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United Learning Trust breaks the £500,000 barrier on “golden goodbye” pay-offs to staff in a single year
Government pumped more than £1 million into takeover of three former Steiner free schools, while overall academy deficit write-offs nearly trebled in 2019-20
United Learning Trust spent more than £400,000 on “golden goodbye” severance payments to staff last year
Primary school with six headteachers in recent years, and which went years under now-collapsed academy trust without inspection, quickly adjudged “good” by inspectors following takeover
England’s largest academy chain to grow by more than a quarter in two years, including through taking on three smaller MATs
Rolling news blog, week of March 4th
Revealed: “exceptional” £150k-plus salaries are nearly ubiquitous for leaders of England’s 20 largest academy trusts
Double-digit pay rise for CEO of trust involved in abortive forced academy move
Exclusive: Three leaders of collapsed chain of primary schools were paid nearly £500,000 between them in 2017-18
