A permanent boss at the government’s curriculum quango has yet to be appointed, a year after the recruitment process began.
Applications to head up Oak National Academy closed on April 6 last year. Interviews were scheduled for June but no announcement has been made.
Matt Hood, Oak co-founder, has acted as interim chief executive since it controversially became an arm’s-length public body in 2022. Hood has applied for the permanent role.
The Department for Education, which is running the recruitment round, said this week that a chief executive would be announced shortly, but did not comment on why it was taking so long.
