Lucy Salmon @lucececece.bsky.social Secondary and A level English teacher • Sociolinguistics nerd with a particular fascination with gendered and sexual identities in online media and music • based in Yorkshire
The Literacy Engine @literacyengine.bsky.social Driving Literacy Across the Curriculum |
An evidence based, knowledge rich resource to embed extended reading in Form Tutor Time & across the curriculum.
Literacyengine.co.uk
Matteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social Professor of Discourse Analysis @Uni of Birmingham researching trust, business communication, AI. He/him. Views my own.
David Britain @davidbritain.bsky.social Sociolinguist. Dad, islomaniac, Kiwiphile, clubber, democrat, swimmer, dialectologist, Fenboy, East Anglian, European, immigrant.
Views are my own.
Emma Humphries (she/her) @emhumps.bsky.social Researcher working on prescriptivism in popular culture. Interested in language attitudes and language policy. And Cruising with Jane McDonald.
Laura Spargo @lauraspargo.bsky.social 📚✍️ Dedicated Primary English specialist.
🇬🇧🇪🇸🇦🇪 Experienced international educator.
✨️📨 Weekly blog, Glimmers in Education: https://substack.com/@lauraspargo
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Youki Terada @youkiterada.bsky.social Senior Editor, Research @edutopia.org ~ Former STEM and edtech researcher at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Hall of Science ~ Berkeley B.A./M.Ed. grad
Check out my latest articles: https://www.edutopia.org/profile/youki-terada/
Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social Educator, presenter and author of the award winning ‘Opening Doors’ series of books.
Fellow of The English Association.
Contact me for support for routes to ambitious English for all.
www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk
Mr E @theniceman.bsky.social French and Spanish teacher. I like to play football in the park with my brother. Last weekend I went shopping. Next weekend if it is sunny I would like to swim.
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/
Knowledge Matters Campaign @knowledgematrs.bsky.social We promote excellent instructional practices in schools and raise awareness of the importance of content knowledge to reading comprehension & critical thinking.
Tim Marston @tmarstonht.bsky.social Headteacher with a new challenge.
Sammy Wright @sammywright.bsky.social Teacher, writer, school leader, lives and works in North East: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163/exam-nation-by-wright-sammy/9781847927521
#edusky #Teaching #UKEd http://substack.com/@sammywright
María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social Journalist, writer. Deputy Managing Editor @eldiario.es. Contributor @theguardian.com. Long story as a reporter in New York, Brussels, Milan, Madrid and now Oxford, UK. @niemanfoundation.bsky.social @uchipolitics.bsky.social @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
John Williams, Linguist @lexicoj0hn.bsky.social Retired lexicographer and academic, most recently at the University of Portsmouth. Committed trade unionist. I mostly post about things I know about or am good at. If I stray into other areas, it's usually because there's a language angle.
Jennie Shearer @honestliteracylead.bsky.social Literacy Specialist (NPQLL), T&L, writer; mum and wife; teacher and learner.
UCL Public Engagement @uclengage.bsky.social Here to support staff and students to engage with public groups and communities outside of UCL. We believe that by listening to and collaborating with people, we can improve our research and teaching to make a greater impact and create positive change.
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Educake @educake.bsky.social We are a friendly team focused on giving teachers space to think with online formative assessment, serving KS2 to KS5
Want an easier way to assess learning? Find out more at educake.co.uk 💜
Sci/Math/Eng/Hist/PE/Bus/Geog/Comp Sci/MFL+
📍Oxford
Sarah Waite @sarahjwaite.bsky.social Former teacher & Labour education adviser, now CEO of @getfurther.bsky.social #loveourcolleges
@markreid1895.bsky.social @markreid1895.bsky.social 
Lewis Wedlock @lewiswedlock.bsky.social I work with men to help them contact, explore and project their magnificence.
The York English Language Toolkit @yorktoolkit.bsky.social Case studies and materials for teachers of A level English Language from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York, UK
http://englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk
Jess @mrsjheng.bsky.social Achievement Leader of English 👩🏻🏫📚whilst balancing motherhood. South Coast. Msc in Education. NPQLT. Interested in T&L/Teacher Development.
MrsM @educiting.bsky.social Secondary English Teacher (UK)
Deputy HOD, KS4 lead; Examiner; Reading/Oracy lead; MA Women and writing; CELTA, MA English in Education; BBC Bitesize writer and reviewer
#UKEd
#EduSky
#UKteaching
#EdUK
Ellie CD @misscd.bsky.social Trust Lead for English; Assistant Headteacher; Head of English and Literacy; South West Based. 
PESGB @pesgb.bsky.social The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) promotes the study, teaching, and application of philosophy of education.
Follow for updates on events, grants, JOPE publications, and more.
https://www.philosophy-of-education.org/
Kate Heap - Scope for Imagination @kateheap.bsky.social Primary English Consultant, children's book blog, author of the Developing Reading Comprehension Skills series, Chair of Governors, Girlguiding, Canadian in the UK
Paula Clarke Bain @baindex.org Book indexer, editor, boss at baindex.org | Society of Indexers Chair and Fellow | CIEP APM | Cryptic crossword novice setter Pixie | Stockport, UK
🧚🏻 www.mycrossword.co.uk/Pixie
See also
@indexers.bsky.social
www.indexers.org.uk
#IndexSky
Sarah Kirk-Browne @sarah-kb.bsky.social PhD student (corpus linguistics / English dialects) at Queen Mary University London. Spoken English cataloguer at British Library's Sound Archive. She/her. https://join.greenparty.org.uk/
JB English @jbenglishteach.bsky.social • Teaching & Learning Advisor • English Teacher & Lead • English Advisor • School Improvement and CPD • Midlands based • Primary • Secondary • A-Level
🖤 Poetry always 🖤
The Anglish Times @theanglishtimes.bsky.social Your Anglish news outlet.
https://theanglishtimes.com
Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social Professor of Literary Linguistics
At: University of Nottingham
In: Sheffield
Of: the Boro
Jess Norledge @jessnorledge.bsky.social Stylistician @ Uni. Nottingham.
Literary Linguistics. Language & Feminism. Contemporary Lit. Dystopia.
Athro Saesneg @athrosaesneg.bsky.social Assistant Headteacher (and English teacher) in a Welsh-medium school. MSt graduate (University of Cambridge) and regional advocate for #LitDrive
Tracy Goodyear FCCT FRSA @missgoodyear.bsky.social Director of Teacher Development at The Mercian Trust, Founder and Chair of Trust-Wide CPD Leaders' Forum, Founding Fellow and Assessor for Chartered College of Teaching and Mentor for Social Mobility Foundation. Most importantly, proud Mum of two boys 🩵🩵
Venn Academy Trust @vennacademytrust.bsky.social Transforming education across Yorkshire & the Humber region. Fostering excellence & innovation in schools. Recognised for our expertise in Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH).
📚🚀 Embrace, Shape, Soar!
https://vennacademytrust.org
TTREnglish @ttrenglish.bsky.social Teachers Talk English - part of Teachers Talk Radio Events, providing free teacher-led CPD for English teachers.
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
Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social Minister for Women & Equalities.
Chair of the Labour Party.
Proud MP for Houghton & Sunderland South.
Faye Griffiths @faye-griff81.bsky.social English teacher. Writer.MA Applied English, Nottingham U. Palestine will be free. 
Dr Peter Browning @peterbrowning.bsky.social I am a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at UCL. I’m a Sociolinguist interested in: Language Policy; Ethnography; Placemaking; Future Making; Memory; Migration; (S)Exile; Queer Theory; All Things Colombian.
https://makingspacesformemory.wordpress.com
Literacy Counts @literacycounts.bsky.social We Improve Outcomes for Children in Reading and Writing.
Introducing #ReadySteadyLiteracy
📧 Find your solution - hello@literacycounts.co.uk
www.literacycounts.co.uk
Lindsay J Skinner @lindsayjskinner.bsky.social Director of Education and writer, former headteacher and English teacher. 
Ben Morris @brmorris10.bsky.social Director of Sixth Form. English Teacher. Papa. Lover of all things literary and lexically pleasing.
Freya M @teacherwithbike.bsky.social English teacher & HOD. Literacy. ELE @KCCResearchSch. Alumna EEF Content Specialist. Otherwise found outside, probably muddy.
Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social Career teacher, ed prof, researcher, education union activist. Still writing, in the struggle for social justice, union democracy. Socialist. https://loisweiner.net/ and https://futureschools.substack.com/
IT Services at UCL @uclisd.bsky.social We will be posting updates, news and any reported IT issues here.
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Edutopia @edutopia.org Sharing what works in education!
Home of Teacher2Teacher and Principal Project.
Brought to you by the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
Edutopia.org | Check out our community space (New features coming soon!): https://www.edutopia.org/teacher2teacher
Tes for teachers @tesforteachers.bsky.social We're here to support the teaching community around the world
Centre for Language and Social Justice Research at York St John @lsjysj.bsky.social Official Bsky account of the Centre for Language and Social Justice Research @yorkstjohn.bsky.social. Follow for news, updates and events! https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/research/centre-for-language-and-social-justice-research/
Michael TL Pace-Sigge @mtlps.bsky.social Corpus Linguist, "Dr. of Scouse", Senior Lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland, art-nut.
Emma Moore @scillym.bsky.social State school-educated Professor of Sociolinguistics, Sheffield, UK.
Linguistics, ethnography, style, socio-syntax, young people, neurodivergence, affect, old school regional dialectology.
(2023) Socio-syntax: Exploring the Social Meaning of Grammar.
Ann-Marie Hunter @a-mhunter.bsky.social Senior researcher @UCL | Second Language Acquisition | Languages education | Task-based language teaching | Language and social justice | 
Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Taylor&Francis journal. We publish critical research that advances our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social structures and social change.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcds20
Miguel Pérez Milans @mpmilans.bsky.social Professor of Language, Discourse and Communication and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics @University College London | Critical ethnographer
Paweł Szudarski @pawelszudarski.bsky.social Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham
Expertise: vocabulary, corpus linguistics, TESOL, replication research, distance learning, international education
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/people/pawel.szudarski
Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social Professor in Linguistics & English Language, Lancaster University; ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science.
Metaphor, narrative | corpora | cancer, pain, Covid, vaccines
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/about/people/elena-semino
Joanna Gavins @joannagavins.bsky.social 🪴 gardener • professor 📚
Researching and teaching cognitive linguistics and ecolinguistics @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Mainly posting about language and ecology. Occasional music and plants. Writing a book about Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Accomplish MAT @accomplishmat.bsky.social Collectively driving with ambition & innovation to accomplish excellence for all. We are passionate about providing quality holistic education for all.
amat.org.uk
Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social National schools poetry recitation competition, open to all schools and colleges in England, re-igniting a love of poetry. poetrybyheart.org.uk
Jo Cummins @booksuperhero2.bsky.social ⭐️Primary advisory teacher
⭐️Children's book blogger
⭐️Former English lead
⭐️Workshop provider
⭐️Awards judge
⭐️Resource creator
😀Children's mental health advocate
www.LibraryGirlAndBookBoy.com
Katie Pattinson @attideputy.bsky.social 
Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2026-2029.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
Jay Plaite @lebiss.bsky.social FE educator | Scribbler | Otherwise occupied with a Telecaster
Clare at UK School Trips @ukschooltrips.bsky.social Teachers & Parents. Please follow me for regular posts of The UK's Best Days Out, Workshops & Educational Residentials to bring learning to life.
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
English Markers @englishmarkers.bsky.social Senior Examiners, experts in mock marking and reports, CPD and training. Fast, accurate, reliable marking service to support your teachers’ wellbeing.
Englishmarkers1@gmail.com
https://www.englishmarkers.com/
Lexonic @lexonicliteracy.bsky.social Delivering transformational literacy programmes and teacher training to supercharge reading, spelling, and vocabulary.
Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social Corpus Linguist, Discourse Analyst, Victorianist, Climate Science & Climate Discourse, Host of the Life & Language podcast, President of the Dickens Society
https://michaelamahlberg.com/
School Jobs @schooljobs.bsky.social The Bluesky home of Vocational Recruitment who support schools and candidates with their recruitment needs.
We specialise in helping unemployed people and underrepresented groups into education roles.
Vocationalrecruitment.com
Bas Aarts @englishgrammar.bsky.social Professor of English Linguistics, UCL
Here, I post on (English) language topics.
On Substack, I post on English Grammar: https://basaarts.substack.com/
#grammar #syntax #parsing
Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social Former UK English teacher and senior leader, now training, speaking and consulting on all things DEI, curriculum, literacy and leadership. Co-Founder of Diverse Educators.
Author • Mama • Reader • Coach • she/her
www.adharaeducation.com for bookings
Tim Rasinski @timrasinski.bsky.social Professor of Literacy Education
Literacy Researcher
Advocate for the ART and SCIENCE of Teaching Reading
Andrew McCallum @andrewemc.bsky.social Director of English + Media Centre; author Creativity + Learning in Secondary English (Routledge); EdD in social distribution of creativity in secondary English; reader
Deb Niven @debniven.bsky.social Senior Lecturer English in Education and EdD researcher at Sheffield Hallam.
Lisa Fathers @lisafathersbf.bsky.social Deputy CEO Bright Futures ( Trust Leader)
Chair of Trust Board South Pennine Academies.
NLE.
Fellow Chartered College. 
Teacher Writers @teacherwriters.bsky.social Helping teachers who want to write and publish their work.
Join the Teacher Writers community today! ❤️ ✍ 📚
peripeteia press @neilbowen3.bsky.social Independent publisher of high quality critical guides for English students and teachers.
The peripeteia project aims to connect study of English Literature at KS5 with University English, creating a community of literary enthusiasts: peripeteia.co.uk
Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley.bsky.social English teacher & HoD, bookworm, UKLA Book Awards team, Branford Boase Awards 2026 judge, Just Imagine reviewer, primary school governor and very amateur musician.
All views my own.
Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social Head of English; literacy lead; big fan of napping, travel and libraries 
National Association for the Teaching of English @natecommunity.bsky.social Empowering English teachers to inspire young people. A not-for-profit charitable organisation, established in 1963.
www.nate.org.uk
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Shani Cipro @shanicipro.bsky.social Sixth-form teacher of English, history and film. MA student of literary linguistics/stylistics at the University of Nottingham. shanistutoring.com.
Languages Direct @languages-direct.com HQ for Languages Direct Ltd's posts on anything and everything to do with learning foreign languages.
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Bristol, UK, New York, U.S.A
Thomas @designinglearning.net Senior Learning Designer at the University of London. Formerly running a website mybrainisopen.net which is slowly(!) mutating to designinglearning.net.
London Association for the Teaching of English @lateteachers.bsky.social Since 1947, but new to BlueSky..
Dr Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social English teacher, PhD young audiences/ Shakespeare and education; Editor Teaching Shakespeare Magazine (do DM!) and general secretary of the London Association for the Teaching of English
Andrew Moffat @andrewmoffat.bsky.social Teacher 30 yrs, AHT Primary; he/him; PD Lead for Excelsior MAT in Birmingham, LGBTQ+/ Diversity trainer; picture books! No Outsiders www.no-outsiders.com
Sarah Watkins @minilebowski.bsky.social Associate Lecturer, ex primary teacher, ex Head, Chartered College Fellow, outdoor learning (Dandy Lions), author.
🚫DMs 🏳️🌈 safe space
Tom Rank @tomrank.bsky.social Reflections on literature, education - and other ramblings. Was @literaryconnect in the other place 😀
http://www.literaryconnections.co.uk/
HEL (History of the English Language) on the Web @helontheweb.bsky.social Shares the latest news about HEL. Posts by Dr Ayumi Miura (Associate Professor @utokyoofficial.bsky.social; she/her), who runs the website 'HEL on the Web' (2009-): https://sites.google.com/view/helontheweb/
T and Teaching Podcast @tandteaching.bsky.social TandTeaching is the educational podcast where we chat with some of the biggest names in education...all over a lovely cup of tea.
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New series with @singhamarbeerg.bsky.social coming soon!!!!
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Aaron King @9000lives.org Inclusion | SEND | Schools
Be kind, even if someone's different to you.
98% positive. Yorkshire. #Edusky #SENDSky #Inclusion
www.9000lives.org/edu-blog/