[DemolitionRed]

Two points about the staffing of academies:
1 They do not have to use the School teachers’ pay and conditions when appointing staff.
2 They have more flexibility to appoint unqualified teachers.

Teachers will be expected to undertake activities, like accounting, admin, basic HR, contract management and myriad other things – for which they have received very little training, had not chosen to do and had no special skill to undertake.

No one thinks stand alone academies can work. The economics of them just do not make sense. So all this is really about is creating the opportunity for academy chains to be created from which in due course profit can be extracted. But as there is no profit extraction now that must eventually be at cost to our children. - See more at: http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2....E1qtptjY.dpuf