Nursery World - Multi-academy trust CEO in line for Ofsted chief inspector role

Sir Martyn Oliver has been recommended as the new chief inspector of Ofsted by the education secretary, replacing Amanda Spielman in January.

Sir Martyn Oliver is tipped to become the new Ofsted chief inspector in January, PHOTO: GOV.UK

Sir Martyn has been selected as the preferred candidate to replace the current chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, whose term finishes at the end of December.

According to the Department for Education, he has been chosen as the preferred candidate due to his ‘successful track record and experience on the front-line of education.’

Sir Martyn, who is currently the chief executive of Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT), a growing multi-academy trust in the North of England, will now be subject to a pre-appointment hearing conducted by the Education Select Committee in September.

Also a trustee of the Education Endowment Foundation and the National Institute of Teaching, he was knighted in 2022 in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for improving the education of thousands of children.

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