What the rebranding of RSCs means for you

One of the changes in the recent schools’ white paper that was rolled out with very little fanfare was the introduction of Regional Directors who took over from Regional Schools Commissioners on July 1.
 
On the surface, not much seems to have changed. Previously, there were eight regions and now there are nine which line up with the government’s nine regions and those of Ofsted. All of the RSCs became RDs and one more was added. London has become its own region rather than the slightly odd arrangement where it was split into four and each quarter was part of another region.