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80 schools face academy profit grab
Union exposes £400m plot by taxpayer-funded firm for 'unprecedented privatisation' of services
A plot by the biggest taxpayer-funded academy chain to turn 80 schools into money-spinning businesses at the cost of hundreds of jobs was revealed yesterday by union Unison.
The Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) has already invited bids from privateers for the chance to run a range of services for profit.
Library, cleaning, finance, administration and pupil support roles could all be outsourced, with only head teachers, teachers and teaching assistants left safe.
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