Question follow-through · 19482

Multi-academy Trusts: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many multi-academy trusts currently offer executive salaries above £174,000.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many multi-academy trusts currently offer executive salaries above £174,000.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Academy trusts report pay information through their annual accounts returns using £10,000 salary bandings. The latest available annual accounts return data for the 2024/25 academic year states that 276 academy trusts reported pay exceeding £170,000.As set...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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