Not exact matches
Nicky Butt became the
head of the
Academy, made many changes this summer and brought in a new U18 coach, Kieran McKenna, who has done well with his current crop of stars.
After Ed Woodward promised United's investors that he would oversee a restructuring over how talent is brought through and developed in his quarterly call last week, as per Manchester Evening News, former midfielder
Nicky Butt — one of the six famous former players who emerged into the first - team from the youth ranks in the mid-90s alongside David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville — has been appointed as the new
head of the
academy at their Carrington training base.
Whilst many were quick to judge the
Academy as a failure, without looking at facts or the work that has been done at the lower levels, the bigger picture tells you a lot about what United and
Nicky Butt, the
head of the
Academy, have don... Read more
Wilshaw has reportedly expressed these views in a letter to Education Secretary
Nicky Morgan, which condemned the fact that many
academy heads are paid huge salaries while pupils are left with poor results.
Nicky Morgan has overruled one of her regional schools commissioners who told a council boss not to meet with
academy heads over standards in their schools.
But in a letter to
Nicky Morgan, Sir Michael, a former
academy head teacher, said problems at these multi-
academy trusts often replicated those of the worst local councils, and were leading to poor results for too many pupils, particularly disadvantaged ones.