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
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
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
Tom Chivers @tomchivers.bsky.social "Far too nice to be a journalist," per Terry Pratchett. Lead writer on Semafor's Flagship newsletter. DMs open; chiversthomas(a)gmail.
Latest book, Everything is Predictable: geni.us/EIPBook
Podcast, The Studies Show: https://www.thestudiesshowpod.com
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
Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦 @numcog.bsky.social Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning at Western University. CIFAR Fellow, FCAHS
Freddie Whittaker @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social Editor of national education newspaper Schools Week
www.schoolsweek.co.uk
Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social Chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts
Dr Neil Gilbride @neilgilbride.bsky.social Academic #education #adultdevpsychology #edleadership. Chartered Psychologist. PhD AED &sch leadership TF'11. Assoc. Dean @Ambition_Inst Hon. Senior Research Fellow, Uni. Of Worcester. Views my own.
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, multi-faceted musical human. Perform with Scritti Politti, Cardiacs, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, others. More info at rhodri.biz
iCod @icod.bsky.social Menace.
Nil @nilwhu.eurosky.social Vinyl record player and Westham United FC.
Expect to see pictures of both.
Seattle Seahawks and Cricket enthusiast. Collect 2000AD.
Pedro De Bruyckere @thebandb.bsky.social Educational mythbuster, scientist http://theeconomyofmeaning.com Pedagoog, onderzoeker, schrijver http://xyofeinstein.be Producer, guitar addict http://blueandbroke.be. Persoonlijke tweets!
https://linktr.ee/pedrodebruyckere
Diana DPA @dianad.bsky.social
“Dispute not with her; she is lunatic.”
PhD Humanities.
Answers to Diana, Diane ... but mostly, Steven.
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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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social Senior lecturer, autism researcher. Reader, writer, radio listener, swimmer and nature lover. Arts buff.
Dislikes: cronyism. Fan of The Archers 🙂
Blake Harvard @blakeharvard.bsky.social Teacher of AP Psychology - Reader and Implementer of Research to Improve Learning in the Classroom - www.effortfuleducator.com
Order my book here:
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Anna Stokke (Host of Chalk & Talk Podcast) @rastokke.bsky.social Chalk & Talk is a podcast about education and math hosted by math professor, Anna Stokke.
annastokke.com/podcast
Amir Arezoo @amirarezoo.bsky.social Husband.
Father.
Geek.
Runner.
School leader.
https://thecomplexschool.wordpress.com/
#ukteaching #swfc #ukedsky #barnsleyisbrill #sheffieldissuper
John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Independent, and visiting professor, the Strand Group, King's College London
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics. 
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
Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
Dr. Sarah Oberle @sarahoberle.bsky.social UDelaware:
Ed. Leadership & Cognitive Science
Matchmaking and mediating research and practice.
Science of Learning- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Micon Metcalfe @miconm.bsky.social Education Finance and Business expert. Multi Academy Trust Chair. Cat lover. Rubbish runner
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social Teaching, learning and behaviour. Director at Thinking Reading. Working with secondary schools to eradicate illiteracy.
Web: thinkingreading.com
Dianne Murphy 📚 🇳🇿 🇮🇪 @diannemurphy.bsky.social Co-Founder and Programme Designer at Thinking Reading. Intervention is only successful if students catch up completely. Instructivist. DI fan. Alfie.
Web: www.thinkingreading.com
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
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/
JL Dutaut @dutaut.bsky.social On the lookout for other people’s opinions about England’s schools and college.
Try to keep my own to myself but not often successful.
jl@schoolsweek.co.uk | 07597 054499 | https://schoolsweek.co.uk | https://feweek.co.uk | https://educationfest.co.uk
David James @drdavidajames.bsky.social Teacher, editor, writer. 'Schools of Thought' (Bloomsbury) out now: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/schools-of-thought-9781472988461/
SW London & Dorset
Jonas Linderoth @jonaslinderoth.bsky.social Professor of Education and Professor of MEB (Media, Aesthetics, and Narration). My current field of work is educational psychology, with a focus on evidence-based teaching methods. I have a background as an art teacher.
Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com UK news editor, Financial Times. I write some of the headlines. I also wrote a book, How to Love Animals. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net
Lisa O’Connor @lisaoconnor.bsky.social RS teacher, sixth form college leader. Sharing the sacred and the profane 
whatonomy @whatonomy.bsky.social A teacher with the photocopier drum burns to prove it.
English teacher, Head of Department, TOK teacher and latterday educational technologist. Pretends to be optimistic about AI on LinkedIn.
Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705 
Tim Shipman @shippersunbound.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
Katie Finlayson @learnwhatyoulive.bsky.social Home educator, data nerd, home ed exams specialist, ex-Chair of Governors and one time computer programmer. Expect eclectic thoughts.
Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social Teacher, author, researcher focusing on applying psychology to education.
Check my free Memory & Metacognition Updates (CogSci, edu etc) – firth.substack.com/archive
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Julian Girdham @sccenglish.bsky.social Thinking, Writing, Reading, (English) Teaching.
https://www.juliangirdham.com
The Fortnightly newsletter is now at 200+ editions: https://www.juliangirdham.com/the-fortnightly.
https://linktr.ee/juliangirdham
#edchatie
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Oliver Mills @olivermills.bsky.social Part-time Year 6 teacher and maths tutor. Posting mainly about education, football, politics, culture and identity.
Ruth Robinson @ruthkrobinson.bsky.social Retired Executive Headteacher. 40 years in teaching, 20 as a Headteacher. 
Rufus @rufuswilliam.bsky.social Lead Practitioner
Maths Teacher
NowMrsMFL @nowmrsmfl.bsky.social Working across 9 secondary schools in the East as Trust MFL Leader.
🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸
• Former AHT
• GCSE Team Leader Examiner
• From NI but now based in Essex
• Boy mama 💙
• MUFC ⚽️
Keven Bartle @kevbartle.bsky.social Former headteacher offering reflective supervision for school leaders that is normative, formative, and supportive (www.mind-your-head.net).
Senior Education Lead for SSAT focusing on attendance, behaviour, headship development, and student leadership.
John Blake @johndavidblake.bsky.social Director, The Post 18 Project // Professor of Social Innovation and Public Policy at University of Salford // musical theatre obsessive
Dr Julian Grenier CBE @juliangrenier.bsky.social Work on early years at EEF. Previously led Sure Start Children’s Centres 20+ yrs. Views personal.
Free newsletter - Early Years High 5: big ideas in 5 short reads ⤵️
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Kevin McLaughlin @kevinmcl.bsky.social
You will find me on X @_kevinmcl
Emily Ellington @emilyellington.bsky.social ▪︎ PhD Researcher at University of Southampton ▪︎ No action without research. No research without action ▪︎ Co-Founder of Research Box www.myresearchbox.com
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
Zoe Paramour @zoeparamour.bsky.social Deputy Head | Author | Grammar Fiend | Eats cheese | Collects plants | Talks to cats | Views all own etc.
@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.
Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social Father, husband, teacher educator, hospice trustee, MAT member, dogsbody to an expensive dog.
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social Primary teacher
Mark McCourt @markmccourt.bsky.social CEO, Academy Transformation Trust;
Chairman, Advantage Schools
Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social Professor and Associate Vice President (Impact) at #LSE | Psychologist | Hon FBPsS | Hon Prof @lborouniversity.bsky.social | @IndependentSage.bsky.social Behaviour Group | Conversation Analyst #EMCA | she/her | own views | #AcademicSky
Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social Work at Dixons Academies. Schools as civic institutions - ensuring our communities have a voice and power. Building place based partnerships. Views my own.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimlauder
Richard Dare FCCT MA CTeach @richarddare.bsky.social Lead Practitioner & 2ic Maths. FCCT, Chartered Teacher. LSE+ Work Group Lead, NCETM Mastery Specialist and PD Lead. MA in Expert Teaching. ECT mentor. CCT Research Champion. Steplab Accredited Coaching Lead UK🎓 #MathsEd #UKMathsChat
Simon Baddeley @simbadd64.bsky.social Owner of @LiteracyEngine.bsky.social
English Teacher | Teaching and Learning Geek | Visualiser Master Practitioner | Oracy for Learning | Lego Enthusiast
Literacyengine.co.uk
Helen Rogerson @hrogerson.bsky.social A science teacher/assistant head teacher in Gloucestershire. Interested in curriculum, assessment, timetabling and logistics. (Terrible golfer, occasional walker and bad photographer).
stephen @sputniksteve.bsky.social whovian | dad | husband | chaplain | teacher | discourse digger | "we are the cosmos made conscious" - prof brian cox
@jofacer.bsky.social @jofacer.bsky.social 
Reid Smith @smithre5.bsky.social CoCEO of Ochre Education, an Australian NFP helping to close equity gaps through curriculum development
Madeleine F-B @mxfb.bsky.social Secondary Vice Principal T&L in London; teacher of English; TF 2011; mum of 2; GSOH 🍎🎓 #UKTeaching
Tara McVey @taramcvey.bsky.social Principal at Towers School, Ashford. NPQ facilitator; Primary CoG.
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. 
Joe Kinnaird @joekinnaird.bsky.social Head of RE. NATRE Executive. Interested in all things RE, teaching and learning.
https://mrkinnairdre.wordpress.com/
Jack Tavassoly-Marsh @jtavassoly-marsh.bsky.social Dad. Geographer. AHT for T&L, former DHT. ELE for Durrington. researchED Surrey. Primary Governor. Passionate about teacher and school improvement.
Heather Fearn @heatherbellaf.bsky.social Director of curriculum and assessment for MAT. 
Primary Knowledge Curriculum @pkckst.bsky.social Carefully sequenced, knowledge-rich and ambitious curricula in primary science, geography, history, art, music, DT and mixed-age planning. Our expert team offer training and support to schools.
www.primaryknowledgecurriculum.org
Simon Cox @smncx.bsky.social Maths teacher, school leader, Director of Blackpool Research School 🌱
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
Juli Ryzop @juliryzop.bsky.social Deputy Head | Trustee | Former Senior Curriculum Advisor for PKC | Interests in curriculum, assessment, school improvement, staff development & disciplinary literacy
Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social Lifelong learner and Science teacher educator. Interested in the links between cognitive science, metacognition and the extended mind. Champion of research-informed teaching. Views all my own.
Blogs at catalysinglearning.wordpress.com
Ruth Ashbee @ruth-ashbee.bsky.social 
Tom Perry @twperry1.bsky.social Applied Educational and Social Science▪️Associate Professor @Warwick_Edu
Crown House Publishing @crownhousepub.bsky.social Award-winning independent publisher of education, coaching, NLP, hypnosis, self-help and personal development books
Email enquiries to: books@crownhouse.co.uk
Visit: crownhouse.co.uk
Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social Née Flaherty | Education Consultant |
@histassoc Secondary Committee | Exams | School Governor
www.catherinepriggseducation.com
Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social 
Emma Hubball @emmahubball.bsky.social DfE civil servant. Deputy Director, Developing Teachers and Leaders. Teach First ‘10.
Alex Turner @alexjturner.bsky.social Civil Servant at DfE, working on school attendance. Previously a maths teacher and school leader in the West Midlands. Not an Arctic Monkey. Views my own.
Helen Reynolds @helenrey.bsky.social Physics teacher, author of Activate/Oxford Revise Physics + others. Learning the foxtrot. Loves cogsci + joined up curriculum. Big fan of mini whiteboards.
Owns It's A Learning Curve LLC https://itsalearningcurve.education
All views my own.
Tom Needham @tomneedham.bsky.social English Teacher/Secondary School Senior Leader
Author of 'Explicit English Teaching'
CPD for schools and MATS
Blogs at https://tomneedhamteach.wordpress.com/
Music; Music; Music! Everything from drone to disco to death metal.
Tim Marston @tmarstonht.bsky.social Headteacher with a new challenge.
Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social Research Speech & Language Therapist & Director @moorhouseinstitute.com. Created @shapecoding.com to help children with Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis. Views my own.
www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dr-susan-ebbels
www.shapecoding.com
Claire Badger @clairebadger.bsky.social Head of Teacher Professional Development at InnerDrive.
Miss Bains @missgbains.bsky.social Assistant Headteacher | MA Ed Leadership |@TeachFirst Ambassador | Maths Teacher | ✝️ | Views are my own
Emma Breeze @emmabreeze.bsky.social Mummy. Trust Education Officer SEEAT. Proud Seconded Deputy Head. NPQ assessor for Ambition institute. Lover of books, coffee, unusual words, and champion of flexible/part time working! 
Lance Finn @lancefinn.bsky.social Education, Sport, Psychology Geek
Head of Teaching and Learning
#FE #loveFE 
Sharon Kenworthy @sharon-kenworthy.bsky.social AHT (attendance and KS4 attainment). Science teacher, ASD advocate and champion of inclusive practice. Legacy sentence: She wasn’t afraid to make mistakes.
#TTCTrust #FrieslandFamily
Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social Alex Fairlamb Consultancy LTD•Hist Assoc Sec Committee Member•SNE Steering Board•Ambition Institute NPQLL Facilitator•Co-editor ‘What is History Teaching, Now?’•Co-Author ‘Fight for Rights•Diverse History and Curriculums•Trans-Inclusive Feminist
Shannen Almond-Doherty @misssdoherty.bsky.social 👩🏼🏫 Deputy headteacher
🧠 Curriculum, behaviour and teacher development
📕 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Maths
📕 How to Lead It: Primary Maths
Lloyd Williams-Jones @lwilliamsjones.bsky.social Primary Deputy Head #TDaPE song maker.