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A graduate of Newcastle University, where he studied politics, Ed’s career in journalism started with freelance shifts on local papers…

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Ed Dorrell
Deputy Editor and Head of Content
TES (Confirmed)

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Richard Johnson
Deputy-Chief Inspector
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) (Confirmed)

Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham, is a leading contemporary historian, educationalist, commentator and political author. He…

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Sir Anthony Seldon
Vice-Chancellor
University of Buckingham (Confirmed)

Steven George is the Head of External Affairs for the school leaders’ union NAHT. NAHT represents around 29,000 members in…

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Steven George
Head of External Affairs
National Association of Head Teachers (Confirmed)

Julie Robinson was head of Ardingly College Junior School and then Vinehall Prep School in Sussex before becoming education and…

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Julie Robinson
General Secretary
Independent Schools Council (Confirmed)

After a brief period working in the City, Mark trained as maths teacher in 2002 and then taught at a state…

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Mark Lehain
Director
Parents and Teachers for Excellence (Confirmed)

Patrick obtained his BSc in Physiology at the University of Ireland, Galway before completing a PhD in Psychological Medicine and…

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Dr Patrick Johnston
Director of Learning
Place2Be (Confirmed)

Dr Helen Wright: International Education Advisor Helen is a former GSA President and Vice-Chair of ISC who led top independent…

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Dr Helen Wright
International Education Specialist, Executive Coach and Non-Executive Director
Global Through Leadership (Invited)

Mike Buchanan is the Executive Director of HMC, the English-speaking world’s oldest association of Head Teachers. From 2005-2018 he was…

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Mike Buchanan
Executive Director
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (Confirmed)

Ceri Jones has been Headmaster of Caterham School since September 2015. Prior to his Headship at Caterham, Ceri was Second…

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Ceri Jones
Headmaster
Caterham School (Confirmed)

Malcolm Mckinlay is Headmaster of Parkgate House School, where pupil well-being has always come first and foremost. Malcolm, in association with…

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Malcolm Mckinlay
Headmaster
Parkgate House School (Confirmed)

The Director of Outreach and Partnership is Tom Arbuthnott. He was a King’s Scholar at Eton, before graduating from Exeter College,…

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Tom Arbuthnott
Director of Outreach and Partnership
Eton College (Confirmed)

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Philip Hardy
Head
Clifton School and Nursery (ISI Excellent, 2017 and TES Award 2018 Winner Prep School of the Year) (Confirmed)

Matthew Adshead trained to be a teacher at Homerton College, Cambridge with the unusual intention of becoming a school proprietor.…

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Matthew Adshead
Headmaster and Chair
Old Vicarage School (ISI Excellent 2018) and Independent Schools Association (Confirmed)

Lindsey arrived at KEHS in 2016, following over seven years working as a major gift fundraiser for her alma mater,…

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Lindsey Mepham
Development Director
King Edward's School, Birmingham (Confirmed)

Professor Bernadette Youens is Head of the School of Education.She joined the School as a Teacher Fellow in Science Education…

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Professor Bernadette Youens
Head of School of Education
University of Nottingham (Confirmed)

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Priya Lakhani OBE
CEO and Founder
CENTURY (Confirmed)

Hope Virgo is the Author of Stand Tall Little Girl, and an international leading advocate for people with eating disorders. Hope helps…

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Hope Virgo
Mental Health Campaigner and Ambassador
Shaw Health Foundation (Confirmed)

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Richard Merriman
Non-Executive Director
Darwin Group (Confirmed)