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The multi-academy trusts that raised their top salaries despiteÌýbeing challenged by the government overÌýhigh pay can be revealed today.

In February 2018, the Education, Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA) to 87 multi-academy trusts that paid their top earnersÌý£150,000 or moreÌýin the 2016-17 academic year, asking them to justify their pay levels.

Tes has now looked at theÌý61 published sets ofÌýaccounts from the trusts that were targeted by the ESFA, to establish if any changes have been made.

Exclusive: 1/3 of MATs raised top salariesÌýdespite DfE pay probe

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The accountsÌýshow that more than a third (38 per cent) of these trusts gave their top earners a pay rise in 2018-19, with an average salary increaseÌýof up toÌý£17,482.

And three-quarters of the 61ÌýMATs were still paying at least one member of staff more than £150,000 last year.

The table below shows all the trusts that increased their top salaries between 2017-18 and 2018-19.