Further eleven deputy directors announced
Every regional schools commissioner (RSC) will now have two deputy directors, as the full details of the government’s plan to expand academies management emerge.
Eight senior civil servants from the education sector have already been announced to help run regional schools commissioner offices. However another 11 deputy directors will now support RSCs appointed from within the Department for Education.
Five will be deputy directors already working in the government’s academies group, while the remaining six will be civil servants picked from elsewhere in the department.
It is expected that each region will have two deputy directors, with one recruited externally and one appointed internally.
In a statement, the DfE said: “As more schools choose to convert to academy status and struggling schools become academies with the support of a strong sponsor, it is important RSCs have the right resources to build system capacity and hold schools to account for their performance.
“We are externally recruiting up eight senior leaders at deputy director level to support that work. Alongside this they will be supported by existing civil servants who will transfer from the department and across Whitehall.”
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