An academy headteacher has told parents he is resigning over “significant concerns” about the “high amount” his trust is top-slicing from school budgets.
The case highlights the sometimes delicate process of how trusts fund their central operations and the potential for it to cause issues if heads are not aligned to plans.
Hinchingbrooke School principal Mark Patterson said in a resignation letter to parents he was “leaving because I have raised significant concerns” with the ACES trust board, which runs his school, about “how the trust operates at its top levels”.
He also said concerns were raised over the “high amount that the trust takes from the ACES schools’ budgets.
