Department for Education non-executive appointments

Information about non-executive appointments to the Department for Education’s public bodies.

December 2021

Further Education Commissioner: deputy commissioners

Frances Wadsworth, Meredydd David, Martin Sim, Andrew Tyley and Steve Hutchinson have been reappointed as Deputy Further Education Commissioners from 1 January 2022. Frances Wadsworth’s reappointment term will end on 30 April 2023. Meredydd David and Martin Sim’s terms will end on 31 August 2023. Andrew Tyley and Steve Hutchinson’s terms will end 30 September on 2023.

Nigel Duncan has had his appointment by exception extended for six months, to provide consistency for, and allow for completion of, ongoing projects. His appointment will end on 30 June 2022.

Remuneration is £700 per day for up to 200 days per year.

Frances Wadsworth has declared the following interests:

• Deputy Chair of Ofqual Board
• Lay member of Thames Valley Advisory to the Magistracy

Andrew Tyley has declared the following interests:

• Directorship of Tyley Associates Limited

Meredydd David has declared the following interests:

• Vice Chair of the University of Chester

Nigel Duncan, Martin Sim and Steve Hutchinson have not declared any interests.

None of the Deputy FE Commissioners have declared any political activity.

The Further Education Commissioner’s team works with FE colleges to improve their quality and financial resilience. The appointments are made by the Secretary of State for Education.

Ofqual: chair

Ian Bauckham CBE has been appointed as chair of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). He will serve from 1 January 2022 for a period of 3 years.

Remuneration is £55,120 per annum for a time commitment of 2 days per week.

Ian Bauckham has declared the following interests:

• CEO and trustee Tenax Schools Trust (company number 07542155)
• trustee of Confederation of School Trusts (charity number 1107640)
• trustee of Sabre Education (charity number 1105489)
• trustee of Association of School and College Leaders (trade union)

He has not declared any political activity.

Ofqual is a non-ministerial government department that regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England. The appointment is made by the Secretary of State for Education.

Office for Students: ordinary member

The Secretary of State for Education has reappointed Elizabeth Fagan to the board of the Office for Students (OfS) as an ordinary member for 3 years, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024.

Remuneration is £9,180 per annum for an estimated time commitment of 20 days.

This appointment has been made under Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1)(d) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, which permits the appointment of up to 12 ordinary or non-executive OfS board members.

The register of interests of board members is published on the Office for Students website. Elizabeth has not declared any political activity.

The OfS is a non-departmental public body and has a remit to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and career.

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Details

Details about appointments made to the department’s public bodies. Details include start dates of appointments, end dates or duration of appointments, time commitment, remuneration, political activity and other interests declared by appointees.

A public appointment is generally a ministerial appointment to the board of a public body or advisory committee.

Public bodies across the UK deliver important and essential public services. This includes large public bodies overseen by boards of directors and small, advisory committees made up of lay members, experts and specialists.

An appointee to the board of a public body will often be involved in:

• providing direction and leadership – this includes setting the organisation’s strategy, agreeing business plans to deliver the strategy and recruiting key staff
• holding senior staff to account – this includes holding managers to account on how the body is managed, how business plans are delivered and how the budget is spent
• representing the work and views of the body – this might be to ministers, parliamentarians, key stakeholders and the wider public

Those appointed to advisory bodies provide independent, expert advice to government departments and ministers on specific issues.

A public appointment could give you a chance to:

• give something back and contribute your expertise to help the community and influence decisions that affect everyone’s lives
• return from a career break
• meet people from all walks of life who also want to make a difference
• develop your career, gain board experience and improve your skills

Public appointments are made in accordance with the Cabinet Office Governance Code for Public Appointments. Regulation is carried out by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the decision making process.

For further information on non-executive appointments, please contact [email protected].

The Department for Education’s public bodies include:

• Adoption Special Guardianship Leadership Board
• Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
• Children’s Commissioner for England
• Construction Industry Training Board
• Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
• Film Industry Training Board
• Further Education Commissioner’s Office
• Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
• Independent Assessors for Student Finance, Appeals and Complaints
• LocatEd
• Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation
• Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills
• Office for Students
• School Teachers’ Review Body
• Social Mobility Commission
• Social Work England
• Student Loans Company Ltd

Published 1 May 2018
Last updated 30 December 2021 – hide all updates

1. 30 December 2021Added information about December 2021 updates to panellists of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
2. 29 December 2021Added ‘Further Education Commissioner: deputy commissioners’ appointments.
3. 15 December 2021Added reappointment of Ann Harris as board member for Social Work England.
4. 9 December 2021Added appointment of Ian Bauckham as chair of Ofqual.
5. 2 December 2021Added reappointment of Elizabeth Fagan to the board of the Office for Students as an ordinary member.
6. 26 November 2021Updated ‘Appointments made: April 2021 to March 2022’ with the latest appointment to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
7. 19 November 2021Updated ‘Appointments made: April 2021 to March 2022’ with the latest appointments to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
8. 5 November 2021Amended the latest ‘Social Work England: board members’ appointment update.
9. 13 October 2021Updated ‘Appointments made: April 2021 to March 2022’ with latest Social Work England board member appointments.
10. 7 October 2021Added the appointment of Dr Jo Saxton as Chief Regulator of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). She will serve from 18 September 2021 for a period of 5 years.
11. 30 September 2021Added reappointment of Martha Longdon to the board of the Office for Students (OfS) as a ‘student experience’ board member for 15 months from 1 October 2021 to 31 December 2022.
12. 22 September 2021Added a term extension announcement for deputy commissioners Frances Wadsworth, Meredydd David, Martin Sim, Andrew Tyley and Steve Hutchinson until 31 December 2021.
13. 5 August 2021Updated December 2020, Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board: Chair appointment details. From the 19 July 2021 the time commitment increased from 40 days to 60 days per year.
14. 4 August 2021Added appointment of Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE as Chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education board.
15. 2 August 2021Added an announcement on appointments and reappointments of student finance appeals and complaints independent assessors.
16. 15 July 2021Added appointments and reappointments for School Teachers’ Review Body to ‘Appointments made: April 2021 to March 2022’.
17. 18 June 2021Added the reappointment of Lynda Armstrong as Chair of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board.
18. 7 June 2021Updated the remuneration for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman in the May 2021 reappointment announcment.
19. 4 June 2021Added reappointment announcement for Child Safeguarding Practice Review panel members.
20. 27 May 2021Added an announcement about the reappointment of Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Ofsted.
21. 21 May 2021Added an announcement on reappointments of student finance appeals and complaints independent assessors.
22. 17 May 2021Added an announcement on reappointments to the Social Work England board.
23. 19 April 2021Added the reappointment of LocatED Chair to ‘Appointments made: April 2021 to March 2022’.
24. 6 April 2021Added FE commissioner and interim FE commissioner appointments in ‘Appointments made: April 2021 to March 2022’.
25. 8 March 2021Added Ofqual board members updates for Delroy Beverley, Lesley Davies and Ian Bauckham to March 2021.
26. 26 February 2021Added the reappointment of LocatED Board Members Philip Ellis, Julian Rudd-Jones and Caroline Tolhurst to to ‘Appointments made: April 2020 to March 2021’.
27. 9 February 2021Added the appointment Lord Wharton of Yarm, James Wharton, as Chair of the Office for Students.
28. 22 January 2021Added appointment of Krish Kandiah as Chair of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board
29. 20 January 2021Added Pamela Scriven’s extended term on the Board of Ofsted to ‘Appointments made: April 2020 to March 2021’.
30. 18 January 2021Added the appointment of Nigel Duncan as interim Deputy FE Commissioner.
31. 11 January 2021Removed a line from the interests list of Ofqual Interim Chair Ian Bauckham.
32. 22 December 2020Added December 2020 appointments to the Student Loans Company board.
33. 18 December 2020Added announcement about the appointment of Rachel de Souza as Children’s Commissioner for England to ‘Appointments made: April 2020 to March 2021’.
34. 15 December 2020Added the appointment of Ian Bauckham as Interim Chair of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) to ‘Appointments made: April 2020 to March 2021’.
35. 14 December 2020Added the appointment of Lord Patel of Bradford as Chair of Social Work England.
36. 9 December 2020Added appointment for Annie Hudson as Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
37. 20 October 2020Added October 2020 appointments to the Student Loans Company board.
38. 15 October 2020Added appointments information for October 2020.
39. 21 September 2020Added announcement about the reappointment of non-executive board members for the Office for Students.
40. 6 August 2020Added the extension of the Further Education Commissioner appointment to ‘Appointments made: April 2020 to March 2021’.
41. 10 July 2020Added announcement about the Social Mobility Commission interim chairs.
42. 10 July 2020Added announcement about the appointment of a new Chair of Ofsted.
43. 6 July 2020Added July 2020 announcement of ‘Ofqual: board members’ appointments and reappointments.
44. 2 July 2020Added Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) appointment information for June 2020.
45. 15 June 2020Added announcement of Chris Claypole’s reappointment as trustee of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) to ‘Appointments made: April 2020 to March 2021’.
46. 8 June 2020Added LocatEd chair and board member appointment information.
47. 5 June 2020Added the extension of 5 Deputy Further Education Commissioner appointments.
48. 5 June 2020Added LocatEd chair and board member appointment information.
49. 4 June 2020Added Ofqual board member appointment information.
50. 1 June 2020Added School Teachers’ Review Body chair and board members appointment information.
51. 20 May 2020Added information about ECITB trustees appointments to April 2020 to March 2021.
52. 13 May 2020Added appointment of Karen Manners as interim chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
53. 16 March 2020Added appointment of Peter Lauener to chair of the Student Loans Company.
54. 13 March 2020Added announcement about Professor Julius Weinberg’s extension as chair of Ofsted.
55. 26 February 2020Updated list of Department for Education’s public bodies.
56. 31 January 2020Added the ‘Student Loans Company: Interim Chair’ appointment.
57. 5 November 2019Added Further Education Commissioner appointment.
58. 1 November 2019Updated appointments for November 2019.
59. 10 September 2019Added Ofqual board member appointment.
60. 22 July 2019Added July 2019 appointments for Ofqual board members and chair, Oftsed board membership, the School Teachers’ Review Body and Social Work England.
61. 11 July 2019Added information about changes to the role of chair for the Social Mobility Commission.
62. 6 June 2019Updated appointments for May 2019.
63. 15 May 2019Updated appointments for February 2019.
64. 23 April 2019Added appointments for April 2019 to March 2020.
65. 11 March 2019Updated appointments for January and February 2019.
66. 18 February 2019Updated appointments for January 2019.
67. 31 January 2019Added appointments for January 2019.
68. 21 December 2018Added appointments for November 2018.
69. 29 November 2018Added appointments for October 2018.
70. 23 October 2018Added September 2018 appointments of independent assessors for student loans complaints and appeals.
71. 28 September 2018Added ‘Social Work England: board members’ announcement.
72. 27 September 2018Added Martha Longdon, Office for Students ‘student experience’ board member.
73. 18 September 2018Added ‘Office for Students: Independent Statutory Reviewer’ announcement.
74. 10 September 2018Added the ‘Appointments to the School Teachers’ Review Body’ to September 2018.
75. 13 August 2018Announced the appointment of new members to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
76. 17 July 2018Added ‘Office for Students: Interim Statutory Reviewer on Access and Participation Plans’ announcement.
77. 16 July 2018Announced new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission.
78. 13 July 2018Added information about the extension of the Interim Student Experience Board member role for the Office for Students.
79. 8 June 2018Added information about the Chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
80. 14 May 2018Announced the appointment of new members to the Institute for Apprenticeships board.
81. 1 May 2018First published.