National Education Union comment on accounts for academy schools in England

Commenting on the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report into the consolidated annual report and accounts for academy schools in England, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said:  

“The NAO’s report makes for troubling reading. It is no surprise that the NAO has issued a limiting judgement on the Department for Education’s academy accounts since the Government does not know what buildings and land are owned by academies, nor what these assets are worth.

“It is shocking that it has taken the Government years to tackle the inadequate systems for auditing academy accounts. And it is deeply worrying that, for the fifth year running, these are judged inadequate by the NAO.”