Sir Martyn Oliver has the “integrity and steel” to take on the job of Ofsted chief inspector, Amanda Spielman has said.
The current boss is due to hand over to Oliver at the end of this year, and told the ResearchED annual conference in London this morning she was “very optimistic about his tenure”.
Oliver, the chief executive of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, was a fierce critic of Spielman’s new inspection framework in 2020, but softened his stance when he appeared in front of MPs this week.
The new approach increased the focus of inspections on the quality of education rather that pupil outcomes.
