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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

‘Teaching is deeply personal’: Ofsted’s new chief on inspections and schools’ struggles

Sir Martyn Oliver, the incoming Ofsted chief inspector, at Haxby Road primary academy in York.
Sir Martyn Oliver, the incoming Ofsted chief inspector, at Haxby Road primary academy in York. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Turning around some of the toughest schools in England is the ideal preparation to become Ofsted’s chief inspector when schools are still struggling after the Covid crisis, according to Sir Martyn Oliver.

With 28 years as a teacher and school leader behind him before being appointed to lead Ofsted, Oliver has spent the past 14 years of that time as headteacher and chief executive with the Outwood Grange academies trust, which runs 41 primary and secondary academies in the Midlands and north of England.

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