The survey, which involved 120 leaders of about 1,000 academies in England, found that a majority said the bill would have no impact on their schools’ pay or curriculum, while a plurality said requiring new staff to have teaching qualifications would also be neutral.
Asked about the requirement to use statutory scales as minimum thresholds for teacher pay, 79% of trust chief executives said it “would not affect” their schools while 6% said it would have “a positive impact”.
A majority of academy leaders in England say key policies in the government’s new schools bill will not affect how they manage their schools, according to a new survey of multi-academy trust chief executives.
Meanwhile, 68% said that implementing the national curriculum across all academies would have no impact, while 17% said it would be negative.
The schools bill, introduced by education secretary Bridget Phillipson, reduces a number of privileges enjoyed by academies, such as exemptions from following the national curriculum or statutory pay scales imposed on local authority-maintained schools.
