This sounds a similar use of control to Blair days, nicely used when there was professional disagreement, and holding the family in state of ransom

Agree, I’ve seen MAT CEO’s collect awards for their recognition in education, yet they have the largest number of poorest learners and high SEND off rolling

As an ex school governor i raised the need to provide speech & language to meet the challenges of a mainstream setting with a lot of SEND. New head from SEND school, didn’t understand the concept. Nor did the MAT.