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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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Alice Walker “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
We can create a more connected, loving, fairer world. An oracy education for every child is a place to start.
CEO @voice21oracy.bsky.social
Views my own.
The UK's national oracy education charity.
Become a Voice 21 Oracy School: https://membership-hub.voice21.org/membership-hub
Policy Correspondent with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social | Spelling mistakes always | Email me here: rhi.storer@newstatesman.co.uk
🧐 Researching how tech can assist Primary school teachers when assessing Writing. https://air-ed.com
🎸 Love playing and listening to music.
🌇 I live in York, UK. Favourite city in the World is NYC.
⚽ @evertonfc.com & @prescotcables.bsky.social
Digital exam sector since 1999. Creating, deploying, scouting for good practice. https://geoffchapman.com | Advisor to investors, solution providers, exam owners.
We help schools to enhance their English curriculum and improve standards in English. Home to the multi-award-winning Pathways to Write. ✍️⭐📚
Head of Analysis, Education Policy Institute
https://epi.org.uk
UCL Centre for Inclusive Education, part of @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
Leading research and professional development for Inclusive Education.
UCL IOE's Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment @ioe.bsky.social, ranked no. 1 in the world for #Education since 2014.
#WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA
Language / Politics / Dystopian narratives
Professor of Language & Communication, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Professor of Education; Emeritus Prof, University of Sussex and Guest Prof, Karlstad University, Sweden.
Lecturer in Language and Literacy at UCL. Research on language and reading development and difficulties across languages.
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/94584-juhayna-taha
Professor at UCL IOE. Fascinated by all things assessment, philosophy of education, ethics, and asking awkward questions. Lover of northern soul music, middle distance running, cats... and most of life. All views here are my own.
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Professor of English and Communications at Berkeley College
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Researches rhetoric, history of reading, voice & reading. Edits too. Chair of English Association. Leads The Thomas Nashe Project and The Bee-ing Human Project. Lives in Newcastle, works in Cambridge: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Jennifer.Richards
Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
Associate Professor in English Education; PGCE English Course Leader, University of Sussex. PGR into use of drama in secondary English lessons. Vice Chair of NATE.
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
A literature comedy podcast by two friends and academics. We take classic texts off their pedestal by making fun of them. Hosted by
@DrAbigailBoucher and @dcjenkin-smith
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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.
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
Assessment Lead @ Twinkl | English Teacher & Edtech Innovator | Progenitor of Beyond Secondary Resources | Host of Obsessed with Assessment Podcast | Always Learning
Teacher. Head of English. Interested in everything literature and education.
"Honey this is way bigger than us/ In the end we're all just tiny specks of dust" | English Subject Lead at Oak National Academy
Associate Professor in Education (PGCE English, Bristol Uni). PI for 'Reimagining the Diary' project (diary-keeping as a positive tool for teacher wellbeing). Author of the same title. Now writing a book about perfectionism in the education sector.
Advanced Practitioner for English in FE 👩🏻🏫 Google Certified Trainer 👩🏻💻 Mote Ambassador 🟣 Examiner ✏️ Former Secondary English Teacher 📚 Mum of two boys 💙
Subject Advisor for English.
Professional word-lover; amateur quizzer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-orciel/
Trust Director of English in the North West. Occassional park runner, more frequent parent. Fit in some reading and travelling with the few remaining hours in the week.
Former teacher of English and former trustee of British Shakespeare Association. All round chatterbox and riot of colour in a dull grey world 😉
Associate Professor in Education & PGCE English course leader at Bristol University; interested in creativity in English, curriculum policy & teacher agency (and swimming). https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Lorna-Smith-89c8a42a-51e1-4808-8055-33fb5
Hello! We’re Teach Secondary magazine, the leading title for KS3 and KS4 teachers. Join us for free resources, opinion & staffroom chatter. Edited by @teachseced.bsky.social 💻 https://www.teachwire.net/
Literacy Lead. English teacher. KS3 enthusiast. Reader.
Primary Schools' English Adviser at Cambs CC School Improvement Service.
Open University Teachers' Reading Group Leader.
NATE Primary Officer.
ILM7 Executive coach, educational consultant, NASBTT secondary English Associate Consultant and UK Functional Fluency connector.
Working with Mary Myatt, Northamptonshire Children's Trust and, perhaps, you! www.steve@swillshawconsulting.co.uk
Secondary Vice Principal T&L in London; teacher of English; TF 2011; mum of 2; GSOH 🍎🎓 #UKTeaching
🧭 Director of Insights and Strategy
🏫 CELT School Improvement Team
👨🏫 Deputy Headteacher at Penrice Academy
🔬 Former Head of Science
📚 Curriculum, Assessment and QofE
https://linktr.ee/Doug.OBrien
I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
Sub basic proficiency in Teeline shorthand speed| lots of drama| English Lit & English Lang tutor| broadcast journalist| carer| foundation governor| writing stuff in notebooks and making a lot of voice notes
English Language & Linguistics for A-Level students and teachers.
One of the Lexis podcast team https://tinyurl.com/yckh3vy5
EngLangBlog: https://englishlangsfx.blogspot.com/
English & Media Centre: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/
He/him
Professor and author.
Sociolinguistics.
Senior Policy Manager helping to represent & support colleges in England.
Equality, democracy, social justice, solidarity, learning, liberation. My views only. (He/him)
Blogging at eddieplayfair.com
Education consultant, writer of fiction & children's poetry; passionately committed to English as a subject, to education, and to the idea that learning is founded on dialogue. Poems on Dirigible Balloon & Northern Gravy.
Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, Department of Communication and Culture
Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, School of Law and Social Sciences
Aston University
https://robbielove.org/
👨🏻🏫 Director of Wandle Learning Partnership
🚀 Interested in Reading for Pleasure and children’s poetry
Empowering English teachers to inspire young people. A not-for-profit charitable organisation, established in 1963.
www.nate.org.uk
Oxford's English Faculty is the largest in the UK with a distinguished research and teaching record. Account managed by admin team.
Director of Learning, Impact and Influence @voice21oracy.bsky.social. Co-author of 'Transform Teaching and Learning through Talk: The Oracy Imperative'. Interested in: teaching & learning, education policy and all things oracy.
Prof UCL IOE. FD HHCP. Teach reading, writing, curriculum, pedagogy. Music.
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
Research centre specialising in the history of the book, manuscript and print studies, textual scholarship, digital editing and new critical approaches to literary history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://ies.sas.ac.uk/
Poet Over the Moon, Shadow Reader
Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
Director of English + Media Centre; author Creativity + Learning in Secondary English (Routledge); EdD in social distribution of creativity in secondary English; reader
Always thinking about ways to bring literature representing ALL children’s lives to readers, educators, and researchers.
Supporting schools, colleges, and early years settings to make a difference with evidence.
http://eef.li/news-alerts
Author and illustrator of How to Train Your Dragon, Wizards of Once and Which Way to Anywhere
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is an independent, UK based charity that creates and delivers award-winning literacy training and resources for the teachers of early years and primary school children.
Trust Director of English and Literacy at Carlton Academy Trust | Author | Speaker | CPD | Mum | Wife | ADHD | Founder: The Literacy Community | #EduSky | #UKTeaching | 🇬🇧 🇰🇳
www.funkypedagogy.com
Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy: https://linktr.ee/thesuttontrust
Talker & doer.
Founding CEO Voice 21 & SchoolsNE and advisor to the Oracy Commission. School Governor & Trustee. Passions: education, 'the North’, civic engagement, dogs & the Archers
English Education lecturer at UCL IOE. English and English with Drama PGCE subject leader. Chair of London Association for Teachers of English (LATE). Sometimes writes stuff about reading; working-class teachers & student identities.
UKLA trustee and Book Awards team UKLA.org . Croydon NEU committee.
We are the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Based in the School of Humanities, we offer research-led degrees in Modern Languages, Comparative Literature & Culture, Liberal Arts.
Reflections on literature, education - and other ramblings. Was @literaryconnect in the other place 😀
http://www.literaryconnections.co.uk/
Shaping policy, challenging discrimination and delivering projects to end racial inequality in the UK across education, employment, enterprise & criminal justice
We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
This is the account for the CILIP School Libraries Group, the professional association for school librarians. https://linktr.ee/CILIPSLGUK
We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University. Fellow EA, RSA and AcSS. Committed to social justice and reading for pleasure.
RfP Website: https://ourfp.org
Own profile: https://www.open.ac.uk/people/tmc242
📚 The quarterly linguistics magazine for all language lovers
📖 Available in print and digital 🖥️
🔗 babelzine.co.uk
Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Edge is an independent foundation working to inspire education to give all young people across the UK the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to flourish in their future life and work.
National schools poetry recitation competition, open to all schools and colleges in England, re-igniting a love of poetry. poetrybyheart.org.uk
Professor of Sociolinguists at the Uni. of Leeds, UK. Researching language, identity, education & inequality.
English Language & Literature. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. Antifa. Archaic English. NEW BOOK: Woke Shakespeare. Erstwhile Prof. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Associate Professor, English education, IoE, University of Reading.
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts
Passionate teacher and Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching. Learning without Limits.
CEO, Teach First
Blog: russellhobby.com
Principal, Lift Schools▫️English teacher▫️organiser rED Brum & rED Leics▫️Visiting Prof, Aston University▫️books▫️art▫️views own▫️Substack here: https://substack.com/@birminghamteacher
'I have a hyperbolic tongue. It catches fire as it goes.'
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
Once an aspiring education leader, then perspiring now expiring after 50+ years. Ex teacher, HT, Director of Schools. Father, grandparent, dog dad.
Head of Professional Learning and Partnerships at National Literacy Trust. Primary Ed. Reading/writing/language development & all the brilliant ways they interact. Also cinema. And books.
Reposting book publication news, great reviews, work in journals, magazines & anthologies, and literary nominations & awards.
Also see: @rodmannix.bsky.social
@writingcommunity.bsky.social
@literarybulletin.bsky.social
https://LiteraryRetweet.com
Recovering English teacher, headteacher, and union baron. Chiefly: food, books, Shakespeare, oracy, articles of interest … and gratuitous pics of border terrier Molly B.
https://linktr.ee/geoffbarton
Trust Teacher Development & Curriculum Lead, GMET | Deputy Chair,TrustCPDLeads | Speaker,co-Auth ‘The Trouble With English’, ‘Love the One You’re With-Why Teachers Stay & What We Can Learn From Them’. | LeadingTrusts100 | Running, Reading, Red | Views Own.
School improvement lead for a small but varied and beautifully formed trust. TES columnist.
Education, improving things for our most vulnerable. Literature, Yorkshire, folklore.
Keeper of questions at @teachertapp former teacher and previously at @tes
Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2025.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
