Chair of School Teachers’ Review Body to step down next month
16 Apr 2014 04:35 PM
Dame Patricia Hodgson announces that she is
stepping down from the chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body
(STRB).
Dame Patricia Hodgson DBE will be stepping
down from the chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) at the end
of May, having recently taken up her appointment as chair of Ofcom. Her letter of resignation to the Secretary of State for Education is
available to download.
The STRB provides independent advice to the
government on pay and conditions for teachers and school leaders in England and
Wales. The Department for Education will shortly announce the details of the
process to appoint a new chair.
Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove
said:
Dame Patricia has been an outstanding chair of
the STRB, and I sincerely thank her for all her hard work over the past 2
years. I wish her the very best in her new role at Ofcom, which I know will
benefit hugely from her very considerable talents.