Rachel Wolf to Number 10

Good news for those who value the Michael Gove education agenda, Rachel Wolf — the founder of the New Schools Network — is joining the Number 10 policy unit. Wolf, who has spent the last few years in the States working on education technology, will be covering tech, innovation and education.

As her work at the New Schools Network demonstrated, where she helped get the first wave of free schools up and running, Wolf gets things done. The fact that Camilla Cavendish, the former Sunday Times columnist who is now in Number 10, has hired her, suggests that Cavendish wants a series of practical ideas from the Policy Unit rather than just blue sky thinking.

Update from Fraser: This is excellent news: Rachel founded the New Schools Network and before that was instrumental in moulding the free schools policy. She then set off for New York, and I’m delighted that she has been tempted back.