Progress in bridging the gender gap at the top of England’s biggest academy trusts has stalled.
The latest Schools Week diversity audit of the trusts with 15 or more schools has revealed women occupy just under 33 per cent of the top jobs.
This halts the progress made in previous years in boosting the number of female leaders, up from 26 per cent in 2018.
The number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders across the trusts has risen from two (1.7 per cent) in 2021 to four (2.8 per cent).
