{"id":234889,"date":"2025-09-18T17:16:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/?p=234889"},"modified":"2025-09-18T20:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:08:02","slug":"former-ocr-boss-among-new-ofqual-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/former-ocr-boss-among-new-ofqual-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Former OCR boss among new Ofqual board members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The former chief executive of exam board OCR, Jill Duffy, is among four new appointments to the Ofqual board, the Department for Education has announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another newcomer is Conor Ryan \u2013 who also serves on the board of Oak National Academy alongside Ofqual\u2019s chief executive Sir Ian Bauckham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conor Ryan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Duffy stood down from OCR earlier this year after seven years at the helm. Her declared interests show she is also governor of Oxford Brookes University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ofqual regulates exam boards and fined OCR twice in 2018 over GCSE failures. The exam board had to pay out \u00a3175,000<\/a> after an incorrect question about Romeo and Juliet on a GCSE English literature paper that affected nearly 3,000 pupils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OCR also shelled out another \u00a3125,000 after partial answers to GCSE computing exam questions were found in textbooks it had endorsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan will join Hardip Begol to become the second Ofqual board member from Oak, which provides online curriculum resources for teachers. Bauckham is also chair of Oak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan is also a member of the Labour party and was a special adviser to the Tony Blair\u2019s government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other two new appointments are Kurt Hintz, interim principal and CEO of Petroc College, and Andrea Rigamonti, the former CFO at Videndum PLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They will both serve from October, while Ryan will serve from November and Duffy from January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appointments last for three years and board members will be paid \u00a39,000 per annum for around 20 days’ work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six existing Ofqual board members were also reappointed earlier this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include Chris Paterson, acting co-CEO of Education Endowment Foundation and a trustee at Ormiston Academies Trust, and Cindy Leslie, who holds various trustee positions. Both were reappointed from July for three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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