Ofsted board names Sir Hamid Patel as interim chair
Patel, who has been a member of the Ofsted board since 2019, will serve for a period of up to five months until a new substantive chair is appointed

Ofsted has announced the appointment of Sir Hamid Patel as the new interim chair of its board until a successor is found for Dame Christine Ryan, who announced in November 2024 that she would be stepping down this year.