England’s best-paid academy boss has been given another pay rise, taking his salary to at least £530,000. Schools Week analysis suggests all but three of the country’s largest academy trusts handed their leaders hikes over the same period. Third rise in a rowThis is Moynihan’s third pay rise in a row. Others given pay increasesHarris – which is the sixth biggest trust in the country – had six more employees earning over £200,000 in 2024-25. Meanwhile, a £30,000 severance payment “was not settled in line with the requirements of the academy trust handbook, which requires prior [Department for Education] approval of such payments”.