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General Secretary

Amanda Spielman

HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills

Sir Kevan Collins

Vice Chairman Of The Board, Committee Chair

Learning by Questions, Youth Endowment Fund

Chief Executive Officer

Sajid Gulzar OBE

Chief Executive Officer

Prince Albert Community Trust

Freddie Whittaker

Chief Reporter and Political Editor

Shadow Secretary of State for Education

The Labour Party

Funding Specialist

Daisy Cooper MP

Spokesperson for Education

Liberal Democrats

Director of Education Recovery

Department for Education

Chief Executive Officer

Annamarie Hassall

Chief Executive

Rowena Hackwood

Astrea Academy Trust

Sir Andrew Carter

Chief Executive Officer

South Farnham Educational Trust

Malcolm Trobe CBE

Independent Education Consultant & Chair

DfE Headteacher’s Standards Review Group

Founder and Chair

Association of Education Advisers

Darren Northcott

National Official for Education

School Improvement Director

Joseph Broadfield

Associate Principal

Oasis Academy Woodview

SEND Lead and SEN Content Specialist

Future Academies and Education Endowment Foundation

Dame Kathy August

Independent Consultant in Education & Visiting Professor

University of Salford

Marie-Claire Bretherton

Director of School Improvement

Professor Stephen Gorard

Professor of Education and Policy and Director of the Evidence Centre for Education (DECE)

Durham University

The Rt Hon. David Laws

Former Minister of State for Schools and Executive Chairman

Education Policy Institute (EPI)

Southmoor Academy Sunderland

Senior Policy Adviser with Responsibility for Education Staff Wellbeing

Department for Education

Dr Chris Hampshire MBA (Dist.) PhD

Chair and Trustee

Frank Field Education Trust

Stephen Mitchell

Oak Multi-Academy Trust & Keystone Knowledge

Pheonix Academy

Cumberland Community School

Head of Teaching and Learning

Claremont High School Academy

Dominic Herrington

National Schools Commissioner

Department for Education

Chief Operating Officer

Stephenson Multi Academy Trust

Regional Schools Commissioner for the West Midlands

Department for Education

The Sex Education Forum

Director- Sheffield Institute of Education

Sheffield Hallam University

Kerry-Jane Packman

Executive Director of Programmes, Membership and Charitable Services

Amarjit Cheema OBE

Chief Executive Officer

Parry Hall MAT & National Education Leader

Head of RS and PSHE and Founder

Teacher Consciousness

School Business Leader and Author

drb Schools and Academies

Sir Michael Wilshaw

Former Chief Inspector

Professor Karen Guldberg

Director of the Autism Centre for Education and Research

University of Birmingham

Mark Vickers MBE

Chief Executive

Olive Academies

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lead for Products & Services

St Matthew’s Catholic Primary School

Red Kite Learning Trust

Director of Estates

Brooke Weston Trust

Commercial Director

Department for Education

Managing Director

Pearson School Qualifications

Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

L.E.A.D Academy Trust

Programme Director, National Tutoring Programme

Katrina Gardiner

Programme Manager

Ipswich Opportunity Area, University of Suffolk

Clare Collins MBE

Head of Consultancy

National Governance Association

Senior Lecturer in Environments for Learning

University College London

Director of Education & Youth and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Vicky Horsfield

Category Manager

Director of Whole School SEND

SEND Consultant

Philippa Robinson

Head of the Non-School Education, Activities & Integration Unit (School Safeguarding and Pastoral Care Directorate)

Department for Education

Procurement Project Delivery Lead

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

Danielle Duncan

School Resource Management Advisor (SRMA)

Mrunal Sisodia OBE

National Network of Parent Carer Forums

County Education Manager

Hampshire Advisory Services

Sinéad Mc Brearty

Chief Executive Officer

Education Support

Debbie Clinton, former CEO, ATT and Education Leadership Consultant

EMAT Head of Inclusion and Training Hub

East Midlands Academy Trust

Head of School Improvement

Education Authority Northern Ireland

Trustee Vice-Chair

Aspire Academy Trust

Chief Executive Officer

Activate Learning Education Trust

Director for Social Mobility

The Mercian Trust

Chief Executive Officer

East Midlands Academy Trust

Director of Corporate Services & Trust Network Coordinator

Cabot Learning Federation & The Trust Network

Director of Training and Development

The Reach Foundation

Deputy Direction of the School Resource Management (SRM) Division

Department for Education

Director of Education

Bohunt Education Trust

Communications and User Engagement lead

Department for Education

CEO and Founder

Inclusion Expert

Chief Executive

National Governance Association

Founder and CEO

Home Schooling Association

Head of Foundation

Northampton Saints Foundation

Tanbridge House School

Co-Executive Director & Founder

Whole Education & HeadsUp4HTs Network

Regional Director for Secondary

Stephen Daniels

Deputy Director for Benefits Realisation, Smart Metering Implementation Programme

Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

Chantelle Haughton

Senior Lecturer in Primary Education and Early Years

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Director of Policy and Information

National Governance Association

Deputy Chief Executive

Confederation of School Trusts

Past President, NEU; ISBL Patron; Headteacher

Southend High School for Boys

Director of Safeguarding

Oasis Community Learning Multi-Academy Trust

Arati Patel-Mistry

Schools Commercial Team

Department for Education

School Commercial Team

Department for Education

Catherine Kelsall

School Commercial Team

Department for Education

Schools Commercial Team

Department for Education

School Commercial Team

Department for Education

Schools Commercial Team

Department for Education

Schools Commercial Team

Department for Education

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Headmaster

Fulham Boys School

Tícián Fehér

Club Development Coordinator

General Secretary

Assistant principal

Dixons Trinity Academy

Stephen Morales

Chief Executive

Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL)

Assistant Vice Principal

University of Birmingham School

Educational Diversity

Commissioner & Co-Founder

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities & @UKGovChat

Director of Education & Training

Head of Key Accounts and London Operations

Governors for Schools

Director of Governance Programmes,

Inspiring Governance and Education and Employers

Children’s Services Practitioner

Programme Director Education and Skills & Research Fellow

The Institute for Fiscal Studies & The Education Policy Institute

Regional HR Business Partner

Academy Transformation Trust

National Content Manager

Education Endowment Foundation

National Director of Wellbeing

Schools Advisory Service

Deputy Director, Funding Policy Unit

Department for Education

Sir Anthony Seldon

Former Vice Chancellor

University of Buckingham

Liffy McDonnell Bond

Senior Programmes Officer

Anti-Bullying Alliance

Education Director

Chief Executive Officer

Driver Youth Trust

Deputy Head for Wellbeing & Mental Health

St Pauls Independent Schools

Andrew Bacon OBE

Chief Executive Officer

Dr Nicola Crossley

Director of Inclusion

Astrea Academy Trust

Corporate Fundraising Manager

UK Sepsis Trust

Director of Safeguarding

Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust

Sharron Philpot

Chief Executive Officer

Victoria Academy Trust

Alleyns Schools

Head of MATS and Research Projects

Heba Al-Jayoosie

Assistant Head (Inclusion)

Mayflower Primary School

Chief Executive Officer

The Education Alliance

Senior Representative

Lorrayne Hughes

Chief Executive Officer

Cumbria Education Trust

Education Lead at Pelican Procurement Services and MAT Trustee

Inclusion Director

Berni Dickinson

Employment Engagement Enterprise Coordinator

Derby City, D2N2 LEP

Stone Soup Academy

Founder and Trustee

Teach Care and Teach First

Learning in Harmony Trust

Co-Founder & Trustee and HMC Head

Accelerate and Access Foundation and Caterham School

Executive Headteacher

The Bemrose School

Michelle Haywood

Strategic Lead for SEND/Inclusion/Safeguarding

University of Wolverhampton Multi Academy

University of Birmingham

Sept for Schools

Chief Executive Officer

Keystone Academy Trust

Chief Financial Officer

Maritime Academy Trust

Educational Psychologist. Co-author of ACT for Dummies and Creative Director

Network Coordinator

Suffolk TA Network & Westbourne Academy

Lead Learning Coach

University Cambridge Primary School

Dr James Biuddulph

University of Cambridge Primary School

Director of School Partnerships

St Matthews Catholic Primary School

Senior Teaching Fellow & SEND Consultant

Centre for Inclusive Education, UCL Institute of Education

Head of Education and Co-Founder & Chair

PLMR & Maritime Academy Trust

Pascale Rollings

Director of Learning – Mathematics

Holyhead School

Director of Education

Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI)

Chief Executive and Chair

City Learning Trust and the Foundation for Education Development

Fiona Robertson

Executive Director Children, Young People and Partnerships

Midlothian Council

Deputy Director, Pedagogy, Leadership and Professional Learning

Welsh Government