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- The government will cap academy trust chief-executive salaries at £174,000.
- Only one-quarter of the highest-paid academy leaders are women.
- Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will require trusts to obtain approval before offering pay above £174,000.
- Nearly one hundred academy chief executives earn over £200,000 and have received double-digit pay rises.
- The National Education Union welcomed the cap and warned schools may lack funding for teacher-pay rises.
