York Central MP Rachael Maskell claimed, in a question to Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt last Thursday, that the leadership of York’s South Bank multi academy trust (MAT) was ‘impossible to hold to account’.
She also claimed that children at South Bank schools were experiencing ‘significant harm, school refusal, and an escalation in their own mental wellbeing’ as a result of decisions made by the trust’s leadership.
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