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Baroness Barran MBE

Minister for the School System

Department for Education

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

Shadow Schools Minister

The Labour Party

Chief Executive Officer

Freddie Whittaker

Chief Reporter and Political Editor

Sajid Gulzar OBE

Chief Executive Officer

Prince Albert Community Trust

Funding Specialist

Director of Education Recovery

Department for Education

Annamarie Hassall

Chief Executive

Chief Executive and Chair

City Learning Trust and the Foundation for Education Development

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

School Improvement Director

Darren Northcott

National Official for Education

Joseph Broadfield

Associate Principal

Oasis Academy Woodview

Dame Kathy August

Independent Consultant in Education & Visiting Professor

University of Salford

SEND Lead and SEN Content Specialist

Future Academies and Education Endowment Foundation

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

Cumberland Community School

Head of Teaching and Learning

Claremont High School Academy

Chief Operating Officer

Stephenson Multi Academy Trust

Dominic Herrington

National Schools Commissioner

Department for Education

Aimee Durning MBE

Director of Inclusion and Community

University Cambridge Primary School

Director- Sheffield Institute of Education

Sheffield Hallam University

Regional Schools Commissioner for the West Midlands

Department for Education

The Sex Education Forum

UK Account Director, Schools, Trusts and Local Government Education

Head of RS and PSHE and Founder

Teacher Consciousness

Dr James Biddulph FCCT FRSA

University of Cambridge Primary School

School Business Leader and Author

drb Schools and Academies

Amarjit Cheema OBE

Chief Executive Officer

Parry Hall MAT & National Education Leader

Kerry-Jane Packman

Executive Director of Programmes, Membership and Charitable Services

Sir Michael Wilshaw

Former Chief Inspector

Dr. Penny Hannant

Lecturer in SEND & Psychology

University of Birmingham

Professor Karen Guldberg

Director of the Autism Centre for Education and Research

University of Birmingham

St Matthew’s Catholic Primary School

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lead for Products & Services

Progress Leader - Year 9

Gateway Learning Academy

Red Kite Learning Trust

Commercial Director

Department for Education

Chief Executive

Activate Learning

Director of Estates

Brooke Weston Trust

Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

L.E.A.D Academy Trust

Managing Director

Pearson School Qualifications

Non-Executive Director

National Tutoring Programme

Programme Director, National Tutoring Programme

Katrina Gardiner

Programme Manager

Ipswich Opportunity Area, University of Suffolk

Head of Corporate Property Services

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

SEND Consultant

Director of Whole School SEND

Vicky Horsfield

Category Manager

Senior Lecturer in Environments for Learning

University College London

Clare Collins MBE

Head of Consultancy

National Governance Association

Director of Education & Youth and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Liffy McDonnell Bond

Senior Programmes Officer

Anti-Bullying Alliance

Procurement Project Delivery Lead

Philippa Robinson

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

Department for Education

Danielle Duncan

School Resource Management Advisor (SRMA)

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

County Education Manager

Hampshire Advisory Services

Executive Headteacher for Standards and Accountability

Perry Hall Multi Academy Trust

Sinéad Mc Brearty

Chief Executive Officer

Education Support

Head of School Improvement

Education Authority Northern Ireland

Education Lead & MAT Trustee

Pelican Procurement Services & CLP

EMAT Head of Inclusion and Training Hub

East Midlands Academy Trust

Debbie Clinton, former CEO, ATT and Education Leadership Consultant

Director for Social Mobility

The Mercian Trust

Fiona Robertson

Executive Director Children, Young People and Partnerships

Midlothian Council

Chief Executive Officer

Activate Learning Education Trust

Chief Executive Officer

East Midlands Academy Trust

Executive Principal

Academy Transformation Trust

Director of Corporate Services & Trust Network Coordinator

Cabot Learning Federation & The Trust Network

Deputy Direction of the School Resource Management (SRM) Division

Department for Education

Director of Training and Development

The Reach Foundation

Policy Designer -

Department for Education

Communications and User Engagement lead

Department for Education

CEO and Founder

Inclusion Expert

Director of Education

Bohunt Education Trust

Dr. Carla Stanton

GP & Medical Director

Chief Executive

National Governance Association

Founder and CEO

Home Schooling Association

Director of School Partnerships

Centre for Education and Youth

Head of Engagement

The Centre for Education & Youth

Head of Foundation

Northampton Saints Foundation

Tanbridge House School

Co-Executive Director & Founder

Whole Education & HeadsUp4HTs Network

Deputy Director for Benefits Realisation, Smart Metering Implementation Programme

Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

Regional Director for Secondary

Pursuit Wellbeing

Head of Digital Infrastructure and Standards, Digital Strategy

Department for Education

Network Coordinator

Suffolk TA Network & Westbourne Academy

Chantelle Haughton

Senior Lecturer in Primary Education and Early Years

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Director of Policy and Information

National Governance Association

Walters and Cohen Architects

Senior Lecturer and Researcher and Co-developer

Greenwood Academies

Deputy Chief Executive

Confederation of School Trusts

Past President, NEU; ISBL Patron; Headteacher

Southend High School for Boys

Assistant General Secretary, Bargaining, Negotiating and Equalities

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Headmaster

Fulham Boys School

Barnabas Nemeth

Coach Education Manager

FITEQ / International Teqball Federation

Arati Patel-Mistry

Schools Commercial Team

Department for Education

School Commercial Team

Department for Education

Catherine Kelsall

School Commercial Team

Department for Education

School Commercial Team

Department for Education

Schools Commercial Team

Department for Education

West Horndon Primary School

Oaks Specialist College

Director of Safeguarding

Oasis Community Learning Multi-Academy Trust

Programme Director Education and Skills & Research Fellow

The Institute for Fiscal Studies & The Education Policy Institute

Assistant principal

Dixons Trinity Academy

General Secretary

Stephen Morales

Chief Executive

Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL)

Assistant Vice Principal

University of Birmingham School

Educational Diversity

Director of Education & Training

Director of School Improvement

Hales Valley Trust

Head of Key Accounts and London Operations

Governors for Schools

Key Stage One Teacher

Ysgol Maesglas Primary School

Director of Governance Programmes,

Inspiring Governance and Education and Employers

Children’s Services Practitioner

Tom Middlehurst

Curriculum and Inspection Specialist

Association of School and College Leaders

Head of Education and Co-Founder & Chair

PLMR & Maritime Academy Trust

Regional HR Business Partner

Academy Transformation Trust

National Content Manager

Education Endowment Foundation

Deputy Director, Funding Policy Unit

Department for Education

Sir Anthony Seldon

Former Vice Chancellor

University of Buckingham

Education Director

Chief Executive Officer

Driver Youth Trust

Deputy Head for Wellbeing & Mental Health

St Pauls Independent Schools

Andrew Bacon OBE

Chief Executive Officer

Corporate Fundraising Manager

UK Sepsis Trust

Director of Safeguarding

Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust

Alleyns Schools

Head of Content and Communications

New Schools Network

Senior Head of EdTech Strategy

Chief Executive Officer

Cidari Multi Academy Trust

Senior Representative

Chief Executive Officer

The Education Alliance

Head of MATS and Research Projects

Lorrayne Hughes

Chief Executive Officer

Cumbria Education Trust

Inclusion Director

Stone Soup Academy

Founder and Trustee

Teach Care and Teach First

University of Birmingham

Learning in Harmony Trust

Founding Member and Director

The Air Purification Trade Association (APTA)

Chief Education Officer

Diverse Academies

Executive Headteacher

The Bemrose School

Co-Founder & Trustee and HMC Head

Accelerate and Access Foundation and Caterham School

West Midlands Regional Steering Group Member

The National Network of Parent Carer Forums

Centre for Youth and Education

Associate Professor and Lecturer - Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs

University of Birmingham

Managing Director - UK/Australia

Renaissance Learning

Sept for Schools

Chief Executive Officer

Keystone Academy Trust

Dr Duncan Gillard

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

Director of Education

Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI)

Pascale Rollings

Director of Learning – Mathematics

Holyhead School

Deputy Director, Pedagogy, Leadership and Professional Learning

Welsh Government