Webinar
Executive pay in school trusts: The governance imperative
Recorded: 21st October 2026
Duration: 30 minutes
Executive pay is under greater scrutiny, and school trusts need to be ready to explain and defend the decisions they make.
Join Samira Sadeghi from the Confederation of School Trusts, Emma Hughes from Browne Jacobson, and Jennie Jakubowski from Brightmine as they explore what the changing landscape means for school trusts.
Discover how better evidence, stronger governance and meaningful benchmarking can help your trust approach executive pay decisions with greater confidence.
Key highlights include:
- Samira explaining why robust benchmarking and evidence-based decision-making matter.
- Emma tackling frequently asked questions about Department for Education (DfE) approval, executive pay policies and defensible decision-making.
- Jennie sharing insights from Brightmine’s latest salary benchmarking data.
- A sneak peek at the Brightmine Compensation Planning platform and data.
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About the speakers
Jennie Jakubowski
Data Operations Manager at Brightmine
Jennie Jakubowski is the Data Operations Manager at Brightmine, with over 25 years of experience in reward data and analytics. She leads all core data operations and oversees bespoke reporting, including executive pay benchmarking, job matching, and the development of pay grading structures.
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