Stephen Morgan MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South ⚓️ | Minister for Food, Fisheries and Farming 🌱 | Pompey born and bred
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Keziah @keziah70.bsky.social Executive Headteacher. Co-founder WomenEd. Co-chair of Headteachers’ Roundtable. FCCT. Writer of Punk Leadership. Pug wrangler. From Bath to Brum.
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/
@headsroundtable.bsky.social @headsroundtable.bsky.social 
Lift Schools @liftschools.org A national network of 57 schools where every child is entitled to an excellent education, every day.
Patrick Maguire @patrickmaguire.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Times
Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social Labour client journalist and member of the right-wing MSM, apparently. Also political editor of HuffPost UK.
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 
Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social Chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts
Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
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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
Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social Media Editor for @theguardian.com. Likes ≠ endorsements, obv. Story? 👇👇👇
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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
David Didau @didau.bsky.social Same old same old
Substack: daviddidau.substack.com/
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 
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Francis Elliott @franciselliott.bsky.social Journalist and author, editor of The House. 
John Blake @johndavidblake.bsky.social Director, The Post 18 Project // Professor of Social Innovation and Public Policy at University of Salford // musical theatre obsessive
Caitlin Doherty @caitlindoherty.bsky.social Doing digital things at BBC News
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
David Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, journalist, dad, grandpa, heroic Substacker to be found at davidaaronovitch.substack.com. Recovering tweeter
Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social MP for Birmingham Yardley
Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
@deborahmattinson.bsky.social @deborahmattinson.bsky.social 
Becky Allen @profbeckyallen.bsky.social Co-founder and Chief Analyst, Teacher Tapp, surveying over 12,000 teachers every day.
Freddie Whittaker @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social Editor of national education newspaper Schools Week
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Claire Hill @clairehill.bsky.social Executive Director @Steplab_co | Expert Advisor for Ambition Institute | Standards Officer @LitdriveUK | NPQEL I Co-author of Symbiosis
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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@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.
Andrew Old @oldandrewuk.bsky.social Teacher and blogger. My blog can be found at https://andrewold.substack.com/
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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. 
James Handscombe @jameshandscombe.bsky.social Executive Principal, Mathematician, Teacher, Wordsmith not necessarily in that order.
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/
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.
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Alice Woolley @alicewoolley.bsky.social Journalist, now with my feet up. Ex-editor of Education Guardian. Also ex-Indie. Feminist. European. Labrador lover. Beetroot hater. Born in Chipping Norton. Surrey, West Oxon, Arizona.
Nimish Lad @nimishlad.bsky.social Director of Partnerships and Development | Assessment | Physics | Author: MARGE model of learning in Action | UCL grad | Primary school governor | Views are my own | All typos owned and apologised for in advance
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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
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Evelyn Forde MBE @evelynforde1.bsky.social written:
Former President of ASCL. Pretty good former Headteacher and recently published Author. Always one to speak up for marginalised communities even when it makes others uncomfortable.
Steve Munby @stevemunby.bsky.social Visiting Professor at UCL. Facilitator ARC summits. Former CEO of National College for School Leadership and EDT. A Geordie and a supporter of Newcastle United. 
Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social Principal Consultant at Avencera. Formerly AQA, DfE and Public First. Loud and sometimes prone to hyperbole. COYG! Views own
Julie McCulloch @juliemcculloch.bsky.social Chief Executive at the Education Policy Institute. Views my own.
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.
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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social 
Steve Rollett @steverollett.bsky.social Deputy CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts (CST). All opinions are my own. 
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
David Bartram @davidbartram.bsky.social Director Prescient Education | Trustee KPMG Foundation | Advisory Board Education Policy Institute | Author Beyond Boundaries | Editor Great Expectations 
Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social Director @re-state.bsky.social; all things State and public services.
John Dickens @johndickenssw.bsky.social Former Schools Week editor
John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social SEND and inclusion editor at Tes. Dad of 2. SEND parent. john.roberts@tes.com
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!)
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
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
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Sam Strickland @strickomaster.bsky.social Principal/CEO, FCCT, author martial artist, historian 
Dan Morrow @moremorrow.bsky.social Trust Leader (CELT, Cornwall)
Educator
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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.
Claire Stoneman @clairestoneman.bsky.social Principal, Lift Schools▫️English teacher▫️organiser rED Brum & rED Leics▫️Visiting Prof, Aston University▫️books▫️art▫️views own▫️Substack here: https://substack.com/@birminghamteacher
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
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
Cassie Young @moderncassie.bsky.social Education | Inclusion Executive Officer (IEO) | Trustee | Music | Infrequent blogger | Runner #NPQH #NPQEL #RunningPunks
Stuart Lock @stulock.bsky.social Chief Executive, Advantage Schools
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
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
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Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social Education economist at NFER researching recruitment and retention in the education workforce
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 Simons @jonathansimons.bsky.social Partner, Public First and Head of Education Practice. Education strategy + policy advisory. Former civil servant + think tanker. Occasional loud LFC. Centrist Dad, so naturally I also have a Substack.
Dan Worth @dan-worth.bsky.social International editor at Tes - news, analysis, interviews, long-form, you name it. I like running, cycling, books, puns. Two children = very tired all the time.
Rob Coe @profcoe.bsky.social Director of R&D at Evidence Based Education; Senior Associate at Education Endowment Foundation; Visiting Professor at Loughborough University.
Former maths teacher and professor of education 
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/
Tom Rees @tomrees.bsky.social Chief Executive - Ormiston Academies Trust.
Chair of the DfE's Expert Advisory Group for Inclusion.
RHB.
Peps @pepsmccrea.bsky.social Keeping you (teachers) informed // Director of Education, Steplab // Author of Evidence Snacks, a weekly 5-min email read by 25k+ teachers → https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com 🎓
Cerys Turner @cerysturner.bsky.social News reporter at Tes. Covering Ofsted, curriculum, teacher training, AI and more.
✍🏻 The Times, Big Issue, Metro
(Pronounced like the Welsh singer, not the colour)
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Maddie Wheeler @madswheeler.bsky.social Loves cats (particularly mine) and LiverpoolFC. Hates courgettes. Director of Comms at the National Foundation for Educational Research. 
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Chris Cook @chriscook.news FT enterprise editor. South London nationalist. Articles with my byline get posted automagically on @cook.report
Chris Parr @chrisjparr.bsky.social Award-winning education journalist. Senior editor, Research Professional News. Formerly Times Higher Education.
Non-award-winning musician. 
Ann Mroz @annmroz.bsky.social Former editor Tes, Times Higher Education, NED, trustee
Tim Shipman @shippersunbound.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
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
Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
Gráinne Hallahan @heymrshallahan.bsky.social Keeper of questions at @teachertapp former teacher and previously at @tes
Oli de Botton @olidebotton.bsky.social 
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
Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social Leadership. Culture. Inclusion.
Former Headteacher & recent MAT CEO. Trustee at SHINE UK. Visiting Fellow Centre for Young Lives. US politics, cricket, golf obsessive. MUFC. Co-author Putting Staff First. Own views
Anna Trethewey @annatreth.bsky.social Perennial edu nerd. Now exec director at AQA, previously a mixed bag of assorted items: policy wonk, strategy head, teacher. 
Pepe Di’Iasio @pepediiasio.bsky.social General Secretary of The Association of School and College Leaders 
TobySalt @tobysalt.bsky.social Former serial CEO , now advisor and non executive chair. 
Hannah Woodhouse @hannahwoodh.bsky.social Director of Children's Services Bristol LA, was Regional Director DfE for the stunning South West. Loves netball & the outdoors. Optimist. Own views.
Alison Peacock @alisonpeacock.bsky.social Passionate teacher and Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching. Learning without Limits.
Becks Boomer-Clark @vianclark.bsky.social 
Tom Campbell @tom-campbell.bsky.social CEO at E-ACT
Martin Fitzwilliam @martinfitzuk.bsky.social Father of three sons, husband to Katie, National Director of Primary Schools E-ACT
Rachel Johnson @rachelpixl.bsky.social Author (Time to Think 1 and 2), podcaster (PiXL Pearls and PiXL Leadership Bookclub), obsessive reader, governor of a Primary school and CEO of PiXL. 
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