Mr Hudson is stepping down as director of early education from 1 September, but will remain in his post as regional director, North East, Yorkshire and Humber.
The move comes ahead of major changes to the way Ofsted inspects as the new common inspection framework is brought in, bringing the inspection of early years in alignment with the inspection frameworks of schools and further education.
The overall responsibility for early education inspection policy will be led by Sean Harford as national director for education, supported by Gill Jones, deputy director, early education.
An Ofsted spokesperson said, 'From September Ofsted will be introducing significant changes to the way we inspect and how we manage inspection. With the introduction of the common inspection framework covering early education, schools and further education, it is right that we encompass all of this work under one senior director – a national director for education.
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