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The Committee recognises Sir Martyn’s commitment to education and his breadth of experience both within schools and as a leader, with a particular focus on the most disadvantaged children. We understand that Sir Martyn was limited on what he could say regarding his priorities prior to taking the role and we welcomed his focus on listening to the education sector, keeping children safe and providing quality education to children. However, given that safeguarding has been a key focus of this Committee, we hope that Sir Martyn will make this one of his priorities moving forward and we hope he can expand on his stated ambition to make Ofsted work holistically across different areas to support safeguarding. We look forward to Sir Martyn establishing his priorities for the role and we will monitor those areas closely to ensure that children’s lives are being improved by the raising of standards.