Altrincham College
Catering Team Strike
Strike against the redundancy and hours change proposal.
Lacking evidence, lacking meaningful consultation, lacking care for the lowest paid employees in the school.
News and documents
Press Releases: 02/09/26 [PDF]
Documents: Letter sent to parents by AC
Making staff redundant while SLT Staff EAT FOR FREE!
A “Multi” Academy Trust
Which somehow costs over £3m in last’s year’s accounts, despite the DfE intervening over the second school in the trust…
£4million in the bank
2025 accounts report over £4m in cash or cash equivalent at hand
“Key” Personnel costing £320k
But no information on who is ‘key’
A CEO on £140k+
2025 report states that the CEO earns £135-140k and is the highest earner in the trust. This is in the £140-149k bracket currently.
Your child might not get a free lunch, but SLT do!
SLT members get an allowance of £5 per day for a free meal. But, the staff cooking, preparing and serving the food are told they would rather they throw away any leftover food than let them have it. No one else gets this, not teachers, caretakers, admin staff or anyone else…
This costs £9750 per school year - for the highest paid staff to be getting a free lunch is an insult to workers who earn barely more than the SLT lunch budget.
At the same time, the school is bleating poverty, with several million pound in reserves, a CEO on a pay of close to or more than all the catering staff put together!
Enough is enough.
How can you support?
As a parent/carer we would love to hear your views on the school’s proposal.
Please email traffordbranch@neu.org.uk with Subject “AC Strike” with your comments and support for those who are affected by this.
Please also considering writing to the MP for the area: Connor Rand MP - connor.rand.mp@parliament.uk who is also a Governor of the school.