ABSTRACT
Once he was a demigod, and now he’s one of us. The chief inspector of schools is taking the well-worn road from public service to media. He is going to work for the Daily Telegraph. It will, he informed John Humphries, be nice to be able to speak out frankly on education issues, for a change. The resultant snort of incredulous mirth from the Today presenter (‘You haven’t exactly held back so far . . .’) set up echoes nationwide.
