Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton (born 28 June 1959), is a British Labour Party politician. She is the former Chair of Ofsted.[1][2]
Early life
Morgan was educated at Belvedere School for Girls, Liverpool, and at Durham University, where she graduated in 1980 with a BA in geography. After taking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at King's College London in 1981, she worked as a teacher from 1981–1985. She later received an MA in Education from the Institute of Education, London. In the early 1980s, she was active in student politics. As a member of the National Organisation of Labour Students, she was an active member of the British Youth Council Executive Committee.[1][3]
Career
From 1985, she worked for the Labour Party under John Smith and Tony Blair before joining Blair's political office in 10 Downing Street following the 1997 general election.[3] She was made a life peer as Baroness Morgan of Huyton, of Huyton in the County of Merseyside, on 20 June 2001.[4]
She was Minister of State for Women in the Cabinet Office from June to November 2001 before rejoining 10 Downing Street as Director of Government Relations.[5] She left Downing Street in 2005.[3]
In April 2006 she was appointed a board member of the Olympic Delivery Authority. In November 2005 she was appointed as a non-executive director of The Carphone Warehouse Group plc,[6] as well as being a non-executive director of TalkTalk from 2005 to 2010 and Southern Cross Healthcare from 2006 to 2011, and on the Lloyds Pharmacy health care advisory panel.[7][8] She also serves as Advisor to the Board of the children's charity Absolute Return for Kids (ARK)[6] and has been chair of the board of Trustees of The Future Leaders Trust since 2006.[9]
In 2007 and 2008 Morgan chaired an inquiry into young adult volunteering, named The Morgan Inquiry, sponsored by the All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group and supported by The Scout Association.[10]
She was appointed chair of Ofsted by the Conservative-led government from March 2011 and left that post in autumn 2014, following her non-reappointment for a second three-year term. In February 2014 she stated that "there is an absolutely determined effort from Number 10 that Conservative supporters will be appointed to public bodies", instigating a political debate on the matter.[2][11] The government responded by saying that they recruit on merit.
Morgan is a board member of the Education Policy Institute, a Westminster-based research institute.[12]
Personal life
She is married with two children.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Sally Morgan – Morgan of Huyton". Debretts. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Ofsted chair Sally Morgan accuses No 10 of ousting non-Tories from posts". BBC. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d Decca Aitkenhead (12 May 2005). "Behind closed doors". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "No. 56254". The London Gazette. 25 June 2001. p. 7471.
- ^ Morgan of Huyton. Psychology Press. 2003. p. 1169. ISBN 9781857432176.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ a b "What happened to Team Blair?". BBC News Online. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Jon Swaine (27 November 2009). "Lords' expenses: Sally Morgan claimed £40,000 for London home". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Baroness Sally Morgan". Companies in the UK. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Our Board". The Future Leaders Trust. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ The Morgan Inquiry (PDF) (Report). All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group. June 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Ofsted row deepens as Laws 'furious'". BBC. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Baroness Morgan of Huyton - Education Policy Institute". epi.org.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2017.