Lee Owston has been named as the next national director for education at Ofsted.
The current deputy director for schools and education will take over when Chris Russell retires at the end of the year.
FE Week reported in September that Russell would retire after 17 years at Ofsted, and two in the national director role.
Owston, who has worked at the watchdog since 2013, temporarily served as national director of education for “several months” earlier this year, Ofsted said.
Since joining the inspectorate as an HMI, he has taken on several roles in the organisation, including as deputy director of schools inspection improvement.
