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The endless river of money just being poured down the throats of MAT apparatchiks is a scandal. But this is how public services are captured by the corporate sector.

The same Advisory Board that have allowed AET to remain in charge of SHLA despite going into special measures for the 2nd time while under their control

@NatalieR_W Warwick Mansell It’s alarming how many of RSC are part of this new MAT system. They are not prioritising communities, teachers or students. Everything is being done in the best interests of MATs. Where are the independent voices? Where are the voices of reason? Does community not matter anymore?

We’ve been broadcasting their incompetence for years and people are finally paying attention

The problems at Sir Herbert Leon existed long before Stantonbury hit the headlines. AET with the misleading statements until the end. They have been a disaster and will not be missed.

This is very worrying and these children are being failed by the academisation of our education. They need to see investment and improvement Milton Keynes Labour

Surely we’re against all facets of privatisation in education: academisation; outsourcing of services; dismantling of democratic accountability; capture of buildings & land by multi-academy trusts, as well as the private school system. We are for publicly-owned & run education.