The Wrekin Old Hall Trust Llmited Financial Statements 31 July 2024 Together with Directors, and Auditors, Reports Registered Number: 00172472 Registered Charity Number: 528417 Page 1 The Wrekin Old Hall Trust Limited Independent Auditors, Report For the year ended 31 July 2024 Gov•rnorn l Dir•ctors Richard Pearson (Resigned 14￿ November 2024) Rev Matthew Beert. {Re*lected March 2024) Dr Emma-Jane Crawford {Appolnted Chalr 14th November 2024) Alison Jane DvAon LLB Jonathan Grant (Reélected March 20241 Nell Grfffiihs R Mark L Jones Pauline Mack"" (Rewelected March 2024) Dr Manjeet Samr8 D8vld s￿es Loulsa Welsby {Re-elected March 20241 Roy Yates-ward IRe-el8cled March 2024) ' Representative of the Martyrs Memor6al and Churth of England Trust Company SoGr•tsry Androw Buttèrworth Regl8ter•d Offl Wrekln College Welllnglon Shropshlr8, TF138H Bu8ln•ss Addr••• Wr6kln Collegg WellSnglon Shropshlro, TF1 3BH Audltor• Saffery LLP 71 Queen Wctc of GCSES awarded this year were at the hlghesl grade attalnable. Just undèr 40% 139.5%) of 811 grades achleved by th8 Flfth Fom were a grade 7 or above. Thls Is an Increa89 oflu$l under 8% Iwhlch equates lo 45 Sndlvlduol GCSE grades) when Gompared 2023. Just undèr 800A 177.5%) of all 755 grades 8chieved were al gr8de S or above. A gradè 5 Is constdered lo be a'slrong pass., This reflects tho fa¢t Ihallgss academlcally able students atwrekln oro not slmpfy belng laughl 'to poss, Ihe exam bul that they are slrongly encouraged lo achleve al the hlghest levd of whlch they are capable. Thls Tepresents 0 3.1 % Increase on the number of grades achlev8d al grade S and abovè In 2023 and a 5.5% Increase on thè same Statist￿ In 2019. Dlscounllng the three years whon grading wos dlslorted by the P8ndemlc {2020-221, Ihls year's GCSE pass rate of 91.4% 1$ the hlghe8t the school has achleved In over a decade and is over 6% hlgher than In 2019. This reflects both the hlgh quallty of le8mlng th8t Is taklng place throughout Ihg school as well as the delem)In8llon of our dedicated teachlng staff t¢ ensure that 811 puplls, Irrespective of th￿r academlc ability, are able lo achleve 8 strong sel of GCSES. A¢ademlc stsndards remain hlgh a5 the schojl exceeds Its performance last year. There remains a clear ambib'on throughout the school communlty to conllnue to drive leamlng forward. Al Wrekin College we celebrale the hard work and success of Indlvidual puplls of all ablliues, noljust the high fliers. We are equally proud of all Ihe pupils who have achioved their Challenge Grades. The demanding Extended Project Qualificallon IEPQI conllnues lo prove to be a greal success and lo grow In popularity. The exam results were not and wlll not be achleved at the expense of co-cufficular acUvltSes. As well as the many pupils heading off to highly competitive courses at unlversty. we also have high achievement In sports. notjust al county, but 81 feglonal and nauonal levels (the latter al a number of sports). and the￿ Is oqual evidence of excellence In music. Page 7 The Wrekin Old Hall Trusl Limrted Independent Auditors, Report For the year ended 31 July 2024 drama and art wlthin the school. Wrekin is good al nurturlng talent across a very wldo range of acflvltles. We prlde ourselvès on the range of experiences available to our pupils and on the facl that il is nomial for thgm to take part In a wlde vadety of activities righl up until they leave. With the support of our enthusia$li¢ and expgrt staff. very hlgh standards are achleved and. lust as with the academic slde of school Iwe. hittin9 your personal best IS 811 that matters: for example, In gymnasucs we have pupils performing for the first lime ind we have pupils appearing in the Intsrnalionally recognlsed compet6tlons Wrd(In offers a wlde'rangg ofcwurricular a¢tivlties with sport and musi¢ belng particularly Strong. Sport Is an 688enll81 part of pupils. Ilvos and rlghtty plays an important role in health. wellbeing and the buildlng of sodal skills. The amount of sports flxlures that have t8ken place al school have conf5nued lo grow, for both the'A' teams and 'B' teams glvlng us greater Strength and depth. The U19, U16 & U14 teams qualffied for the Wesl Mldlands School's finals, where tho senlor team progressed to th8 58ml-flnals. The 1st team also reached tho 4th Round of the nallonal Cup. Ella Thomas. Lulu Dean, Isla Massey 8nd Harriet Wllkes have all repres8nled Sevem Stars and Central Warfiors Nallonal Perfomiance Lgague teams. Dalsy- Mao Young was part of the Perfomanc8 Pathway and Lucy P8rk8r was a Nova squad mèmber. A handful of Lancaslar glrfs have been part of the S8vem Slar8 Pathway squads and County team8. 11 has been another successful y88r otcrlckel alwrekln. The 181 Xl and U17'8 had 8lgnbfic8nl vlctor195 agalnslformldable opponents. Includlng Solihull. Manchester Grammar, and Rugby School. The Under 17,8 made the Nallonal Plate Semi- Flnal a lerriflG team effort. Another hlghllghl of the school crfckel calendar was the annual Prep School crlcket lournamenl wherè we had over 280 studgnts pl8ylng In 70+ malche$. Tho glrls, teams have had a mlxed season, wllh g¢xtyJ games agalnsl Shrew5bury School. Ellesmere College and Morelon H811. We have some very promlslng players comlng through whlch wlll strengthen the teams In y88r8 to come. The glTl$ quallfied foi the Mldlands Toumaments from Ihelr Shropshlre county roun¢Js. The hlghllghi of the soason, the U18s, reachlng the mldlands finals, narrowty loslng (LJI 10 8 very strong Loughborouoh Hlgh School. therefore eoming the tille of Midland¥' runngrs up. In boy's h￿key,11 was an incredlbly successful season. Our U188 have competed In the adult men'818ague for the ffirst tlme. flnbhlng mld t8ble. Al the boy's 098 groups quallffied for Ihe mld18nd8 fln818 from wlnnin9 thelr Shropshlre county round. The U14s r8ached the final. n8rrowly loslng out, finlshlng Mldlands's runners up. The hlghllghl ol the season, our boys U16 learn tho won the Shropshlre County found and were crowned Mldlands chBmplons finlshed 2nd al th8 Tier 3 National Flna18. An outstandlng 8chlevemenL Thero wore some fantastlc per1￿Mances 8t the Shropshlre county champlonshlps for th8 sthool swlmmers. wlth all of them quallfylng for many flnals and coming away lots of med81s. Top overall wlnner to E3moy JoneSI￿th Barrettlsam Good. At the ShropshSre school ch8mplonshlps, Belh B8rrettwon gold. In her 100m Front CraYA, she broke the county record. Fonely Thompson also competed and flnlshed In Ihe lop 6 In both of his even18. Flve swimmers quallfled and 8ttende(I the Wesl Midland Championships where Esmay Jones won 3 9Dlds. Beih Barrett 2 Golds and Sam Good 1 Bronze. Beth Barrett has qualified in four events for the Summer English Natlonal Champlonshlps at Sheffield. The Slren9th and Condlllon prc4Jramme. Introduced in 2021 and run by a qualified sports tralner, supports our sports scholars. This trainer has been 8ble to help our ellte athletes by proyidlng a bespoke training programme to benefit each individual's needs to perfomi at reglonal level or hlgher. Pege 8 The Wrekin Old Hall Trust Limited Independent Audrtors, Report For the year ended 31 July 2024 L8sI August, when the Cholr relumed for Ihelr 'pre season, rehearsal, ihe 60 or so chorlsters who lumed up probably had little lo no inkling of wh81 Iled ahead over the coming 8cademlc year and what a successful year it would end up b8ln9. Thero have been over 65 performances of different types this year, more than tsvo a week. These range from background music at welcomlng events., landmark 5¢hool events such as Remembrance Sunday, Open Day and the Carol Services and Ihen on lo our pinnacle,. performing at N8tlon81 Flnals in some of the UK'S finest Concert Halls. Th8 national success thls year has b66n rem8rkable. Four coveled national finals resulting in threè even MO￿ coveted notional Illlesl Congratulations lo the Jazz band on their tsvo win5 th1$ year and to the ￿nCert band on what complelod a hat tslck of wlns In Warwlck. There was also a genuine cose of disbèllef al the fourth. It 15 easy lo come away saying we wère robbed. bul to all who were there; the chc4r dg1Svered a Bamardo's performanc8 that will Ilv8 forever in the memory of UK*Se who wlthessod it. Whll8t Wrekln's nalon81 reputallon for muslc Is now vary establlshed. thls Is just one elomenl of whot goes on. Other truly memorable even15 thls ye8r were Slsler Acl, the house 81ngSng and the unbelbevable atmosphere the whole school crealod; and a particular forte for Wrekln musicSans'. a host of chority concerts that have ralsed well ovor £40C(I for causes both dose lo home. nauonally and lnlern8t5onally. These Included a brillianl Chrlslm8s ch8rlly concerl Involvlng 103 puplls and a superb 3 day charlty muslc event. durlng last year's summer holldays, whlch saw young musi¢ian5 from all over Shropshire come toaelher wllh of COUTSe. Wreklnlans leadlng the way. However, our gre818sI mu51cal 8trenolh15 the teamwork and camaraderfe that pervades everythlng we do. Frfendshlps th81 stsrt In Lancaster 8nd wlll last well beyond the Wrakln years are fomied and $kllls for Ilfe embodded. That18, wlthout doubl. th• gr¢atesl achlovement of them all. The School woukl Ilkg to thank a very s￿la1 group of Upper 81xlh sludents who le¥vo us Ihls year. Most students In the Upper Slxlh ar8 Involved In muslc have begn here for the whol• seven years and hav• mgde exemplary contrlbullons. Some 41 the forefront as sololsts and others m8klng a regular bul v•ry much valued wnlribuuon ensemble membfjrs. The commltmenl from Ihly yeaf group h88 been magnlfl¢enl. It'8 been another busy year for dram8, klcklng off in September wlth the Thlrd form plays whlch saw Bayley wln best House for thelr hSghly ent&rtalnlng rendlJon of Thesgu$ and the Mlnolaur. The Flrsl Fom's Quarter Play, Charlle and the Chocolate Factory. was qulck lo follow, won by Boscobel. Thls year's Lower Slxlh dlrectors rose admirably to the challenge ol slaglng these producllons. In January, Mf Mlllon and Mr Platford's muslcal extravag?nza 'SSsler Act, look the Wrekln stsge by stom, c8Ptlvatlng audlences for four ￿nsecutive nights. The production was 8 dazzllng showcase of Wrekln's t81ent, led by tho exeepllonal Hattle Candlèr and Carollna Phllips who were both electrifySng as Dolores van Cartler, and supp¢yted by iheir dynamlc casts wlth extr8ordln8ry ener9y and professlonallsm. Thls was 8 show that wlll be romgrnbered by many 8s a hlghlighl not only of Ihe ye8r, but also of their time 8t Wrekln. Later In the Sprfng lemi. Mrs. Mlllon's 8enlor play- The SeTvant of Two Maslers - delivered an Irrevergnt Commedi8 ¢omgdy stsrring the hilarious Bru￿ Lawrence as the 111-fortuned s8rv8nt. The perfomance wa8 held together by a versalSle cast of commedla perf￿er$ whlch really brought lo life the comedy antics of this modem classlc. Tho 'Our House. InlllalSve remain$ very popul8r wSlh tho Upper Slxlh Fomiers. Groups of pupils are able lo spend a week fending forlhgmselves. cleaning, cooklng, washing and managlng a budgetvery much 8S theywlll flnd themselves dolng the followin9 year when they embark on a university course or care8r away from home. Wrekin prides itself c the 811-round excellence of Its educafjon., produclng well-rounded young peop16 who can approach Ihwr futures with confidence. Page 9 The Wrekin Old Hall Trust Limited Independent Auditors. Report For the year ended 31 July 2024 A pup114ed Inltladve called Espresso, a moblle coffee buslness (started from 8(¥alch by an entrepreneurial group of Wrekin sludenls a couple of years 890), continues to sefve hol drlnks lo puplls, parents 8nd vlsltors at school events. This is not only a viable onlerpdse in itself. bul It Is allowing each subsequent Year group the opportunlty to learn 'on the lob. a¢￿UnJng. marketing anfl general business practlces In a real envlronment. The character an(1 adventure trainlng programme has had a very successful year building on the successes of last year. Flfsl fonn stsrted the year ¥￿th a team bondlng day Including various physlcal and mentsl challenges almed al encour8gSng them lo make new friends. Second forrn flnlshgd Ihe year wllh their adrenalln-fvelled and a half day ouldoor pursuSts trfp al Th8 Great Escape In south Shropshire In CCF, the thlrd fom have grown Sn confldence and pgrformanGe throughout Ihglr year, tsklng part In a wld& varlety of act1￿1188. Includlng Tnarchlng In the Remembrance Par8de after only three weeks ol Iralning, 8nd completlng thelr Bronz6 DOE day walk. Thay have baen an ex¢ellent Coh￿1 and have attalned many quallfiGoflons throughout Ihe year. Our 40 Amiy and RAF Senlor Gad8ts havg gxcelled Ihemselves Ihls year. In partlcular. Cadet Warrant Offlcer Tlllk8 Warner and Cadet Sergeanl Ava Jaundrell have led their Sections from tho front demonstrating hi9h levels ol leadershlp and dedSc8llon. Cad81 Sergeant Mlllle Plumb h4$ bogn $$1gGtsd lo repTe5enl the CCF as the Lord Llgulenant of Shropshlre's cadet for 202412025.. a very pre8llglou8 and 80ughl after posluon. Senlor cadets representsd the school durln9 the vlsit of HSS Royal Hlghness The Duke of Edinbvrgh to Shropshlre. They perfomied a gun-run compelSllon, and a clay plg90n shoot for the Duk9 and had Ihg opportunlty to lalk lo hlm about thelr gxperlences wllh the cadel8. In tloE. the majorfty of Fourth lom) have now 5uccesslully completed thelr Bronze expedltlon phase and are progresslng with thelr other secuons well, wllh 47 Bronze aw8rds belng conflmed thls year, The Lowar 6 cohort gr9 worklng Ihelr way through th8lr SIIv8r award wllh 8 of the current year alre8dy havlng completed the award lo loln the 31 other Sllvgr oward5 galned across tho year. Fin8lly, 24 Upper 8 puplls b8ttled floods lo finlsh Ihelr Gold expedition In Snowdonla In Oclobor and 10 have already recalvad Iholr awar(Is Sdnlng the 15 mgmbgrs of prevlous cohc*ts who have collected Ihelr aw8rds from the Palace th18 ye8r. Al Wrekin College. the Ch8pel plays a vitsl part in the Ilfe of every chlld. The Chrfstian fallh Infom)s everylhlng we do In schwl. and underplns our aim8 and values, bul what w8 most want Is for our puplls to 11sl•n. thlnk and re￿8¢1 In Chapol, Allhough we are a Church of England foundauon, wlth an Anglican Chaplaln, we are open-mlnded on splrftual matters. PupS1 particlpallon Is encouraged in the Chapel, wllh Houses 18klng regular lurr15 to lead our momlng services during Ihe week and Pfefects and othar puplls leadlng assemblles on theli own. Each House selects Ihesr own 'House Charity,: qulte often land pref¢rably) for o ￿8$On ￿1¢h resonates wllh one or more members ofthe House. Fundr8islng and ch8ritable aclivilies are mOs￿Y organised by tho Charities Commlttoe.. a body of pupils wlth reprosentallves from each Hovse. Thousands of pounds were distributed la51 year betsveen the followlng charlues.. Cardlac Rlsk to the young. Actlonald, Great Ormond Street Hospltsl, Prostats Cancer Research UK. Do It for Debs. Sevem Hosplce and Cancer Rosearch UK. Ther8 are Inlemallonal pupils in the schod, induding exchange puplls, and w8 welcome the diversity they brlng. An emphasls Is belng placed on Incrgaslng the number and n81ional dlverslty of the overseas boarders. We have pupils from Gemiany. Spain. France, Ukraine, Poland. Chlna, Hong Kong, Japan, Sautli Arabla, Italy, M(Yocco, United Arab Emirales, Taiwan, Turkey. Russla and South Afrlca. Some slay for a term, others for tr40 years or m￿. To help International pupils Inlegr8te, wè try to ensure there are never too many pupils of one nationality wllhin the school, or Indeed withSn a year groLSP. Wrekln's 8nnual Exchange Programme continued in the year. Page 10 The Wrekin Old Hall Trust Limited Independent Auditors, Report For the year ended 31 July 2024 Readlng lesson$ are compulsory for all ag8 groups up to Year 11. enhan¢lng Illerary skllls of all towards the tests that await at GCSE and beyond. The Old Hall School The academic year 2023- 2024 has been a successful one for Old Hall. Numbers at schcol conllnue to be steady with 8n In¢rea5ed Interest In Years 3- 8. A smaller ReGepUon cohort Is very much on the agenda of tho SLT and admissions leom and a strategy and plan to recrull more younger puplls to the school Is undeN8y, wlih Stay end Play Se$￿￿$ eaGh half term. advertlslng campalgns and increased Open Days king planned and delivered. The currfculum is now in the beddlng 5t8ge, wlth s18ff r8vl8w6ng what Is taught half1oTm by half lem and feedlng back to subject coordinalors. The new approach has been well recelved and Ihg impact on leachlng and learnlng and on pupll's outcomes has been oVe￿h¢1M1ngIY poslllve. Thls year we wlll concentrate on taklng what is provided as a base by Cornerstones and making this bespoke, me8nlng that we will not need lo Invest In the currlculum package ngxt academlc year. Whlle Rose Math's has contlnued to have Imp8¢t, and we have Inlraduced Number Sgns• a$ an altgrnallve lo the more tr8dlllonal Ilmos tables approach aGro$s thé sthool. As$es¥monts have been updated, and we 8re now uslng Prfmary Inslghts Ifomially INCASI lo enable us to have on all through gpproach from 4- 18 across the Trust. Slgnlflcanl opportunlty In the ¢18s$Toom and beyond remalns a fealurg of tho odurAtSon at Old H811 wllh strong emph8518 bein9 placed on Sport, Muslc, Drama and Art for 811. The s¢f*ool Is oparatlng more Idp8, speakers and 8xlemal opportunlll¢$ lo enhance th8 new cuthculum oflerlng and Old Hall wlll go on Its first Cross Trust overseas Mp In Ea$tor 2025, Ilnklng wllh the flr81 and sacond form5 from Wrokln Cof*e. The comlng together of the tsvo schools 18 now a foGg1 proJo¢t and Is progresslng well. A team lo support tho new brandlng and mark¢ling for thls has been est8bllshod and meets regularfy lo pave Ihe poslilve way fward. The tsvo Hoads aro aligned In en8udng thal the m8rger by 88 P051Uve and product4ve as posslble and are followlng the remll sel by the Govemors for thls to be pul Into place. Publlc B•n•llt It Is Important to us that acGa$$ lo the educa￿On we offer and tho opportunlty to beneffit from our on-slte facllltl8s Is not Ilmlted lo those who can afford our School fees. Burs8rfes and 8llowences Bursarie5 ara awarded, in so far as the schoc4 Is able, on a mean5-tested basls when parents are unable lo mget Ihe full schoot fe¢$. They may be awarded on enty or when clrcumslances change slgnSfjc8nlJy for a pupll who Is already enrolted in the school, such that the f8mlly become unable to sustaln the School fees. Bufsafles are fvnded malnly from the general fee Incomg of the school, with some 8sslsl8nce from the Wrekin College Foundalon and other exlemal 80urces. The sthools work wlth nattonwide Ghildren's charities to fund places for children whose circumstances are extremely challenglng and whose attendance at the schools alms lo slgnlficanlly Smprove Iheir life cholces. The buTh￿ry awards range from 10% to 100% r8mlsslon of fees. Infomiatlon about 8vailabillty of bur88rfe8 and other fee remlsslons such as $tholarships and famlly dlscounls arg provided to all applwng to the schod. Details of our bursary pollcy are shown in our prospectus 8nd on the webslte. Page11 The Wrekin Old Hall Trust Limited Independent Auditors, Report For the year ended 31 July 2024 Wlde access to both schools h88 been achieved durlng 2023124 wlth the award of a total of means lesled bursarles of £486,525 (3.8% of gross fees) for Wreklrt 8nd £90.928 {2.7%1 for Old Hall. Addilional non-means tested assistance of £28.158 112 puplls) for Wrekln College and £7,68815 pupils) for The Old Hall was given to servlce families in support of Ihe MOD educa￿on scheme. Thls In pr8cllce c8n Provide opportunltles lo benefit those unable to afford the ftjll fees. An amount of around 10Vo of operaung surplus has In recent years been donated lo the Wrekln College FoLsndalion to conlrfbutg lo a re51rtclgd Bursarles Fund wllh the aim of produclng 8 long-t8mi Incr8881ng flow of bursary lundlng for future puplls. The Trust made a donation of £72,000 In the year. Bursary funding of £190,000 was r•cèlved from the Foundation Ihls yèar. Access forloc81 chlldren Lttal chlldren who are not puplls and ￿0$8 famllles could not necessarfly afford the 8chool f888 are encouraged lo use our f8cllllles to galn formal and Informal e(lucallonal benefit In 8 varlety of contexts Indudlng the following- partldp8llon In netball, foolb811 and rounders days attendance al holld8y Sports courses and swlmmlng lesson5 attendance al gymnasllcs and crlckel club coaching se5slon8 partl¢lpallon In mulll fallh crfckel camps altend8nce al 8 hollday grt ond sdgnGe Ggmps partlclpallon In 'Bulld a brass Band In 4 Days, partlclpatlon In careers events and Iralnlng In our bu8lnes5 schoc4 P8rtldpallon In a mathematlc8 challenoe day Access for the loc81 communlty The schools conllnue lo develop communlty Ilnks, by 8llovAng loc81 charflable and communlty groups attesg lo Ihg faclllues for no charge, or al below Gommerdal rates. Recent examples Include.. Communlty Carol Sarvlce In the chlpel Weekly communlty cholr meetlngs Arranglng facllilles lor l(Kal elhnlc mlnodty women's community crickol Provlding rehearsal fadlilles for the local brass band The COvCUTrfcular team al Old Hall School work local prlmary schools ln1gadSng CPD, co8chlng of youngsters in sports leadershlp skills and the arrangement of sports events and competlllons. Thls enables Increased usa of tha Trust's sports faclllloes for a wlde vartety of young people from across both the prfmary 8nd secondary age ranges. Provlslon of otherbengfits Several of the s¢hods' senior staff serve as school inspectors. Members of lh8 sensor staff are govemors of schools In the malntalned sector The school also participates in the tralnlng of sludenl teachers. Page 12 The Wrekin Old Hall Trust Limited Independent Auditors, Report For the year ended 31 July 2024 Flnanclal Revlew The govemors are continuing thelr strategy of deploylng all net Incomlng resources lo Invgsllng In the educational purposes and fabrlc of Tho 01(J Hall Preparatory School and Wrekin College. The company operallng result was 8 surplus for the year of £717,768 (2023- £1.018,7641. Pupll numbers across bolh schoo15 slighuy decreased, averaging 782 over the year. Boarding numbers also saw a year-on-y8ar decrease. but the boardlng holtses were SUII near c8p8cIty. Over the summer the thlrd of the threa boardlng houses was fully refurbished and many properties across the eslale were renovated and enhanGgd. The comp8ny contlnues lo Invest In facllllles for Its staff and puplls. In the year the Trust Invested in solar panels and several bulldlngs. The Trust continued to be awarded the Cyber Essgnllals certlncallon In the year. All data management and storage became cloud based lo mlnlmlse the dsk of data loss or ransom. In the Summer, the school w?Icomes a G8mian Summer SGhool lo the slle In an Inaugur81 progr8mmè of frlendshlp camps. As a charfty we enjoy lax 8xempllon on our 8ducallon81 actMUes and on our inveBlm8nt Income, log8lher wlth an 80% reducllon on our buslness rates for the propertles we occupy for our chafltsblo alms. The Ilnanclal ben8fils we recelve from Ihests exempuons are 811 applled foreducallonal purpo8e8 and help u$ to malntaln our bursary pollcles and contlnuo to devglop our educallonal facSlllle5. The flnanGlal results for the y88r are dealt wllh In delall In the slalemenl of finand41 advlfje8 on pagg 21. The company's pollcy Is to malntaln free reserves In the fom of domgst1c hou59$, whlth could be sold In case of longer term need but, in the meanume, provlde accommodallon for both members of Staff and the publlc. Er￿Ugh cash feserves are held on aver899 lo pay the Salarfes and regu18r operallonal bllls for 2 months lapproxlmalaly £2.Om}, which would provldo a reasonable perlod In whlth to ralse addl￿onal funds by overdraft or loans secured on property. Cash roservgs 81311t July 2024 were £3.3m. The movements in reserves arg 5h¢)wn in note 17. Plans for th• Futur• There is a rolllng programme of silo improvements wllh many mlnor belng as8essed. prlorft15ed. anty complgted annually. Wg wlll fomi doser union between our Llbrary and ac8demlc departments. We are In the flrsl year of the cuffenl Development Plarb and are building Ils next phase during this year. We are renovallng the Slxth Form Centre and Sport's Hall fa¢illlles. We plan lo intrc#luce Wrekln Prep• Wrekin College and Wrekin Sixth Form brands In 2025. We are embarking on 8 whole slle review to Improve sustslnabllSty and drlve a paih to being carbon neutral. Page13 The Wrekin Old Hall Trust Limited Independent Auditors, Report For the year ended 31 July 2024 Thg otyectlves of Th6 Old H811 School forthe next yoorlnGlude.' To be the preparatory school with the strongèsl reputation in the 8re8. To enable all children lo reach their fvll aGadgmic polenllal through a broad, ba18nced and slimulaung curriculum. Wllhin a Ch￿St18n framework, to have a lively and happy elhos with go(MY dlsclpllne based on mLTbJal respect. foslerfng chlldren's moral, Inlelleclual. sporting. crealivg and Gullural development through the experfence of 8 wlde T8nge of group acllvllles. Through a secure pastoral system In a'f8mlly' atmosphere, lo encourage chlldren as individuals to be as acllve and amblllous as possSble, whllsl monllorfng development and provldlng support. To prepare each chlld for the approprlale senloT school, be It Wrekln College or farther aflold. To be academically non-seleclive al EYFS (Recepllon) and Key Stage 1. The obJecllv8s ol Wrekin College lor Ihe noxtyear Include.. Acad•rnlc Wrekln College wlll conlnue lo offer a broad and balanced currtculum lo each pupll In years 7 10 9 and 8 wlde fange of cholcè at GCSE lev6( Indudlng the core sublecls of Engllsh, Malhemallcs and the s¢ionce$'. ￿mbIned wlth opllons chosen from Art and Deslgn, Buslne$s Sludles. Deslgn Technology, Drama, French, Geography. Hlslory. ICT. Musl¢, Physlcal EdUCa￿On and Sp8nlsh. Pupils are encouraged to t8ke a m¢xlern language. Al Adv8nced Level, thè sublècls avallable Includo AccounlSng Art and Deslgn, Blology, Buslness Studles, ChemI51ry. Doslgn Technology, Economlcs, Engllsh Uleralure, French, Geography. Government and PolI￿C8, Hlslory. ICT, M8lhem81505, Muslc, Physlc8, Phy8lcal Educalon, Psychology, Spanlsh. RelSglous Studles and Thoalre Sludles. We w511 further embed the Reading Perfod vla followlng the'Accglerated Reader Scheme,, and take Lancaster Leaming onlo a new tevel. We wlll Introduce Inlo Y9 8n exlenslon of Lanc8SteT Leamlng called 'CV Iwhlch Is a scit of Record of Achlevementl B•yond tha Currlculum There are four maln strands of co