New Ofsted chair to be announced

31 July 2014 Last updated at 07:57

The government is set to announce its choice for the new chairman of schools regulator Ofsted, the BBC understands.

Whitehall sources suggest the frontrunner is businessman David Hoare - the current chairman of the mail company DX Group and a trustee of AET, the largest academy group in the UK.

The post became vacant in February when ministers failed to renew then chairman Baroness Sally Morgan's contract.

She said there was a "determined effort" to appoint Tories to the job.

Then Education Secretary Michael Gove's unexpected decision not to extend her three-year contract prompted a coalition row, amid speculation that multimillionaire Tory donor and Carphone Warehouse co-founder, David Ross, would be appointed.

Liberal Democrat schools minister David Laws was also said to be furious about the decision to replace Baroness Morgan.

The Lib Dems suggested Mr Gove had been trying to politicise the post, which his allies denied.

They insisted the selection process was overseen by an independent panel, and Downing Street said appointments were made on merit.

Mr Gove said he wanted a fresh face at the schools watchdog.

Better relations

Baroness Morgan was previously a senior aide to Tony Blair when he was prime minister.

BBC political correspondent Vicki Young says Mr Hoare's appointment would be "far less controversial" than that of former frontrunner Mr Ross.

Mr Hoare has been chairman of a number of companies including Virgin Express, Paragon Group and Laura Ashley.

He is also a trustee of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

His appointment would be an indication that relations between the Conservatives and Lib Dems in the Department for Education have been patched up since Mr Gove was moved in the recent reshuffle, our correspondent adds.

Mr Gove was replaced as education secretary by Nicky Morgan in mid-July.

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