Three senior staff left an academy trust after investigators found an “undisclosed conflict of interest” over £379,000 paid to a supply teacher agency run by a relative.
The Lime Trust, which runs eight special and primary schools in London and Cambridgeshire, hired supply teachers from ChoSEN Teacher Recruitment during the 2021-22 academic year.
However, an internal audit “discovered that there had been an undisclosed conflict of interest”.
The trust called in an external investigator and said “it became evident [the conflict of interest] was intentional and the trust immediately suspended all dealings with the company and individuals involved”.
