From the The Observer (20 Sept 2014): Academy Enterprise Trust (AET) 'wants to set up a limited liability partnership with PwC'... which AET admits is entirely new to academy trusts.'
The joint venture would take responsibilityfor: providing school business managers, IT staff, secretarial staff, and finanicial expertise, along with speech and language therapy provision, education psychology, education welfare, curriculum development and professional development.
Union reaction: Sheffield Unison: 'It seems that AET
cannot establish the JV with a private partner without the explicit agreement
of the EFA. The trade unions welcome this intervention by the Government
and EFA which we believe has come about as a direct result of our lobbying
and interventions by MPs in Parliament.'
From NASUWT:'' The AET statement only
says that staff will not be transferred without ‘consultation’ with heads, governors and unions.
The joint unions fear that an unprecedented range of jobs and services in schools are now at real risk of
being transferred to a joint venture partnership with a private company.'
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