Schools on strike over Catholic multi-academy trust’s alleged 20 per cent-plus topslice
A placard at yesterday's NPCAT picket line in York.
Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust said to be charging schools for services local authority would be providing for free.
Claims that a Roman Catholic multi-academy trust is taking up to 29 per cent from its schools’ budgets for central services are behind a long-running strike at two of its schools, which were closed again to most pupils yesterday and today.
All Saints, a secondary, and St George’s primary, both in York and run by the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust (NPCAT) saw strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday, with industrial action which began two months ago continuing despite the departure of the chain’s £215,000-a-year chief executive and a recent clear-out of governors.
At issue is the scale of the “topslice” that the trust, which runs 38 academies in Middlesbrough and York, charges its schools.
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By Warwick Mansell for EDUCATION UNCOVERED
Published: 25 June 2025
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