Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the academisation order of Moulsecoomb Primary school, what assessment his Department has made of any potential conflict of interest of appointing, Pioneer Academy Trust as the sponsor when Director Timothy Rome was one of the Ofsted inspectors who rated the school inadequate.

Ofsted has confirmed there was no conflict of interest, given that Timothy Rome was not employed by the Pioneer Academy at the time of the inspection. His previous employment as an Ofsted inspector who has visited the school in the past does not preclude the Pioneer Academy from sponsoring the school in the present day.