{"id":243505,"date":"2026-03-19T17:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/?p=243505"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:41:12","slug":"more-dfe-change-as-new-regional-director-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/more-dfe-change-as-new-regional-director-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"More DfE change as new regional director revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A former children\u2019s services boss has been appointed the Department for Education\u2019s regional director for the east Midlands.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigel Minns has moved into the role this month<\/a>, having spent the last eight years working for Warwickshire council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the latest in a string of recent changes to the department\u2019s regions group during a time of major reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing for the Association of Directors of Children\u2019s Services (ADCS) earlier this year<\/a>, Minns said: \u201cBeing a DCS has been the greatest privilege of my career and has become a part of my identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minns started his career as a primary school teacher, before working with the regional schools commissioner’s office as an external deputy director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nigel Minns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He was most recently Warwickshire\u2019s director of children\u2019s services. He also held a national role with the ADCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minns will replace Carol Gray, who was regional director for five years before retiring in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes after Schools Week<\/em> revealed<\/a> Vicky Beer, DfE\u2019s longest-serving regional director, is set to retire at the end of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Mulberry Schools Trust chief executive Vanessa Ogden is set to take over as the London regional director this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Tim Coulson was also appointed director general of the regions group in September<\/a>, having been the CEO of Unity Schools Partnership since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in 2024, West Midlands regional director Andrew Warren left the department after almost six years in the position.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigel Minns’s arrival in the department makes it four changes to regional groups within the last year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311204,"featured_media":184207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[32,28,239],"post-theme":[3304],"class_list":["post-243505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-academies","tag-dfe","tag-education-policy","post-theme-movers-and-shakers"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t