Ms Smith, currently director of children's services for the charity Barnardo's in the UK, struggled as a lone parent in the 1970s and worked with others in the same situation to found a community nursery in Keighley, West Yorkshire. She went on to work with Gingerbread as a daycare development officer responsible for providing advice and support to more than 30 childcare services before becoming head of children's services at Manchester City Council.
She will join Ofsted on 1 March. The Directorate takes over responsibility for regulation of all childcare services in England from local authorities in September, when an estimated 1,400 registration and inspection officers and administrative staff transfer to Ofsted.
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