My understanding was that the way schools are funded meant that academies got more, but tbh I can't recall where I saw that so take that with a pinch of salt....
Academies are directly funded by central government rather than LEAs, and tend to get the services that LEAs used to provide more cheaply and so can spend more on executive heads' inflated salaries.
My understanding was that the way schools are funded meant that academies got more, but tbh I can't recall where I saw that so take that with a pinch of salt....