Get Further @getfurther.bsky.social We support students in further education to secure gateway English and maths qualifications that unlock opportunities 📚 🔓
Discover more - https://linktr.ee/get_further
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!)
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
Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social Director at the Reach Foundation. Previously primary teacher, A Level Religious Studies teacher and senior leader at an all-through school. Chair of governors of a primary cluster board.
Collect all the other bits and pieces at www.jonhutchinson.com
Rich Williams @r1chwilliams.bsky.social 👨🏫 Senior Trust/School Leader (QA, curriculum, standards and T&L) // Computer Science
Jen Crittenden @jencrittenden.bsky.social #RethinkingCurriculum lead @CharteredCollegeofTeaching - Ex Headteacher- Primary educator- NPQH- Women leadership-Curriculum development- Mother- Wife
All opinions my own
Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social Trust Director of English and Literacy at Carlton Academy Trust | Author | Speaker | CPD | Mum | Wife | ADHD | Founder: The Literacy Community | #EduSky | #UKTeaching | 🇬🇧 🇰🇳
www.funkypedagogy.com
Mr Allington @mrallington.bsky.social Educator / Experience of Years 1 to 5 / Deputy Head Teacher / English Lead / Sometimes we all have to fly by the seat of our pants!
Richard Southward @gwhitebread.bsky.social North East Secondary Deputy Head, T and L, CPD lead, Science teacher, music and Vinyl enthusiast
Andrew Percival @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social Deputy Headteacher at Stanley Road Primary in Oldham. Interested in curriculum development, teaching and behaviour. 
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.
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.
Matt Carnaby @mrcarnaby.bsky.social Leading on curriculum and assessment. Trustee at the English Association. Views are my own.
Blog: https://carnabymr.home.blog/
Stuart Lock @stulock.bsky.social Chief Executive, Advantage Schools
Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social Head of Science. T&L Lead Practitioner. Curriculum. CogSci. CogSciSci. Assessment. Evidence informed edu. Chemistry. MA Expert Teaching. #UKTeaching
Blog: elementsoflearning.home.blog
Claire Cooper @clairecooper.bsky.social Deputy Headteacher - Primary School
Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social Father, husband, teacher educator, hospice trustee, MAT member, dogsbody to an expensive dog.
Peter Edmunds @peteredmunds.bsky.social Physicist. Head of Science & Physics. Author. Compulsive maker of resources.
Physics teachers are unicorns; look after them. 🦄
Hundreds of free teaching resources at sciencedoctor.school.blog, ranging from KS3 science to KS5 physics.
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
https://researcherteacher.home.blog/
Rachel Gooch @cambridgerach.bsky.social Cyclist, centrist, City of London and Cambridge, German learner, Zwifter. Keen on education. Often confused. If it isn't on Strava, it didn't happen. eX-Schoolduggery.
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.
Stephanie Keenan @headofenglish.bsky.social Head of Product, English, AQA
James Murphy @jamespmurphy.bsky.social Teaching, learning and behaviour. Director at Thinking Reading. Working with secondary schools to eradicate illiteracy.
Web: thinkingreading.com
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/
Clare Sealy @claresealy.bsky.social Head of Education Improvement for the States of Guernsey. Blogs at primarytimery.com
#UKteaching
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.
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Freddie Whittaker @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social Editor of national education newspaper Schools Week
www.schoolsweek.co.uk
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.)
Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social Editor in Chief of @politicshome.bsky.social and @thehousemag.bsky.social. Exhausted.
Julian Gravatt @juliangravatt.bsky.social Work: Deputy chief exec, Association of Colleges. Interests: education systems, public money, local politics and why people do the things they do
Learning and Work Institute @learnworkuk.bsky.social We are an independent policy and research organisation focused on lifelong learning and better work.
Stay informed. Be involved. Keep engaged. https://linktr.ee/learnworkuk?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=48ff6019-3c2a-461c-9da1-dce7834844f2
Dr Shaid Mahmood MBE @shaidmahmood.bsky.social Pro Vice Chancellor @durham-university.bsky.social | Board Chair @aoc-info.bsky.social | Director @energycentralUK | Trustee @leedsunited.bsky.social Foundation | personal acct, views own/pinched, RT not endorsement.
Arv Kaushal @arv-kaushal.bsky.social Head of EDI & People Development - #FurtherEducation #HigherEducation
Asking the questions that people don't want asked.
Supporting those that don't understand why those questions need to be asked.
#Equity. #Diversity. #Inclusion. #Education.
Andrew Otty @education720.bsky.social Former teacher and DfE policy lead. Now consultant, writer, and advocate for social justice in education.
Education Support @edsupportuk.bsky.social UK charity supporting the mental health and wellbeing of teachers and education staff. Free and confidential helpline ☎️ 08000 562 561.
Website: https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/
Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social The Education Policy Institute (EPI) is an independent, impartial, and evidence-based research institute that promotes high quality education
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. 
Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social Principal Consultant at Avencera. Formerly AQA, DfE and Public First. Loud and sometimes prone to hyperbole. COYG! Views own
Oli de Botton @olidebotton.bsky.social 
Fiona Aldridge @fionaaldridge.bsky.social Employment and skills; industry and sectors; people and places. CEO at Skills Federation, the voice of employer-led sector skills bodies (aka FISSS). NED at Youth Futures Foundation. Formerly at WMCA and Learning & Work Institute.
Luke Sibieta @lukesibieta.bsky.social Research Fellow at IFS, independent consultant, posts about about school funding, education, inequalities and cycling
Scott Forbes @scottforbes.bsky.social Managing Director at EducationScape. Passionate about education and international development.
Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net Wrote/ran TUC courses for union reps. Led Sheffield College's ed tech. Led ALT. Did techish consulting. Chaired Sheffield College's Board. Now finishing a maths degree, walking a Border Collie and awaiting open heart surgery. Politics, outdoors, Sheffield.
Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social #SaveOurChildrensRights Parent-led special educational needs and disability #SEND website. UK-based, strategic advocacy, resources, and information to help improve the lives of children & young people with disabilities and their families. Volunteers.
Smita Jamdar 🇺🇦 @smitajamdar.bsky.social Head of Education Shakespeare Martineau, LFC, she/her
Stephen Evans @stephenevans.bsky.social Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute.
Ex HMT, SMF and London government.
Learning, skills, labour markets & public policy.
Views my own.
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 Hughes @hughesdavid.bsky.social Chief Executive at Association of Colleges, lifelong learner, passionate about education, skills, inclusion, a better & fairer society
Isa Mutlib @isamutlib.bsky.social 🚀 Building Cotalent AI | Apprenticeships & T-Levels Ambassador
Combat sports fan | Sarcasm is my relief | Cancer Carer
Julia Belgutay @juliabelgutay.bsky.social Head of Comms, Media, Marketing and Research at the Association of Colleges. Former journalist. Based in Scotland. 
Association of Colleges @aoc-info.bsky.social The national voice for further education, sixth form, tertiary and specialist colleges. Our members educate and train 1.6m people each year. #LoveOurColleges
aoc.co.uk 
Marguerite Hogg @margueritehogg.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager at the Association of Colleges.
Work nationally. Live in Wakefield:
Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own.
Substack at edrith.co.uk 
Katie Shaw @sewdarngood.bsky.social Head of Charitable Purpose at the WEA | into post-16 education, anarchism & Antarctica |
Emily Jones @emilycjones.bsky.social Deputy Director at Learning and Work Institute
Richard Adams @richada.bsky.social education editor, the Guardian
Simon Parkinson @simonparkinson.bsky.social CEO at WEA (The Workers Educational Association). Passionate about bringing adult learning within reach of individuals & communities across England & Scotland
Sarah Waite @sarahjwaite.bsky.social Former teacher & Labour education adviser, now CEO of @getfurther.bsky.social #loveourcolleges
Eddie Playfair @eddieplayfair.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager helping to represent & support colleges in England.
Equality, democracy, social justice, solidarity, learning, liberation. My views only. (He/him)
Blogging at eddieplayfair.com 
Jo FletcherSaxon 🎙️ 👩🏻🎓 🐑 📚 💄 💻 @jofletchersaxon.bsky.social Assistant Principal FE,HE,Adult Ed, #TeacherEducation | #PhD teacher-research #furthereducation | Co-host FE Research #Podcast | Ed. Learning & Skills Research Network | Jisc Community Champion | BERA Teacher Network | https://linktr.ee/JoFletcherSaxon
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) @ascl-uk.bsky.social ASCL is a leading professional body representing more than 25,000 school, college and trust leaders in all phases across the UK.
ALTUK.bsky.social @altuk.bsky.social Association for Learning Technology is the leading professional body for Learning Technology in the UK. Visit alt.ac.uk to learn more. #altc #CMALT
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.
Ufi VocTech Trust @ufitrust.bsky.social Championing the power of tech to improve adult skills for work. Visit our website for information on our grant funding and early-stage investment.
Runshaw College @runshawcollege.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for Runshaw College, offering A Levels, T Levels, Vocational Courses and Apprenticeships to students across the North West. Begin your own Runshaw Story!
Visit our website: https://www.runshaw.ac.uk/
AmplifyFE @amplifyfe.bsky.social We work to connect & amplify communities of practice for digital learning, teaching & assessment across Vocational Education #AmplifyFE
Sign up to our mailing list, book on our free events and find out more about us: https://linktr.ee/amplifyfe
Jisc @jisc.bsky.social Jisc: for the future of education and research
For more than 30 years, Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.
www.jisc.ac.uk
Edge Foundation @edgeuk.bsky.social Edge is an independent foundation working to inspire education to give all young people across the UK the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to flourish in their future life and work.
Skills Federation @skillsfederation.bsky.social The voice of employer led sector skills bodies. We represent, promote and support 18 sector skills bodies across the UK.
Ofsted @ofstednews.bsky.social We inspect and regulate the care of children & young people, and education & skills for all.
Corrienne Peasgood OBE @corriennep.bsky.social 
@lesleygiles.bsky.social @lesleygiles.bsky.social Co-Director Work Advance, undertake research and policy analysis on skills and employment https://workadvance.co.uk
Mary Curnock Cook @marycurnockcook.bsky.social Chair Pearson Education; Chair Dyson Inst; Council Uni of Leicester; NED London Interdisciplinary School, Student Room, Education Cubed. Trustee River Learning Trust, HEPI. Advisory in edtech. Ex CEO UCAS
Darren Hankey @darrenhankey.bsky.social Principal of the underfunded, overlooked, undervalued yet marvellous Hartlepool College of FE. Raised on a council estate & FSM throughout school.
Ian Pryce CBE @ipryce.bsky.social Strategic adviser; NED & Chair; Mentor; Educator; Writer; Syndic of Cambridge University; Guitarist. The artist formerly known as CEO The Bedford College Group
Edtech McKean @paulmckean.bsky.social Director FE, skills and training at Jisc. Passionate educator, technologist and active member of the FE community. (Face-blind)
Alun Francis @alunfrancis.bsky.social Chief Executive, Blackpool and the Fylde College and Chair, Social Mobility Commission.
University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and professional services staff in further education, higher education, prison education, and adult and community education.
Jo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social General Secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) https://bsky.app/profile/ucu.org.uk | she/her | unrepentant dyslexic
Cllr John Cope @johncope.bsky.social Strategic Advisor (mainly Education & Skills); Senior Counsel @ PLMR. Council Group Leader. Fmr Non-Exec @ IfATE & Fmr Exec Director @ UCAS
London Economics' Education and Labour Markets Team @le-education.bsky.social London Economics' Education and Labour markets team: Research and publication information; education evidence and facts; independent commentary. Sometimes 'edited' by Gavan Conlon
Fraser Whieldon @fraserwhieldon.bsky.social Education PR
Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com Education policy analyst. Host of 'Inside Your Ed' podcast (www.insideyoured.com). Former teacher, think tank director and government advisor. Follow my work here: https://linktr.ee/tomrichmond
Pepe Di’Iasio @pepediiasio.bsky.social General Secretary of The Association of School and College Leaders 
Julie McCulloch @juliemcculloch.bsky.social Chief Executive at the Education Policy Institute. Views my own.
Jon Collins @jonbcollins.bsky.social Chief Executive of Prisoners’ Education Trust (@prisonersed.bsky.social) and criminal justice nerd.
Pete Dunford @peateedee.bsky.social FE science lecturer and digital pedagogy expert.
#FurtherEducation #EdTech #GoogleChampion #GoogleEI #SWE19
Blog: https://theinnovatingbiologist.wordpress.com
Free shareable resources:
bit.ly/PromptsForStudents
bit.ly/AIActivitiesForClassroom
Natalie Perera @natalieperera.bsky.social Chief External Affairs and. Communications Officer, AQA
Charity Trustee and former civil servant.
Lewis Cooper @lewis-cooper.bsky.social Public Affairs and Campaigns Director, AoC (Association of Colleges)
Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com Director, ResearchPlus
Also: CEO, PushTalks | Author (The Human Script and other works) | Speaker | #HigherEd Specialist
Personal account - any views are all my own fault.
Web: johnnyrich.com
Niamh Sweeney @niamhms23.bsky.social Educator, thought leader, activist and advocate of all things education
www.niamhsweeney.online
#schnauzergang
Josh Mellor @joshmellor.bsky.social Senior reporter at FE Week. Covering all things FE - training, apprenticeships and further education. josh.mellor@feweek.co.uk.
https://feweek.co.uk/author/joshmellor/
@catherinelarge.bsky.social @catherinelarge.bsky.social 
SaferSpace @saferspace.io Report and prevent workplace / campus: misconduct #sexualharassment and #discrimination. Organisations can immediately identify hotspots and intervene. There’s even an AI chatbot trained on the UK’s Equality Act.
Visit: https://saferspace.io
Schools Week and FE Week Jobs @educationjobs.bsky.social Powered by Education Week Jobs. We connect teachers, lecturers and education leaders with top roles at schools, colleges, training providers and education organisations We're the jobs board for Schools Week and FE Week.
https://www.educationweekjobs.co.uk