THE National Union of Teachers (NUT) condemned the appointment of academy chain trustee David Hoare as Ofsted chairman yesterday as the latest “politicisation of school inspection.”

Mr Hoare currently sits on the board of the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) — one of England’s biggest chains and runs over 70 schools. 

And Tory Education Secretary Morgan said that the “proven business leader” fits the job because of his “work with academies across the country.”