Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
Andrew Stacey @mathforge.org Mathematician: formerly academic (differential topology), currently educational (Head of Department in a UK secondary school).
Side interests in Maths & Programming & Art.
Website: https://loopspace.mathforge.org
Max Woolf @minimaxir.bsky.social (former) Senior Data Scientist at BuzzFeed in San Francisco // AI content generation ethics and R&D // plotter of pretty charts
https://minimaxir.com
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social Higher than weather balloons, empty hearts on fire.
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/ isn't really anything
Cartoons Hate Her! @cartoonshateher.bsky.social Social dynamics and online culture from the hybrid mind of a terminally online-normie mom
https://www.cartoonshateher.com
Murder On The Examinations Express @murderexampress.bsky.social English teacher, ex Head of English, Head of Year, Assistant Head, Attendance Lead. Used to be in an 'RI' school, now in an 'Outstanding' school. Actually in a brilliant school.
John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck.
The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
Newsletter at: www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
Sean Harris FCCT @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social Dad; MAT based; PhD-ing; educator; journalist; author; passionate about schools & learning. Views / typos all down to my fingers only. Insta @ThatPovertyGuy
Adam Lewis @teachingalewis.bsky.social Assistant Head. English Teacher. Former social media type. Footballing midfield general.
Richard Tutt @richardtutt.bsky.social Director of Secondary Education, Astrea.
Trustee, Dixons MAT. NLE.
Former Regional Director and EP at UL and Principal of Magna Academy.
Hannah Pinkham @hannahpinkham.bsky.social Southerner in West Yorks, slowly modifying my vowels.
Head of Curriculum & Assessment.
Over-sharer.
Under-ironer.
Primary governor.
Mum of twins + 1 🧒🏽🧒🏼🧒🏼.
She/her.
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social US Financial Commentator, Financial Times. Opinions mine, unfortunately. The pursuit of pleasure is hard work.
Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci Personality psych & causal inference @UniLeipzig. I like all things science, beer, & puns. Even better when combined! Part of http://the100.ci, http://openscience-leipzig.org
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social
Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social Dad. Science Teacher. Author of books including “Why Don’t Things Fall Up?”, "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder" and “How to Find a Rainbow”. Lots of free stuff and more about me at alomshaha.com
Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@scottinghatt.bsky.social @scottinghatt.bsky.social
Alison Nulty @alinulty.bsky.social PhD Candidate and Part-time Lecturer in Early Childhood Education @DCU_IoE • Researching Cross-Sector Professional Learning for Continuity & Progression in Vocabulary Learning across the ECE continuum • B.Ed Primary, M.ES Early Childhood Education
Bernie Westacott @berniewestacott.bsky.social Full time 1973-2012 Head of Maths. Now Part time intervention teacher. Introduced Singapore Maths in school 2006. Independent consultant 2012 - current. Oxford University Press maths consultant 2015-2020. Teach Monster game maths consultant 2020 - current.
Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social Population Geographer | Spatial Demographer.
Partial to words like orthogonal + heterodox.
Also very partial to shoes.
rachelfranklin.org + rachelfranklin.substack.com
John Rubinstein @jrub.bsky.social Teacher of A level maths and further maths. Ex-principal of a sixth form college. Now a Londoner but still loyal to Hull.
Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social Headteacher, picturebook addict. Sometimes a bit ranty. Passionate about the best job in the world. #PicturebookPage
All views are my own
Ben Bassett @benbassett.bsky.social Deputy Head of History in West London || Holocaust Education ||
DagsMaths @dagsmaths.bsky.social Director of Learning, Mastery specialist, supporter of Leyton Orient and Essex Cricket
@mathematicquinn.bsky.social @mathematicquinn.bsky.social Interested Maths teacher and Hod.
Steve Clarke @stevie-c.bsky.social Head of CPD and National Centre for Computing Education (https://teachcomputing.org/) at STEM Learning. Former local authority computing consultant for Surrey and Devon. Business & Computing teacher. Hampshire, UK.
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.
Subscribe to our free newsletter: https://substack.nomoremarking.com
The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social Teacher, trainer, maths explainer
Sharing GCSE and A Level Maths resources
Promoting Casio calculators, Faber Books, the Teacher Art Pass
He/him
Michael Slavinsky @michaelslav.bsky.social Trying to grow the number of students studying Modern Languages in UK state schools and universities. Formerly at The Brilliant Club and a secondary school French teacher. My new project is @LangForAll.bsky.social - get in touch!
Beth G-G @bethgg.bsky.social If I had a book out I'd plug it here. But I don't. So I won't. (but I would if I did)
TA | Accidental Art Teacher | Trust T&L Lead | Research Lead | ELE | Art Historian in Training
🎨 arthistoryetc.co.uk
🎓 impressionthatiget.wordpress.com
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Gavin Hales @gmhales.bsky.social Researching/discussing policing, crime and the criminal justice system. Senior Associate Fellow @policefoundationuk.bsky.social but my own views.
Based in London, UK.
Matt Ashby @mattashby.com I help people use data to reduce crime. Associate Professor, Crime Science, UCL. Former police officer.
🌐: mattashby.com
Trust CPD Leaders' Forum @trustcpdleads.bsky.social The Trust-wide CPD Leaders' Forum is a community of leaders who hold responsibility for staff professional development across Multi-Academy Trusts in the UK and beyond. We have more than 150 member Trusts across the UK, serving almost 1 million children.
Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things" • dylan.difford@yougov.com
Tom Button @tombutton.bsky.social Director for Data Science and Mathematics Technology at MEI - interested in using technology for learning maths, #ALevelMaths and #DataScienceEd - all views are my own or someone else's
Steplab @steplab.bsky.social Steplab is a complete professional development platform for sustainable, whole-school CPD with tools, resources, videos & analytics.
Learn more 👉 steplab.co/book-a-demo
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
Catriona Agg @catrionaagg.bsky.social Maths teacher, currently on maternity leave.
I aim to share lots of snippets of my lessons using #MathsToday and would encourage you to do the same!
Also occasional geometry puzzles 🧩
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Isaac @isaacmoore7.bsky.social Deputy headteacher
Curriculum/Assessment/Reading/CPD
Co-author of Desirable Difficulties In Action
Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social Former head, now a leadership development consultant, education writer & commentator. Interested in all things education! Now also writing fiction. See https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B01JSM9UXI
Alex Weatherall @aweatherall.bsky.social Physics Teacher (England and now Aotearoa New Zealand #NZEd #UKEd)
Technical-co-founder @teachertapp.bsky.com
Software dev for 12 years and teacher for 14
Love music, the sky, and my now antipodean home.
Also on mastodon and no longer on twitter.
Dan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social Head of Secondary, St George's British International School Düsseldorf.
https://musingsofadr.wordpress.com/
Matthew Evans @head-teach.bsky.social Educationalist, author of Leaders With Substance, co-author of The Next Big Thing in School Improvement, blogger, everything mountains. https://educontrarianblog.com/ https://open.substack.com/pub/100assessment
Will Smithson @will-teach.bsky.social Full-time Year 6 teacher. Part-time adventurer. Reading Lead. Passionate about collaboration and coaching in education. All views my own.
Peter Tse @mrptse.bsky.social Assistant Principal (SENCO) and English Teacher at Ark Soane Academy. TF Ambassador 2016.
Blog: mrtseenglish.wordpress.com
Phil Stock @philstock.bsky.social Deputy Headteacher | Director Greenshaw Research School | Teaching and Learning | Research | Running | Novice allotment owner
Claire Hill @clairehill.bsky.social Executive Director @Steplab_co | Expert Advisor for Ambition Institute | Standards Officer @LitdriveUK | NPQEL I Co-author of Symbiosis
Lisa Pettifer 🌈 @lisa7pettifer.bsky.social Education bridges the gap between the disadvantages of the past and the opportunities of the future. 33 years an English teacher. Now work for a Diocese Education Office.
Also gigs, gardens, school governance, gyms #edugym and Jack Russells.
Dan Honig @danhonig.bsky.social Trying to find the human in the everyday, and write about it. Mission Driven Bureaucrats are all around us - and can be on you shelf (DanHonig.info/missiondrivenbureaucrats). Work London & DC.
Micon Metcalfe @miconm.bsky.social Education Finance and Business expert. Multi Academy Trust Chair. Cat lover. Rubbish runner
@ealing33.bsky.social @ealing33.bsky.social
James Handscombe @jameshandscombe.bsky.social Executive Principal, Mathematician, Teacher, Wordsmith not necessarily in that order.
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.
Cassie Buchanan OBE @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social Trust Leader at The Charter Schools Educational Trust. Interested in ideas & people making a positive difference to the lives of children & young people - education, better starts for our youngest children & good economic policy
Gary Aubin @sendmattersuk.bsky.social
RR @rlrossi64.bsky.social Pack it up, pack it in; let me begin. Former teacher/school leader/SENDCo currently exploring Schrödinger’s retirement. Books. Cryptic Crosswords. Football.
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Ed Southall @edsouthall.bsky.social Maths Edu | Speaker | Author http://amzn.to/2JmoTFv | Doctor (not the save your life kind, just the useless philosophising kind.)
Sara Hjelm @sarahjelm.bsky.social Educationalist-retired but still collecting, circulating, connecting, collaborating and contributing a bit every now and then with my searchable website of free edu links
https://saraslistofedresources.com/
Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social Father, husband, teacher educator, hospice trustee, MAT member, dogsbody to an expensive dog.
Michael Fordham @michaelfordham.bsky.social Headteacher of Thetford Academy (UK). Trustee of Diocese of Ely MAT. Interested in history, school music, and educational philosophy. All views my own.
Rachel Ball @mrsball.bsky.social PD specialist; Steplab. Former Teaching and Learning Lead and History teacher. Co-editor What is History Teaching, Now? co- author The Scaffolding Effect. NPQLTD facilitator. FCCT. Reader. Blogger; https://theeducationalimposters.wordpress.com/
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Andy Lewis @andylewis-re.bsky.social Some things I like to do: teach RE, run, watch Westerns, write books, listen to Springsteen, sample whisky, follow the Nazarene.
https://linkpop.com/andylewisre
London Marathon 2025: https://www.justgiving.com/page/andy-lewis-marathon-2025
Sam Gibbs @samgibbs.bsky.social Trust Teacher Development & Curriculum Lead, GMET | Deputy Chair,TrustCPDLeads | Speaker,co-Auth ‘The Trouble With English’, ‘Love the One You’re With-Why Teachers Stay & What We Can Learn From Them’. | LeadingTrusts100 | Running, Reading, Red | Views Own.
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/
Kate Jones @katejonesteach.bsky.social Teacher. Senior associate for Teaching & Learning at Evidence Based Education. Author. Mum.
Sam Strickland @strickomaster.bsky.social Principal/CEO, FCCT, author martial artist, historian
@douglemov.bsky.social @douglemov.bsky.social Author: Teach Like a Champion (3.0!), Reading Reconsidered, Coach's Guide to Teaching, Reconnect.
Most views borrowed from someone smarter.
Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social Thinking about primary education, Big Education Conversation, storytelling, strumming, singing, linocutting.
James Theo @jamestheo.bsky.social English teacher with a messy desk
Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social School leader who teaches a bit. PhD in Instructional Design. Writer. Podcasted for a bit. Honorary Fellow. Views entirely my own.
Ballarat.
fillingthepail.substack.com
James Wise @mrwisechs.bsky.social Curriculum, pedagogy, assessment. In that order. Organiser of ResearchED Cymru. https://itswhereyourebetweencom.wordpress.com/
Andrew Old @oldandrewuk.bsky.social Teacher and blogger. My blog can be found at https://andrewold.substack.com/
#ukteaching
Rachel Orr @rachelorr.bsky.social NPQs, Leadership Coach, retired headteacher, radio broadcaster at Real Life Radio https://realliferadio.uk/, Christian, Foundation Governor, Queen of high heels, Mozart fan, Opera singer, cricket fan and Podcast Voiceovers.
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Tom Boulter @tomboulter.bsky.social Director of Secondary Education at River Learning Trust. Based in Oxford, UK.
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
Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social PGCE Tutor and former history teacher with an American West obsession. All views my own…I think. #UKTeaching #historyteacher #PGCE
Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social Teacher Development Lead for a MAT in Somerset
Author of What do new teachers need to know? / The Long Game
Teacher Tapp @teachertapp.bsky.social Join us! 11,000+ teachers on a daily mission to paint an accurate picture of what’s going on in schools (so policymakers can’t ignore you). Download now. (Free!)- K Patrick Keogh @keoghpatrick.bsky.social
Prof Sam Twiselton @samtwiselton.bsky.social OBE Emeritus Prof, Education Policy Advisor Visiting Prof UoS, Former Founding Director of SIoE,Chair of DfE ITT CCF Group, PFHEA FCCT. Proud Cumbrian
Samantha.twiselton@shu.ac.uk
Peter Williams @mathsimpact.bsky.social Secondary lead practitioner, teacher of maths and computer science, lover of puzzles, spreadsheet fanatic, proud geek.
#EduSky #UKTeaching