Should Heads of a single school get paid more than the Prime Minister?

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In December the DfE wrote to 29 academy trusts (pictured) which run a single school whose heads are paid more than £150,000. 13 of those schools are in, or at risk of, financial difficulties. The DfE refuses to say which 13 because they need a ‘safe space’ (as opposed to transparency and public accountability).

www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/exclusive-dfe-refuses-name-financially-troubled-academies-paying

Oh I like that idea Isabella

I think HTs deserve to be paid well but the nationally agreed leadership scales and teaching pay sales used to ensure that was fair and proportionate. Some Academy chains have executive principals on six figures but have put their teachers onto contracts that mean they only get statutory sick pay to save money.

Why is it that nationally agreed teaching scales still tend to be used in academies, and not the freedom to award good teachers better pay, but the national leadership scale is being ignored?

Or are there any academies out there using their freedoms to pay teachers 66% above the national average?

If there are I’ve never heard of it happening.