Academy chain nearly doubled its topslice to 12 per cent last year, while shelling out £190,000 on non-contractual pay-offs to staff
Grosvenor Gardens, central London, where Anthem Schools Trust is based. Image: Alamy.
London-based Anthem Schools Trust increased central charges at its schools by up to 173 per cent, latest accounts show.
A 15-school academy trust nearly doubled its “topslice” last year, to 12 per cent, while it spent nearly £400,000 on non-contractual pay-offs to former staff over two years, Education Uncovered can reveal.
The Anthem Schools Trust saw the central charges it levied from its schools soaring from £3 million in 2023-24 to £5.8 million in 2024-25.
That is an increase from 6.4 per cent of the core General Annual Grant (GAG) funding the trust received to run its schools in 2023-24 to an eye-watering 11.9 per cent last year.
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By Warwick Mansell for EDUCATION UNCOVERED
Published: 1 May 2026
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