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Multi-academy Trusts: Pay

Commons · Question 59267 · Tabled 11 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 19 Jun 2025

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Asked by Anna Dixon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that multi academy trust executives are paid appropriately; and what action was taken by the 37 trusts her Department issued with outlier pay challenge letters in O

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 19 Jun 2025

The 37 academy trusts listed in the October 2024 publication on GOV.UK were engaged with on executive pay to ensure compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook.The Academy Trust Handbook requires that:An academy trust’s board of trustees ensures its decisi...