Ofsted said Eleanor Schooling, who has led Islington’s children’s services since March 2009, will join the organisation on secondment in September for a four-month period prior to retiring at Christmas.
Ofsted’s chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw said: “We look forward to welcoming Eleanor to Ofsted as interim director of social care.
“She has a wealth of experience working as a highly regarded director of children’s services which will be of huge benefit to Ofsted and the social care services we inspect.”
Schooling said: “I want inspection to be good for children and I look forward to working with Ofsted on that aspect of the role.”
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