Frances Read @francesread.bsky.social Correspondent for Channel 4 News & now Al Jazeera 🎥 Currently London, previously Los Angeles and up north.
https://muckrack.com/frances-read
Caroline McDonald @caromcd.bsky.social CEO of @holexpolicy.bsky.social. Passionate about all things adult education and social mobility. Aston Villa FC to the core. 
@sixthformcolleges.bsky.social @sixthformcolleges.bsky.social 
@benrowland.bsky.social @benrowland.bsky.social 
Bill Jones @bjonesdceoatlum.bsky.social Deputy CEO at Luminate Education Group and Executive Principal, Leeds City College.
Education, training, skills, productivity, growth and environmental sustainability.
Laura Boundy @dozzieb.bsky.social Specialist Education Marketing Consultant
Further Education | Adult Education | Training Providers | Schools | Academy Trusts
...also Mum, runner, dog mum, volunteer etc!
@jerrywhiteccn.bsky.social @jerrywhiteccn.bsky.social 
Anviksha @annieiseating.bsky.social Senior reporter at FE Week, covering all things FE - training, apprenticeships and further education. Tips: anviksha.patel@feweek.co.uk
Lydia Chantler-Hicks @lydiach.bsky.social Senior reporter at Schools Week, with a special focus on Ofsted and the teacher workforce
Email lydia.chantler-hicks@schoolsweek.co.uk
Jessica Hill @jessjanehill.bsky.social Commissioning and investigations editor for FE Week
David Cobb @davidcobb.bsky.social Founder and CEO of Captiva Learning and Leadership Matters. Interested in apprenticeships and all things education.
Duncan Adams @duncanadams.bsky.social By day helping leaders and organisations find their voice and build better organisations. By night eating twiglets and avoiding the gym.
National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social The National Education Union represents the majority of teachers and education professionals in the UK. It's time to #ValueEducation.
Lou Mycroft @drloumycroft.bsky.social FE Green Changemaker and Bowerbird. Joyful practice and releasing the #potentia within us all 💛
James Ingram @ingyingram.bsky.social Increasingly bionic 🦾🦿 Vice Chair, Patients' Voices Royal College Anaesthetists + Faculty of Pain Medicine | Former int'l civil servant + NGOs on human rights etc | ר׳ ייִד
https://linktr.ee/jamesingram
Naomi Clayton @naomiclayton.bsky.social Chief Executive at Institute for Employment Studies. Formerly Learning and Work Institute, What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, Centre for Cities and Work Foundation.
Ellen Thinnesen @ellenthinn.bsky.social Chief Executive of Sunderland College, Northumberland College & Hartlepool Sixth Form College - aka Education Partnership North East.
https://educationpartnershipne.ac.uk
Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social Writes about: higher education, vocational education and training, international education and GenAI/EdTech
Clare Fraser @c-fraser.bsky.social Head of External Affairs, AQA | Councillor in Wandsworth | All views my own
Eleanor Bernardes @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social Edu leadership and policy geek - researcher - freelancer - PhD student: Executive Founder Succession in MATs - Strategic Lead: APSEND National MAT CEOs network - currently between 🇳🇴 and 🇬🇧 
Mark Peters @markpe.bsky.social Interim Deputy Director, Chief Research Officer at Ofsted
Jonathan Brooks @jcbrooks.bsky.social Teacher, Brighton, politics & policy
Kerry Gray @kerrygray.bsky.social Head of Adult Education at Leicester City Council and sometime landscape painter.
Becky Allen @profbeckyallen.bsky.social Co-founder and Chief Analyst, Teacher Tapp, surveying over 12,000 teachers every day.
Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Educationalist, sometime academic, committed to supporting social justice and evidence-led policymaking and practice in education.
CEO of the Education Endowment Foundation. Chaired the Curriculum and Assessment Review (2024-2025) but now back at the EEF
Ed Dorrell @eddorrell.bsky.social Partner at Public First (education, levelling up and Labour). Quant, qual, political comms. Ex-journo at @tes. Still write a lot.
Sam Sims @drsamsims.bsky.social Associate Prof of Education, UCL
Research Lead, Ambition Institute
Site: https://samsims.education/
Jake Anders @jakeanders.uk Education, evaluation, economics, etc.
Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL
Deputy Director, @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Principal Investigator, COSMO study
Dad to three.
https://jakeanders.uk
@josh-freeman.bsky.social @josh-freeman.bsky.social Policy Manager, Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI). Formerly Teach First Maths & Politics.
Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social Director, SEND and Additional Needs @ Education Policy Institute. Former government statistician. 
Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social Edu-policy specialist. Chief Research Officer @centreedusyst.bsky.social
Teacher, teacher trainer & youth-worker first
✍️Writing📖 on policy making
🎓Academically affiliated Jesus College Cam/Sheffield IoE
🧗Often Climbing
https://linktr.ee/loicmnzs
Natasha Porter OBE @natashaporter.bsky.social CEO and founder Unlocked Graduates
Board for Children’s Commissioner, Impetus, Get Further & The Times Crime and Justice commissioner. Young Australian of the year in the UK 2025.
Into all things education/prison reform/leadership
Stuart Lock @stulock.bsky.social Chief Executive, Advantage Schools
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com Dad | Professor of applied sciences @AcademicaUoAS | Dubliner | PhD @KingsCollegeLon | Keats devotee | persecuted by an integer
https://www.carlhendrick.com/
Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71.bsky.social Behaviour advisor to the UK Department of Education. Founder of researchED. Professor of School Behaviour. Academica University of Applied Science. 
Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events
Gráinne Hallahan @heymrshallahan.bsky.social Keeper of questions at @teachertapp former teacher and previously at @tes
Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social Junior school headteacher in Sussex
Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social The UK's only think tank dedicated to higher education.
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
Social Market Foundation @smfthinktank.bsky.social Britain’s leading cross-party think tank, with a mission to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society.
https://www.smf.co.uk/ | Also on LinkedIn, X and TikTok
The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy: https://linktr.ee/thesuttontrust
The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based at King's College London 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute
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Matilda Martin @matildamartin.bsky.social Political Reporter for PoliticsHome and writing for The House magazine
🖊️ about education (and a few other things) | prev Reporter @ Tes
📧matilda.martin@politicshome.com
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Aveek Bhattacharya @aveek18.bsky.social Strategy Fellow, Global Health & Wellbeing at Coefficient Giving. Views my own
Steve Rollett @steverollett.bsky.social Deputy CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts (CST). All opinions are my own. 
Charlotte Santry @charlottesantry.bsky.social Education journo (Head of News at Tes Magazine)/data nerd/school governor/mum of girls
https://www.tes.com/magazine/news
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Tom Sherrington @teacherhead.bsky.social Director @walkthrus.bsky.social walkthrus.co.uk
Author of WalkThrus with @olicav.bsky.social
Blogs/podcast/youtube via teacherhead.com
Currently on sabbatical in Australia/Indonesia. Back in action from March ‘25.
Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social Science teacher
Education Director at Carousel Learning
Teacher Trainer
Series Editor: Springboard Science
Sir David Carter @carter59.bsky.social Former Teacher, Headteacher, Trust CEO and Schools Commissioner. Now loving life outdoors, playing golf and listening to music, supporting Cardiff City FC and all things Wales
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
Simon Knight @simonknight100.bsky.social Joint Headteacher of a Special School with an interest in all things SEND and BWFC.
David (Ted) Robinson @davidrobinsonedu.bsky.social Director of Vulnerable Learners and Post-16 at EPI. Will occasionally post my climbing videos....
Geoff Barton @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social Recovering English teacher, headteacher, and union baron. Chiefly: food, books, Shakespeare, oracy, articles of interest … and gratuitous pics of border terrier Molly B.
https://linktr.ee/geoffbarton 
Jess Lister @jesslister.bsky.social Higher ed policy wonk @ Public First 
Growth and Reform Network @growthandreform.bsky.social A network of leaders & practitioners across UK government, bridging the gap between national policy & local delivery. Partners
@MetroDynamics @FutureGovForum
Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social Evidence based school meals campaigner & former School Governor
TBI survivor
Interests include Education, Social Justice & Concussion in Rugby
Eleanor Busby @eleanorbusby.bsky.social Education Correspondent at PA
Ann Gravells @anngravells.bsky.social Author and editor of textbooks and resources for the FE and Skills sector. http://anngravells.com #FE
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Ed @edmarsh.bsky.social Friend 1, boss 2… probably entertainer 3rd
Hope this place is better than that other one…
Chief exec of a charity by day, frustrated sports fan by night… all views my own etc etc…
Rob Brooks @bigrob2d.bsky.social Husband, father, terrible poet rbpoetry.blogspot.com
Chair of governors at a large secondary school and apprenticeship “expert”
Cricket badger and QPR fan
Tim Marston @tmarstonht.bsky.social Headteacher with a new challenge.
Matt Lent @mattlent.bsky.social CEO of youth employment charity - youthcareers.bsky.social and Trustee at Young Barnet Foundation.
Expect posts about young people, education, employment, politics & charity matters.
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social Director of Education at No More Marking, an ed tech start-up. Author of 3 books about education & 1 about football. West Ham & cricket fan.
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social SEND and inclusion editor at Tes. Dad of 2. SEND parent. john.roberts@tes.com
Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social Award-winning journalism for schools, including news, analysis, research reviews and teaching and learning guides.
Freddie Whittaker @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social Editor of national education newspaper Schools Week
www.schoolsweek.co.uk
Samantha Booth @samanthajbooth.bsky.social Deputy editor at Schools Week • mainly investigating SEND and inclusion • Sam is fine • Press Awards specialist journalist of 2025 • @schoolsweek.bsky.social
FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories.
https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation
Previous lives:
Chief Executive & Exec. Chair, Resolution Foundation
Founding Chair, Living Wage Commission
David Kernohan @dkernohan.bsky.social Him off of @Wonkhe. Sky Cards Rare Master.
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
➡ Find our latest research, analysis, events and opportunities
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social Exclusive stories and insight from Westminster via PoliticsHome and The House magazine. Read our reporting at https://www.politicshome.com and subscribe to The Rundown podcast: http://bit.ly/3M8d963
Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social Home of the higher education debate
www.wonkhe.com
Editor in Chief @markleach.bsky.social
Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy at University of Manchester. Soon to be Birmingham.
Maddie Wheeler @madswheeler.bsky.social Loves cats (particularly mine) and LiverpoolFC. Hates courgettes. Director of Comms at the National Foundation for Educational Research. 
Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social School leaders’ favourite newspaper. Multi-award winning journalism, determined to get past the bluster and explain the facts. Published by EducationScape
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Jeremy Benson @jembenson.bsky.social Adviser @aqaeducation.bsky.social, MAT and @RSPH.bsky.social trustee, ex-senior civil servant; classical music, #LCFC 🦊, England⚽️🏏, walks, photos, words; husband, father, generally curious
https://substack.com/@jembenson
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John Dickens @johndickenssw.bsky.social Former Schools Week editor
FFT Education Datalab @fftedudatalab.bsky.social FFT Education Datalab produces independent, cutting-edge research on education policy and practice.
Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Observer
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Tony Wilson @wilsontony.bsky.social Employment, labour markets and social inclusion. Personal views etc.
John Blake @johndavidblake.bsky.social Director, The Post 18 Project // Professor of Social Innovation and Public Policy at University of Salford // musical theatre obsessive
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Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc
Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social Editor of Tes Magazine
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Tim Shipman @shippersunbound.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
Philip Nye @philipnye.bsky.social Senior data scientist @instituteforgovernment.org.uk • Words and numbers on what the govt is up to, edu policy, doing data at a thinktank • Bilingual: 🐍/SQL • Sign up to the IfG newsletter: http://bit.ly/3xDINTz
Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social Education economist at NFER researching recruitment and retention in the education workforce