Nottinghamshire County Council will hire a new member of staff to clear a two-year backlog of applications from schools wanting to become academies. There are currently 22 schools waiting in the pipeline after a surge of interest. A £36,000-a-year project manager will now be temporarily hired by the council to oversee the conversions, which are often legally complicated. They will liaise with the schools and trusts involved, as well as working across council departments to clear any hurdles. The county council will also look at charging the schools involved more in order to add additional staf…
