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Sally Morgan, Ofsted Chair

Baroness Sally Morgan joined Ofsted as Chair in March 2011. Working closely with Her Majesty's Chief Inspector her responsibilities include leading the Ofsted Board in its determination of Ofsted's strategic priorities and targets.

Sally Morgan has been an adviser to the global board of ARK, a children's charity, since 2005. In addition she serves on a number of public bodies including the advisory committee of the Institute of Education and chairs the Future Leaders charity. She has been a school governor, has a PGCE from London University and an MA in Comparative Education from the Institute of Education, and she has worked as a secondary school teacher. She has a number of business interests.

She was previously political secretary to Tony Blair, director of government relations at 10 Downing Street and a minster of state for equalities at the Cabinet Office. She was created a life peer in 2001.