Matt Hood is set to leave his role as CEO of Oak National Academy, less than a year after taking the job on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the online school’s co-founders during Covid, Hood had acted as interim chief executive since it\u00a0controversially became an arm\u2019s-length public body in 2022<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following a year-long recruitment process, it was confirmed he had been appointed to the \u00a3120,000-per-year permanent position by the Department for Education last May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But now, it is understood Hood is set to step down in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schools Week <\/em>revealed in November that a judicial review of the decision to turn the\u00a0Oak National Academy<\/a>\u00a0into a government quango has been put on hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The British Education Suppliers Association, the Publishers Association and the Society of Authors\u00a0say the online lesson provider would pose an \u201cexistential risk\u201d to their sector, and that it amounted to an \u201cunlawful state subsidy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the academy is well-used by schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n