The exams regulator has appointed its deputy chair to lead its board while a permanent chair is found.
Frances Wadsworth, a former teacher and college principal, will become Ofqual’s interim chair on January 1. She will be in post for “up to 12 months” while a successor to Sir Ian Bauckham is found.
Last month it was announced that Bauckham will move from the Ofqual chair role to interim chief regulator, replacing Jo Saxton who becomes chief executive of UCAS next month.
This leaves the permanent roles of both chair and chief regulator at Ofqual vacant.
