Good luck to him but Im surprised at the knighthood rather than an OBE/MBE etc as it does seem rather unusual? Hes not exactly at the end of his career either. Also surprised to hear Lord Harris state his impact on Harris Federation. However hes only been in the job for a few months but the suggestion seems to be he's been doing it for longer ie whilst he was still in the headteacher post. Again that could have been my reading things wrongly but thats a little concerning if that was the case.

A cynic might suggest that the government was extra keen to draw attention to those promoters of its academy programme. But of course that wouldnt be me.