An article in Third Sector magazine includes comments from Emma Knights, CEO of the National Governors Association, comparing the problems of Kids Company with those facing academies - where problems may be caused by what she sees an increasing number of founders being trustees. She said she recently spoke to a
"They have also had to set up their own business systems – a lot didn't have school business managers. Some will say they have coped well with such things, but there are a number of academies that will say privately that they didn't realise how much was involved....
The piece said she had 'recently talked to one school leader who wondered if he could set a deficit budget... as he might have done when part of a local authority.'
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