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THE salaries paid to some bosses of academy chains are “verging on criminality,” a teaching union official said today.
New NASUWT president Phil Kemp criticised the “Wild West” school system in England, where education was “too often” in the hands of a small group of academy chain chief executives.
In a speech to the union’s virtual annual conference, Mr Kemp hit out at the “huge salaries” of these executives, which he says have “little if no impact on student progress.”
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
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