The incoming Ofsted chief inspector has been accused of misleading MPs over claims exclusion rates in his turnaround trust’s schools were “lower than most” in the areas they work.
Analysis by Schools Week found Outwood Grange Academies Trust’s secondaries excluded twice as many pupils as other schools in some of their regions.
The trust’s chief executive, Sir Martyn Oliver, made the comments to the education committee earlier this month at a pre-appointment hearing. The committee later endorsed him for the top job.
Frank Norris, an education adviser at the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, said the comments “could be viewed by members of the committee to have been misleading and those statements were relied upon by those who voted that he was indeed appropriate to appoint”.
