Academy chain looking for new boss to replace Alan Yellup - on £395-a-day

By The Newsroom
Published 30th Sep 2016, 15:37 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2016, 15:01 BST
Alan Yellup was chief executive.Alan Yellup was chief executive.
Alan Yellup was chief executive.
A chain of academy schools is looking for a new boss after the departure of its £160,000-a-year chief executive.

Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) has confirmed Alan Yellup is no longer in charge of the organisation.

He had not been running the trust since March, when he went on “personal leave”.

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A WCAT spokesman said: “He has subsequently left the organisation and the trust wish him well for the future.”

WCAT runs 20 schools, including Wakefield City, Freeston and Hemsworth academies.

Since March its former chairman Mike Ramsay has been acting as interim chief executive on a rate of £395 per day. WCAT said this was “much reduced” from the average daily rate of £964 for a chief executive.