Nursery World - New Ofsted chief selected

A founder of one of the country’s top academy chains has been chosen as the next Ofsted chief inspector.

In a move that has attracted criticism from teaching unions, Amanda Spielman was selected for the top role on Friday.

Ms Spielman, chair of exams regulator Ofqual, has never worked as a teacher.

The Department for Education said she had been selected for her ‘impressive breadth of experience across the education sector’.

This includes having helped oversee GCSE and A-level reform and co-founded Ark, now a multi-academy trust which runs 34 academies, and which the DfE credits with having ‘transformed some of the most underperforming schools in the country’.

She was officially named by education secretary Nicky Morgan, who said, ‘I am delighted to recommend Amanda Spielman as Chief Inspector.

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