The permanent chief executive of the government’s “flagship” National Institute of Teaching has been revealed.
The institute’s founding CEO, Melanie Renowden, has been handed the permanent role, Tes understands.
Ms Renowden will start her new role in September when the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) launches.
The DfE has said the NIoT will be “England’s flagship teacher training and development provider”, designed to show “exemplary delivery of the government’s ambitious reforms”.
Teacher training: boss of new National Institute of Teaching named
The £121 million government institute is set to deliver the Early Career Framework, initial teacher training, National Professional Qualifications and the National Leaders of Education programmes.
Sir Dan Moynihan, NIoT chair, said that Ms Renowden is “an outstanding education professional” and the “perfect person to lead” the NIoT “to success”.
He added: “She has done a great job since her appointment as founding chief executive, and her appointment follows an open and competitive recruitment process that attracted a strong field of candidates.”
Ms Renowden said she felt “very privileged” to be leading an organisation that “has the potential to do so much good”.
She said the institute “will build a bridge between evidence and education practice” and play “a central role in nurturing the talents of teachers and leaders at all stages of their careers, so they can provide children with the exemplary education they deserve”.
Just last month, Dame Rachel de Souza was appointed as a director at the School-Led Development Trust (SLDT), which was handed the contract for the NIoT .
The SLDT is made up of four multi-academy trusts: Harris Federation, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, Oasis Community Learning and Star Academies.
