Former Downing Street policy adviser Rory Gribbell is set to become special adviser to new education secretary Kit Malthouse, replacing Mark Lehain, Schools Week has learned.
Gribbell, a Teach First alumnus, had been leading on education policy in the Number 10 policy unit since August 2020, but was fired when Liz Truss took over as prime minister last week.
Schools Week understands he is now set to be appointed as Malthouse’s policy special adviser (SpAd).
However it is understood Gribbell’s appointment is still awaiting Downing Street approval, and new prime minister Liz Truss has overseen a clear-out of her predecessor Boris Johnson’s aides.
