The Department for Education has published the names of 160 academy trusts it has written to questioning why they are paying six-figure salaries.
Eileen Milner, chief executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, has written a series of letters to the chairs of mats and single academies trusts asking for their rationale for paying these high wages.
Letters were sent out at the end of last year to single academy trusts paying more than £150,000.
This has been followed this year with letters to MATs paying more than £150,000 and all trusts paying two or more people a salary of between £100,000 and £150,000.
Now the DfE has published a full list of those trusts which received letters.
The ESFA sent out 29 letters to single academy trusts and 88 to MATs paying more than £150,000. It has also written to 43 trusts which have two or more employees earning more than £100,000.
Of the 29 single academy trusts paying more than £150,000, 13 were said to be at risk of financial difficulty.
Tes revealed the identity of the 29 trusts earlier this year following a freedom of information request. However the DfE refused to name the 13 trusts said to be at risk.
At the time it said: “disclosing the information could imply to the relevant trusts that communication with the ESFA is not a safe space and place undue pressure on trusts and or the ESFA to act on a complex issue.”
Education secretary Damian Hinds revealed at the weekend that 18 of the 117 single academy trusts and MATS which paid more than £150,000 had now agreed not to do so. However the department has not named the trusts in question.
In a speech to the National Governance Association, Mr Hinds said that school leaders should only be paid more than the Prime Minister in “exceptional circumstances.”
Academy trusts that have faced DfE questions over the salaries they pay:
1. Letter sent on 4 December 2017 to SATs/MATs with a single academy paying salaries of £150k in 2015/16 academies accounts return
Bradford Academy Trust
Burntwood School
Carshalton Boys Sports College
Durrington Multi Academy Trust
Exmouth Community College
Green Spring Education Trust
Highcliffe School
Hillyfield Primary Academy
Holland Park
Joseph Leckie Academy Trust
Knole Academy Trust
New River Trust (listed on the SARA as Alexandra Park School)
Oldbury Academy
Prospect Education (Technology) Trust Ltd
Redborne Upper School & Community College
Southfields Academy
St Helen’s Catholic Junior School Academy
St Paul’s Academy Limited
Swakeley’s School for Girls
Telford City Technology College
The Alec Reed Academy
The Cathedral Church of England Trust, Wakefield
The City Academy, Hackney
The Duston Education Trust
The John Wallis Church of England Academy, Ashford
The Kingsdale Foundation
The KJS Academy Trust
The St Matthew Academy Limited
University Academy Keighley
2. Letter sent on 23 February 2018 to MATs paying salaries of £150k and above in 2016/17 academies accounts return
City Learning Trust
Academies Enterprise Trust
AIM Academies Trust
Aquinas Church of England Education Trust Limited
ARK Schools
Ashmole Academy Trust Limited
Aspirations Academies Trust
Aston Community Education Trust
Bourne Education Trust
Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust
Brampton Manor Trust
Central Learning Partnership Trust
Chingford Academies Trust
City of London Academies Trust
Community Academies Trust
Core Education Trust
Creative Education Trust
Delta Academies Trust
Dixons Academies Charitable Trust Ltd
E-ACT
Education South West
Enfield Learning Trust
Eynsham Partnership Academy
Future Academies
Gateway Learning Community
GLF Schools
Graveney Trust
Great Academies Educational Trust
Greater Manchester Academies Trust
Greenwood Academies Trust
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy Limited
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation Trust
Harris Federation
Hartismere Family of Schools
Hatton Academies Trust
Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Inspiration Trust
Inspirational Learning Academies Trust
Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership
L.E.A.D Multi Academy Trust
Landau Forte Charitable Trust
Leigh Academies Trust
Lion Academy Trust
Loxford School Trust
Matrix Academy Trust
North East Learning Trust
Northern Schools Trust
Nova Educational Trust
Oasis Community Learning
Ormiston Academy Trust
Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Partnership Learning
QED Academy Trust
Rainham Mark Education Trust
Reach2 Academy Trust
South Farnham Educational Trust
Southmoor Academy
Swale Academies Trust
Tauheedul Education Trust
The Boston Witham Academies Federation
The Brooke Weston Trust
The Cardinal Hume Academies Trust
The Collegiate Trust
The Dean Trust
The Education Alliance
The Education Fellowship Trust
The Elliott Foundation Academies Trust
The Gorse Academies Trust
The Heath Family (North West)
The Hoddesdon School Trust
The Howard Partnership Trust
The Kemnal Academies Trust
The Laurus Trust
The Park Federation Academy Trust
The Rodillian Multi Academy Trust
The Rosedale Hewens Academy Trust
The Sabden Multi Academy Trust
The Slough & East Berkshire CofE Multi Academy Trust
The Spencer Academies Trust
The Two Counties Trusts
The White Horse Federation
Tollbar Multi Academy Trust
Trinity Multi Academy Trust
United Learning Trust
Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust
Wellspring Academy Trust
Wembley Multi Academy Trust
Windsor Academy Trust
3. Letter sent on 10 April 2018 to trusts paying two or more salaries between £100k and £150k in 2015/16 academies accounts return
Abbey Multi Academy Trust
Academy Transformation Trust
Arden Multi Academy Trust
Avanti Schools Trust
Beacon Multi Academy Trust Limited
Bright Futures Educational Trust
CFBT Schools Trust
Charters School
Coastal Academies Trust
Diverse Academies Trust
East Midlands Education Trust
Eastern Multi Academy Trust
Finham Park Multi Academy Trust
Fort Pitt Thomas Aveling Academies
Fylde Coast Academy Trust
GDST Academy Trust
Grace Academy
Greenshaw Learning Trust
Hull Collaborative Academy Trust
James Brindley School
Kingsbury High School
Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust
Macmillan Academy
New College Durham Academies Trust
Ninestiles Academy Trust Limited
PA Community Trust
Redhill Academy Trust
Sidney Stringer Multi Academy Trust
St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College
Step Academy Trust
The Challenge Academy Trust
The Co-operative Academies Trust
The David Ross Education Trust
The Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust
The Fulham College Academy Trust
The Griffin Schools Trust
The Herefordshire Marches Federation of Academies
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
The Watford UTC
Trinitas Academy Trust
Unity Schools Trust
Valley Invicta Academies Trust
Whitefield Academy Trust
