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[STEMO]

It's much quieter than last time, but that could change. She's probably only halfway down her bottle yet. The CEO of the trust had his wife personally deliver bottles of posh plonk to all 14 schools to be consumed this evening. We, of course, googled said plonk and it was about £16 a pop.

Austerity? What austerity

But as trusts, they're businesses. With office staff, managers, CEOs and all the support that used to be done by the education authority. So there's money to burn unless you actually want to spend it on education. Plus, as separate entities, they don't bugger up the statistics.

Another, clueless, intervention. I don't even get riled at them any more, I just pity the ignorance.

[STEMO]

It's much quieter than last time, but that could change. She's probably only halfway down her bottle yet. The CEO of the trust had his wife personally deliver bottles of posh plonk to all 14 schools to be consumed this evening. We, of course, googled said plonk and it was about £16 a pop.

All on the local taxpayers i hope. 

No, Ron, all paid out of the millionaire CEO's pocket. The millionaire CEO who was brought up in care, then did well, very well, in the business world and decided to give something back by bringing his business knowledge to a CofE academy trust for virtually no wage.
But, hey, Nick knows more about things like this than me.

[ronnyd]

Yes Steve, education finance has changed a hell of a lot since my days at school. Left in 1959.