The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
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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
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Elizabeth "e" Dulemba @dulemba.bsky.social Author, Illustrator, Academic, Speaker, Director of Graduate Programs in Children's Literature and Illustration at Hollins University.
Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social A podcast about children’s and YA books for teachers and librarians. Interviews with authors and also anyone doing interesting reading for pleasure activities, plus lots of book talk. #kidlitUK
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social Author of over 60 books for young readers, loves the community of writers and readers, always searching for creative joy wherever it can be found.
Sinéad Mc Brearty @sineadmc.bsky.social CEO Education Support
Teaching Commission @teachingcommission.bsky.social Rebuilding Teaching: shaping a profession that inspires and endures. Chaired by Professor Mary Bousted.
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Lynne @lms04.bsky.social A lifelong educator who is still learning!
Book Clubs in Schools @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social Our charity helps young people discover a love of reading and book chat. Teachers say our book clubs increase students' well-being and grow their confidence and communication skills.
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Manny Botwe @mannybotwe.bsky.social ASCL President 2024/25
Headteacher of Tytherington School, Macclesfield.
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SHINE @shinetrust.org.uk SHINE is an education charity working with inspirational teachers across the North of England to break the link between family income and how well children fare at school. www.shinetrust.org.uk
Questioning UK @questioninguk.bsky.social Teacher blogging in the UK about education from an LGBTQ+ perspective. He/him.
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Elaine Long @elainelong.bsky.social 20 years in the classroom | English teacher | HoD | AHT | Currently Associate Professor (teaching)
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Caroline Lowing @caroline8779.bsky.social Headteacher at a wonderful Secondary school in Hampshire
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Amy Staniforth @teachals.bsky.social English teacher. Vice Principal for Quality of Education. All views my own. ‘Ready to Teach’ Macbeth/ ACC and ‘100 for 100’ Macbeth: tiny.cc/9uspuz
Judy Shaw @judyshaw.bsky.social Keen on education, school leadership, trade unions and campervans.
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Lucas Cumiskey @lucascumiskey.bsky.social Investigative reporter, @hyphenonline.com
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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.
Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com FT data journalist writing about economics, politics and policy
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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
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Vivienne Porritt OBE FCCT FRSA @vivienneporritt.bsky.social Leadership consultant in education - #ImproveNotProve: Vision, Values, Strategy, Impact, Equity, Learning and Development.
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social CEPEO is a research centre at UCL working to improve education policy and wider practice to equalise opportunities http://ucl.ac.uk/ioe/cepeo
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
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
Evidence Based Education @evidencebased.education Home of the Great Teaching Toolkit; everything you need, to get better together. https://evidencebased.education/
Education Policy Analysis Archives @epaa.bsky.social We are a peer-reviewed, diamond open-access (free for authors and readers), international, multilingual, and multidisciplinary journal (ISSN 1068-2341) for readers interested in education policy. epaa.asu.edu
Ofsted @ofstednews.bsky.social We inspect and regulate the care of children & young people, and education & skills for all.
SSAT @ssatuk.co.uk We support all schools with membership communities, whole-school CPD and improvement programmes to achieve effective, sustainable and student-centric outcomes.
Prof Tanya Ovenden-Hope @unieducator.bsky.social Professor of Education, Dean of Place & Social Purpose, Director of Context Agency Place & Education Research & Knowledge Exchange Group. Plymouth Marjon University. Committed to place-based equity in education.
Rachel Lofthouse @rachellofthouse.bsky.social Professor of Teacher Education, Director of CollectivED, humanist, activist scholar, teacher.
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
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Lynne Horner @lynnemhorner.bsky.social Experienced school leader. Policy Specialist at ASCL for independent sector. Executive coach, ISI Inspector, education consultant and school governor.
Hansard Society @hansardsociety.bsky.social The UK’s independent charity working to strengthen Parliament through expert insight into how it works, why it matters, and how it can be better.
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DFE Answers @dfe-answers.bsky.social Bot account posting whenever the Department for Education answers or corrects an answer to a written parliamentary question. Monitored by librarians in the House of Commons Library
Natasha Armstrong @natashaarmstrong.bsky.social Head of Impact Strategy at NFER. Trustee at Workwhile. Former Director at BookTrust and School-Home Support. Interested in education, skills and progression into good work. 
Gemma Scotcher @gemmaedsupportuk.bsky.social Director of Communications & Public Affairs at Education Support @edsupportuk.bsky.social
Mental health nerd. Wild swimmer. 
Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social Editor of Tes Magazine
Alison Peacock @alisonpeacock.bsky.social Passionate teacher and Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching. Learning without Limits.
Andy Wolfe @andywolfe.bsky.social Executive Director of Education, National Society for Education (Church of England & Church in Wales); Author of ‘Flourishing Together’; Developing Leaders, Shaping Policy, Growing Faith. 
@jameskbowen.bsky.social @jameskbowen.bsky.social 
Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social Former MAT leader.Now working in mentoring and school improvement.
Jen Crittenden @jencrittenden.bsky.social #RethinkingCurriculum lead @CharteredCollegeofTeaching - Ex Headteacher- Primary educator- NPQH- Women leadership-Curriculum development- Mother- Wife
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Carly Waterman @carlywaterman.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Painter. Thinker. Listener. Bad dancer.
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Tom Middlehurst @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social Deputy Director of Policy at ASCL. Posting mostly about curriculum, assessment, inspection and the school system, as well as other things I find interesting
Emma Hubball @emmahubball.bsky.social DfE civil servant. Deputy Director, Developing Teachers and Leaders. Teach First ‘10.
Nicole McCartney @nicolemccartney.bsky.social Director of Education at Creative Education Trust. All views my own. 
Sarah Johnson (was Dove) @phoenixedsarah.bsky.social President PRUsAP |Author All About SEMH, Behaving Together :A Teacher's Guide to Nurturing Behaviour |Works in behaviour, mental health, AP, PRU & hospital education | Trustee|🐈, DnD⚔️, MtG, fossils, 🦅, 🏰, travelling |Mum to 4 girls
Lee Cummins @leecummins2.bsky.social Secondary Headteacher, Cheshire West and Chester. ASCL Cymru President 2019/20. ASCL Council UK member from Sept 2023. All views expressed are my own. 
Helen SEND @helensend.bsky.social #edusky 🌼 Teacher & Advocate 🌼 MAT SEND Lead 🌼 ADHD-tastic 🌼 MSc CAMH 🌼 Cake enthusiast 🌼 Co. Durham 🌼 Any info or resources I post can be found here ➡️ https://www.completesense.org/
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Ben Sperring @bensperring.bsky.social Director of School Improvement
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East London Research School @elresearchsch.bsky.social 🌟We are East London Research School based at Sheringham Nursery School & Children’s Centre. Our mission is to use research evidence to improve the life chances of children.🌟
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Nic Ponsford 🥊 @nicoleponsford.bsky.social One foot in #education other in #technology
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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/
Dr Sarah Mullin MBE @sarahmullin.bsky.social Visiting Professor of Education 🎓 20+ years school leadership experience 👩🏫 EdD in educational leadership 👩🎓Edu-author 📚Board of secondary education committee #EnglishAssociation 📝Tweets @MrsSarahMullin📱
Rachel Bertenshaw @rachelbertenshaw.bsky.social Recently retired Deputy Director and Hotline Leader at ASCL. Previously secondary school senior leader, subjects French and German. Crafter, reader, traveller, theatre-goer, mother and grandmother 
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
Becky Allen @profbeckyallen.bsky.social Co-founder and Chief Analyst, Teacher Tapp, surveying over 12,000 teachers every day.
Luke Sibieta @lukesibieta.bsky.social Research Fellow at IFS, independent consultant, posts about about school funding, education, inequalities and cycling
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Hannah Wilson ACC FCCT FRSA @hannahwilson.bsky.social Leadership Development Consultant, Coach & Trainer| DEIB Strategist & Facilitator| Director Belonging Effect| Co-founder #DiverseEd & #WomenEd| Trustee & Chair SGSAT| Mentor YCDT| PCC Member ICF| FCCT| Former EHT| www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk
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. 
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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Freddie Whittaker @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social Editor of national education newspaper Schools Week
www.schoolsweek.co.uk
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 
Chartered College of Teaching @collegeofteaching.bsky.social Your professional body working to empower a knowledgeable and respected teaching profession through membership and accreditation.
Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social Award-winning journalism for schools, including news, analysis, research reviews and teaching and learning guides.
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
Charlotte Santry @charlottesantry.bsky.social Education journo (Head of News at Tes Magazine)/data nerd/school governor/mum of girls
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Gráinne Hallahan @heymrshallahan.bsky.social Keeper of questions at @teachertapp former teacher and previously at @tes
Ann Mroz @annmroz.bsky.social Former editor Tes, Times Higher Education, NED, trustee
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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Confederation of School Trusts @cstvoice.bsky.social We are the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England advocating for, connecting and supporting executive and governance leaders.
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.
Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social Chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts
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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David Monis-Weston @informededucation.com AI Lead @ PurposefulVentures.org; Co-lead of MathsHorizons.uk; Formerly Founder/CEO TeacherDevTrust.org; former physics/maths teacher, Trustee teachingawardstrust.com. 🏳️🌈 (he/him, cis)
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Sam Sims @drsamsims.bsky.social Associate Prof of Education, UCL
Research Lead, Ambition Institute
Site: https://samsims.education/
Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social Edu-policy specialist. Chief Research Officer @centreedusyst.bsky.social
Teacher, teacher trainer & youth-worker first
✍️Writing📖 on policy making
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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
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.
FFT Education Datalab @fftedudatalab.bsky.social FFT Education Datalab produces independent, cutting-edge research on education policy and practice.
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.
Susan Acland-Hood @susanaclandhood.bsky.social Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, parent of teenagers, singer, reader and proud nerd 
Margaret Mulholland @mmulholland.bsky.social SEND & Inclusion specialist @ Association of School and College Leaders. 
TobySalt @tobysalt.bsky.social Former serial CEO , now advisor and non executive chair. 
Rudi Eliott Lockhart @thisisrudi.bsky.social CEO of the Independent Schools Association. Former CEO of the Religious Education Council. Current Board member & former Deputy General Secretary of the Independent Schools Council. All views my own.
Julia Harnden @julia-harnden.bsky.social ASCL Funding specialist
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Toby Greany @tobygreany.bsky.social Professor of Ed at Uni of Nottingham - researching schools policy, leadership, networks, place, systems. Married father of 3 - plus dog! He/him. Remain. Music (Cerys Matthews groupie), walks, travel, cooking.
Pepe Di’Iasio @pepediiasio.bsky.social General Secretary of The Association of School and College Leaders 
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
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Russell Hobby @russellhobby.bsky.social CEO, Teach First
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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
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🦑David at Nautilus @david-at-nautilus.bsky.social ‘The talent is there but remains inadequately exploited'
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Posting edu on weekdays, hikes on weekends.
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