Research published as part of an inquiry by the House of Commons Education Select Committee into academies and free schools has said that “checks and balances” on academy trusts in relation to these conflicts are “still too weak”.
Committee chairman, Graham Stuart MP, has pledged to raise the findings with education secretary Nicky Morgan when she gives evidence to the inquiry next month.
The research highlights four areas where conflicts have arisen. These are:
Connected transactions: for example, where an individual on the board of an academy trust benefits personally or via their companies.
The provision of paid for services: for example, where the sponsor supplies a school improvement, curriculum or back office service to a Trust under a licence that prevents the Trust from changing supplier.
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