Dean Ashton, former director of Children's Services at Cornwall Council, is to lead Sandy Hill Community Primary School's application to opt-out of local authority control and become a self-governing academy.
In October Mr Ashton resigned his council job as Ofsted prepared to publish a highly critical report about his department. He had been in the post for only 11 months. Mr Ashton is also a former deputy headteacher at Penrice Community College, St Austell.
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