Plans by England’s largest primary-only multi-academy trust REAch2 to centralise school reserves and funding have been put on ice by unions.
The trust, which is the second largest overall in the country, had launched a consultation on moving to a system called general annual grant (GAG) pooling.
Finance and HR services would also be centralised, which the trust previously said would deliver “around £2.5 million of investment…in frontline activities”.
But unions representing trust staff said the plans could lead to the loss of up to 26 per cent of school office staff – around 57 roles.
