Sir Ian Bauckham will become interim chief regulator of Ofqual from January, the organisation has announced.
The academy trust boss, who currently chairs the regulator, will take over for a 12 month period after Dr Jo Saxton leaves to become head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
Bauckham will stand down both as Ofqual chair and chief executive of Tenax Schools Academy Trust, which he has led since 2015, to take up the new role. He will remain in his role as chair of the Oak National Academy.
Education secretary Gillian Keegan announced last month that the next boss of Ofqual would serve in an interim capacity for a year because of “the challenge of recruiting an experienced suitable candidate to such a high profile and a challenging role on a short-term basis”.
