Martyn Oliver, chief executive of Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT), has been recommended as a replacement for current chief inspector Amanda Spielman, who will step down from the post at the end of the year.
Giving evidence to the education select committee ahead of his expected appointment, Oliver told cross-party MPs that a focus on school attendance was necessary to improve outcomes for the most disadvantaged pupils.
Asked by Conservative MP for Meon Valley Flick Drummond how he would go about improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, Oliver said: “I desperately need Ofsted to do a thematic dive into attendance.”
He cited the current heatwave as having a potential impact on attendance as pupils return to classrooms as well as closures over concerns around dangerous concrete present in some schools.
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