The country’s best-paid academy boss has been handed another pay rise – boosting his salary to at least £420,000. It marks another salary increase for Sir Dan Moynihan, chief executive of the Harris Federation, who was paid at least £395,000 in 2015. New annual accounts published by the trust, which runs 40 schools, show another seven staff members are also more than prime minister Theresa May’s £143,462 salary. The pay rise will prompt concern from academy critics, and also comes while teacher pay rises are capped at just 1 per cent. Schools Week has previously revealed how salaries for some academy bosses soared in 2015. Toby Salt, chief executive of Ormiston Academies Trust, had been given a £30,000 rise, boosting his salary to at least £180,000. Ormiston annual accounts for the 2016 year show Salt, who will leave to join exam board AQA later this year, is now paid between £205,000 and £210,000. …Harris also had 8 people on 160k-plus, ie higher than PM,in 2015-16. Don’t think any other chain in this position:https://t.co/KBeVNmsSsN — Warwick Mansell (@warwickmansell) February 2, 2017 Harris accounts stated the pay of senior staff, including Moynihan, is set by a remuneration committee, which includes Lord Harris, chair…http://schoolsweek.co.uk/harris-federation-bosss-salary-reaches-420000-after-latest-pay-rise/