New commissioner aims to “challenge all schools to perform better”
06 January 2016
A new National Schools Commissioner has been appointed by the Department for Education.
Sir David Carter, currently the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) for the South West, will take up his post at the end of January 2016, succeeding Frank Green, the current Schools Commissioner.
Sir David will play a key role in the government’s education reforms, leading the team of 8 RSCs to tackle underperformance in schools across the country. This will include:
- Improving the performance of underperforming academies and free schools
- Intervening in failing and coasting local authority schools
- Supporting the creation of new academies and free schools
- Recruiting high-quality academy sponsors.
Sir David Carter previously worked as the CEO of the Cabot Learning Federation, one of the first multi-academy trusts in the country.