Written questions

Academies: Pay

Commons · Question 82460 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 24 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of executive pay in academy trusts where schools (a) are in financial deficit and (b) have made frontline staff redundancies.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 24 Oct 2025

The primary responsibility for the financial oversight of academy trusts, including setting executive pay, rests with the trustees themselves. Academy trusts are delivering a high standard of financial management and governance. The latest published data ...