foxie48
schoolsweek.co.uk/best-paid-trust-ceos-wages-rise-fastest-but-some-rein-in-pay/
Worth reading if you are interested in academies. What isn't discussed is the top slice that each academy school hands over from it's budget. When my school joined it was less than we lost to the LEA and the support we got was infinitely better. The Head of the Secondary school continued in that role as well as taking on responsibility as CEO of the mixed MAT. Her salary was enhanced , not hugely, but she was worth every penny and she worked extremely hard. Apart from an enhanced Finance officer role, there was no other additional cost for management. Although we were in a poorly funded LA, it left money to buy in additional FT SEND teacher who worked across all 4 schools and a home school liaison worker. There was also a great many inter schools training opportunities. There are dedicated educationalists out there, in academies, state schools, independents and private schools who really care about the children they work with and want the best for them. They are not in it for the money but they do deserve to be paid properly for the work they do even if it comes from the public purse. If you do take the time to look at the article, I think some salaries are questionable but others are not and they are for the highest paid CEOs, ours was certainly not paid anything like that!
Before academies, many (mainly) secondary schools in England had already been grant-maintained then foundation school, which meant they had opted out of local authority control. There was very little financial advantage when they became academies. What academisation has done is open the door to academy chains, the directors of which have in some cases very little interest in education. The academies themselves have (in some cases) become the market for private companies. There is little evidence that they have improved overall standards in education.
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