Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which heads of multi-academy trusts earn more than £150,000 per annum.

A list of academy trusts paying staff more than £150,000 will be included in the 2015/16 Academy Sector Annual Report and Accounts (SARA), which is due to be published in October 2017. The information however does not contain the names of the employees, as the data is not reported through the academy accounts.

Academy trusts are responsible for setting their own remuneration for staff. It is essential that we have the best people to lead our schools if we are to raise standards, but we expect pay to be commensurate with the size of the trust and performance. Most academy leaders earn under £110k – the national maximum (excluding London) of the pay range for the leadership group.

Trusts must disclose senior staff pay annually in their audited accounts. The Education and Skills Funding Agency follows up, on a risk basis, where non-compliance is identified.