Nick Brook, the current deputy general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, has announced he will step down from the role in March.
Brook has been appointed chief executive of social mobility charity Speakers for Schools. He will retain his role as chair of the Department for Education’s (DfE) strategic tutoring advisory group.
The former primary school teacher had been in the NAHT post for more than six years.
He had also previously worked as a senior civil servant for government departments including Ofsted, the Home Office and the Training and Development Agency for Schools.
Commenting on the announcement, Brook said: “It is a huge privilege to be appointed as Chief Executive of Speakers for Schools, an organisation whose mission I care deeply about.
