Academy trusts will have to seek government approval for trustee and member appointments, new documents on the schools bill reveal.
The government will also hand itself the power to chop and change new national standards for academies and rules on intervening in trusts – without passing new primary legislation.
The Department for Education published fresh details on how it will overhaul academy rules this week.
Trusts will need governance arrangements that “state no board members or trustees are appointed before the secretary of state has had an opportunity to assess their suitability”.
Sam Henson, policy director at the National Governance Association, said it “feels like a power grab”.
