A former education adviser to Labour’s Sir Tony Blair is among three new faces to join the new permanent board of Oak National Academy.
The trio join four others who have sat on the interim board since in place after the curriculum quango was set up as an arms-length government body in autumn 2022.
The appointees include Conor Ryan, who was a senior specialist education adviser to Labour working for former education secretary Lord Blunkett and ex-prime minister Blair.
Most recently, he was director of external relations at the Office for Students until last year. He was also research and communications director at The Sutton Trust charity.
