1/ Oh look another academy scandal,
School to be handed to trust founded by Lord Nash, former academy minister who was Chair of the British Venture Capitalist Association https://twitter.com/antiacademies/status/1335900770374443009

2/ Lord Nash is on the board for the Conservative think tank Centre for Policy Studies.
So former venture capitalist turned unelected Academies minister involved in a think tank that supported academies whilst also running his own chain of academies
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nash,_Baron_Nash

3/ Incase you were wondering Lord Nash was replaced by Lord Agnew, a venture capitalist on the board of conservative think tank Policy Exchange who supported academies, he set up the controversial Inspiration MAT before becoming Academies minister.

4/ After being a non exec board member of DfE and Chair of its academy board whilst running a MAT he was awarded a peerage for his services to education and made Academies Minister, he has now joined the Cabinet Office
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Agnew,_Baron_Agnew_of_Oulton

5/ If you want to know Agnews vision for your children's education then look at what his team of cost cutters were telling schools to do before his promotion. https://schoolsweek.co.uk/limit-pupils-lunch-portions-to-save-money-say-agnews-cost-cutting-advisers/

6/ Great game here, take an academy trust and Google its name with the addition of "scandal"

But you know everytime I point out the conflicts of interest those who support academies accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist

7/ I think the real question is, has there been any political advisors in the DfE who haven't directly benefited from their own policies?