{"id":88540,"date":"2018-01-31T14:53:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=04626d09ad3e1e206d174893843ce2b4"},"modified":"2018-01-31T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:53:21","slug":"news-story-new-members-announced-for-ofsted-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=88540","title":{"rendered":"News story: New members announced for Ofsted board"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dame Kathryn August and Pamela Scriven QC have been appointed to serve on the Ofsted Board for 3 years. John Hughes has been re-appointed to serve for an additional 3 years. Linda Farrant and Paul Snell\u2019s terms on the Ofsted board have ended today.<\/p>\n

Julius Weinberg, chair of the Ofsted board said:<\/p>\n

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I have encountered great pride and professionalism every day since I joined Ofsted. It is made up of people who
\nwant to make a positive difference to children\u2019s lives and help give them a better future.<\/p>\n

So I am delighted to welcome Kathryn and Pamela to the Ofsted board, and I am sure their individual expertise
\nand experience will be hugely valuable to the organisation. I am also pleased that John is staying on.<\/p>\n

I would like to wish Linda and Paul all the best after they leave. I\u2019m grateful for the huge contributions they have
\nall made to the Ofsted board.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Below is some further information on the board members:<\/p>\n

Dame Kathryn August<\/h4>\n

An education consultant, former head teacher, Ofsted Inspector and National Leader of Education, Dame Kathryn August will bring extensive experience of secondary education and a clear understanding of academies and multi-academy trusts to the board.<\/p>\n

Pamela Scriven QC<\/h4>\n

A QC with extensive experience as a lawyer, Pamela Scriven has significant social care and safeguarding expertise and has had a number of board level roles in her professional life.<\/p>\n

John Hughes<\/h4>\n

A former BP executive with a background in risk management and strategy, John Hughes also previously worked as an FE College lecturer, a teacher and head of physics at a secondary school in London.<\/p>\n

Ofsted\u2019s board is chaired by Professor Julius Weinberg and also includes John Cridland CBE, James Kempton and Venessa Willms OBE alongside HM Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman.<\/p>\n

Further information<\/h4>\n

The appointments were conducted and agreed in accordance with the Code of Practice issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) and were made on merit; political activity played no part in the decision-making process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations and the code of practice, there is a requirement for appointees\u2019 political activity (if any declared) and other information, to be made public.<\/p>\n

The details of the application process and job description were published online and the essential criteria were:<\/p>\n

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  • The ability to think strategically and to contribute to strategic development in different contexts;<\/li>\n
  • High level management and\/or board experience in the public, voluntary or private sectors;<\/li>\n
  • The ability to build effective relationships at high levels and\/or between organisations;<\/li>\n
  • A commitment to Ofsted as an inspectorate and regulator, and its role in improving standards in education, children\u2019s services and skills; and<\/li>\n
  • Significant expertise and\/or experience working at a senior level in children\u2019s social care, including child protection, further education, and\/or financial management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The desirable criteria were:<\/p>\n

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    • Experience or expertise in the maintained secondary school sector; and<\/li>\n
    • Experience or expertise in information technology and knowledge management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The roles are remunerated at \u00a38,282 per annum, based on 20 days\u2019 work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Department for Education has today (31 January) announced two new appointments and a re-appointment to the Ofsted board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}