. Directly comparable faith-based trusts sharing the same diocesan oversight, conversion pipeline and funding streams.
• Blessed Peter Snow Catholic Academy Trust: Catholic Multi Academy Trust within the Diocese of Leeds providing Catholic primary education across multiple schools. Comparable structure, funding model and pupil base in the same geographic diocese.
• Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust: Another Catholic Multi Academy Trust operating within the Diocese of Leeds with a similar family-of-schools model. Directly comparable as a same-diocese CMAT competing for academy conversions and diocesan resources.
• Cardinal Newman Catholic Education Trust: Catholic Multi Academy Trust operating schools in a similar UK diocesan structure. Comparable as a faith-based MAT running multiple primary and secondary academies under shared governance and central services.

Others

• Leeds Trinity University: Strategic training partner for the trust with board representation. Relevant as the key teacher-training and leadership-development pipeline feeding the trust's academies.
• Diocese of Leeds Trustee: The Diocesan body providing strategic oversight and trustee governance across all five Leeds Catholic CMATs. Relevant as the umbrella entity that channels academies into constituent trusts and shapes family-of-schools strategy.

Regional players

• Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School: Catholic secondary school in Leeds whose governor (Fr Dennis Cassidy) sits on the trust's board. Comparable as a regional Catholic education provider with overlapping diocesan governance links.
• St John Fisher Catholic Academy: Catholic primary academy in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, with board-level governance links to the trust via Edwin Kirkwood. Comparable as a faith-based school in the wider Yorkshire Catholic education ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

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