The head of an academy chain renowned for strict discipline and high rates of suspensions is in line to be Ofsted’s next chief inspector – dashing hopes pressure on school leaders may ease after the death of a headteacher whose school was downgraded.
Sir Martyn Oliver, the chief executive of the Outwood Grange academies trust (OGAT), is reported to have been nominated as the next chief inspector of schools and children’s services in England, to take over from Amanda Spielman in January.
