Sir Dan Moynihan now on 44 of his schools’ governing bodies

England’s most lavishly-remunerated schools employee has cemented his position as also the country’s busiest academy governor, with new data analysis by this website showing Sir Daniel Moynihan is now part of the governance of a remarkable 44 institutions.

Sir Daniel, who according to the last published accounts data was making do with £455-£460,000 salary plus £70-£75,000 in employers' pensions contributions as of 2019-20 as chief executive of the Harris Federation, is a “local governor” at 44 of the academies run by this trust.

This is up from a figure of 35 the last time Education Uncovered looked, with Sir Daniel having started new terms of office as a governor at 14 of the schools in the past 18 months, although he has also relinquished governorships at five of the chain’s academies this calendar year.

Overall, though, Harris’s long-serving chief executive is now a feature of the governing bodies at 86 per cent of its 51 academies. The figures are based on my analysis of thousands of lines of Department for Education school governance data.

When I wrote about this back in 2018, I noted that the position of Sir Daniel – and other senior figures within academy trusts including more than one other Harris senior manager – on multiple governing bodies raised fresh questions about the input of local communities into the oversight of academies.