Matt Hood, the co-founder and chief executive of Oak National Academy, is to set to leave his role, Tes understands.
Mr Hood has led Oak since its creation during the Covid pandemic and was appointed as the organisation’s chief executive last year by the Department for Education.
He had previously been its interim chief executive when Oak was relaunched by the government in September 2022 as an independent arm’s-length body.
Before Oak was launched, Mr Hood co-founded Ambition Institute, a charity that provides professional development to teachers and school leaders, and was a founding trustee at The Brilliant Club, a charity that helps less advantaged students get into top universities.
Matt Hood to step down at Oak National Academy
He was appointed OBE for services to education in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The Oak platform was initially created in 2020 to deliver remote lessons and online learning for pupils and schools during the pandemic lockdowns.
The curriculum resources quango is currently working towards completing new plans and resources for the entire national curriculum by autumn 2025.
Tes revealed last year that Oak had missed its goal to release full curriculum packages for all subjects by this summer.
A judicial review into the decision to turn Oak into a government quango was put on hold until later this year.
Tes revealed last year that education secretary Bridget Phillipson had offered a package of reforms to the claimants challenging Oak in the judicial review, which included a commitment to reducing funding for the organisation.
An independent review assessing Oak’s “efficacy” as a public body is currently ongoing, with findings due to be published early this year.
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