THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST

THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST has submitted data every year since 2018, with all 7 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Monday, 30 Mar 2026 at 17:26 UTC.

Employer ID 18330
Company Number 10689247
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
Years Submitted
2018202020212022202320242025

Overall workforce composition

Deviation from a 50:50 gender split, averaged across all four pay quartiles per year. 0% represents an equal split of men and women; positive values mean more women, negative means fewer women.

Hourly pay gap over time

Positive values indicate women's hourly pay is lower than men's by that percentage. A value of 0 indicates equal pay; negative values indicate women earn more.

Pay quartile breakdown

Each band shows the percentage of that quartile that is male vs female.

Lower quartile bottom 25% of earners

Lower-middle quartile 25–50th percentile

Upper-middle quartile 50–75th percentile

Top quartile top 25% of earners

Bonus pay

Percentage of each gender who received a bonus payment.

Bonus pay gap — positive values indicate women's bonus pay is lower than men's.

Year by year

Each year's submission in full. Most recent year shown first.

2025 Mean pay gap 18.1%

In this organisation, women earned 74p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 58.1% of the highest paid quarter and 79.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.1%
Median hourly pay gap 25.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.1%
41.9%
Upper-middle 72.0%
28.1%
Lower-middle 75.9%
24.1%
Lower quartile 79.9%
20.1%
2024 Mean pay gap 16.2%

In this organisation, women earned 70p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 61.3% of the highest paid quarter and 82.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.2%
Median hourly pay gap 29.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.3%
38.7%
Upper-middle 71.4%
28.6%
Lower-middle 74.4%
25.6%
Lower quartile 82.2%
17.8%
2023 Mean pay gap 17.6%

In this organisation, women earned 69p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 61.3% of the highest paid quarter and 82.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.6%
Median hourly pay gap 31.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.3%
38.7%
Upper-middle 72.7%
27.3%
Lower-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower quartile 82.9%
17.1%
2022 Mean pay gap 19.4%

In this organisation, women earned 69p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 58.5% of the highest paid quarter and 82.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.4%
Median hourly pay gap 30.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.5%
41.5%
Upper-middle 71.2%
28.8%
Lower-middle 73.5%
26.5%
Lower quartile 82.8%
17.2%
2021 Mean pay gap 19.4%

In this organisation, women earned 66p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 14.1% lower than men's.

Women made up 61.2% of the highest paid quarter and 81.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.4%
Median hourly pay gap 34.2%
Men receiving bonus 7.6%
Women receiving bonus 6.2%
Mean bonus gap -4.8%
Median bonus gap 14.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.2%
38.8%
Upper-middle 73.4%
26.6%
Lower-middle 80.1%
19.9%
Lower quartile 81.8%
18.2%
2020 Mean pay gap 16.4%

In this organisation, women earned 70p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 1.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 65.4% of the highest paid quarter and 75.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.4%
Median hourly pay gap 30.0%
Men receiving bonus 7.8%
Women receiving bonus 5.9%
Mean bonus gap 8.7%
Median bonus gap 1.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.4%
34.6%
Upper-middle 67.8%
32.2%
Lower-middle 83.3%
16.7%
Lower quartile 75.3%
24.7%
2018 Mean pay gap 15.9%

In this organisation, women earned 69p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 21.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 62.7% of the highest paid quarter and 81.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.9%
Median hourly pay gap 30.9%
Men receiving bonus 10.6%
Women receiving bonus 8.0%
Mean bonus gap 19.3%
Median bonus gap 21.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.7%
37.3%
Upper-middle 66.5%
33.5%
Lower-middle 72.5%
27.5%
Lower quartile 81.2%
18.8%