ACADEMY bosses’ six-figure pay packets should be capped when workers are losing their jobs to cuts, GMB Congress demanded today.

Delegates passed a motion rebuking “overpaid” academy chiefs and trust chain CEOs, with many of the latter never setting foot in their schools.

GMB southern region delegate Helena Pilcher said: “Across our schools, the very people who form the backbone of our children’s education are being treated as disposable.

“When school budgets are slashed it should not be the teaching assistants, the caretakers, the admin staff or the SEN support workers who pay the price.

“We believe that no CEO should be allowed to line their pockets while children go without resources, classrooms go without support and staff get shown the door.”

Harris Federation chief Sir Dan Moynihan is the highest paid academy CEO in England, earning between £515,000 and £520,000 in the year to August 31 2024.