Excessive pay Academies ‘can’t justify’ high salaries

Academies are using taxpayers’ money to pay “unjustifiably” high salaries to senior staff, MPS have warned.

In some cases, academy trusts are failing to prove that hefty pay packages are appropriate, according to a public accounts committee report, noting that there were 102 instances where trustees were paid £150,000-plus.

MPS argued that leaving pay unchallenged will pile more pressure on school budgets.