Recommendation 5

We recommend that the Department for Education reviews the status of Skills England’s Chief Executive Officers in June 2026—twelve months after Skills England became fully operational—to ensure they have been given the right level of seniority and that they have been able to perform their cross-departmental duties freely and effectively. The CEO position must be regraded if it is clear that seniority issues have prevented them from performing their duties constructively. (Recommendation, Paragraph 25)