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Made for it: Jonathan Slater s (front and centre) father was a teacher and his mother was a children’s social worker. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I ended up as the head of the department that oversees both of those professions. Credit: Jonathan Slater
Last year, the Department for Education’s use of an algorithm to decide exam results generated huge public anger, resulting in the departure of permanent secretary Jonathan Slater. He tells Matt Ross how events unfolded – and highlights the gaps in accountabilities and infrastructure exposed during the pandemic
In 2001, Jonathan Slater left his job as director of education at the London Borough of Islington to join the civil service. At the time, he recalls, he “thought the move from local to central government would be essentially a matter of scale.” He would still be an “impartial official working for politicians,” he believed – just “operating on a bigger stage.”