New Exams Chief Steps Down from Council Amid Child Death Criticism
Click here to visit the Scotland home page for the latest news and sport The new boss of Scotland’s exams quango resigned from his previous role following child safety concerns at the council he ran. Nick Page has been announced as the chief executive of the Scottish Qualifications Authority, and will automatically switch to the same role at the new Qualifications Scotland body when it is set up later this year. But concerns have been raised about the way he left his job as chief executive of Solihull Council after a 2023 review found that children faced ‘significant harm’ due to delayed responses from its ‘inadequate’ children’s services. Mr Page resigned following the Ofsted report, saying new leadership would help bring about the necessary changes. The SQA has refused to confirm his exact salary in the new role, saying only that it was ‘within the range set by Scottish Government for CEOs of that grade’ and that the job had been advertised with a salar...