Full league table of academy sector’s �150k-plus leaders, published by Education Uncovered, shows more than a third have not had their details disclosed in annual accounts

Nearly four out of 10 people who were paid at least �150,000 by academy trusts last year have not had their details disclosed in the charities’ annual accounts, new analysis by Education Uncovered shows.

Some 68 of the 183 people paid at least this figure – including seemingly many chief executives leading the trusts -  are left anonymous in the accounts, this website can show, as we publish our second annual league table of the highest salaries within the academies system.

Such anonymity, which makes it impossible to track pay changes over time for individuals, as well their employer’s pensions contributions, is in line with the government’s rules for the academies sector.

Individuals only have to have their position, and usually their names, published if they happen to be on the board of the trust. This leaves many employees who are not trustees to feature in the accounts only as an anonymous statistic. And only the non-pensions part of a high-earner’s package is published even anonymously in the accounts as a set of statistics, unless they are trustee.

This contrasts with the situation in local authorities, where senior staff including children’s services directors overseeing schools, and in central government, have to have their pay details disclosed against their job titles.