Charlotte Knight-Benjafield
Charlotte Knight-Benjafield has eight years’ experience as a leader of international and bi-lingual schools in Asia. Educated at the University of Oxford she went on to gain invaluable experience in Ofsted Outstanding schools in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, before relocating her family to China where she is currently the Principal of EYCS Campus for Wellington College […]
Shanoy Cunningham
Shanoy is an accomplished educator with over a decade of experience in teaching and educational leadership across multiple countries. Guided by a lifelong passion for physics, she has dedicated her career to developing innovative approaches to teaching the subject and broadening its visibility among learners. Her professional expertise encompasses educational assessment, coaching and mentoring, teacher […]
Sam Gibbs
Sam Gibbs is Trust Curriculum and Development Lead at Greater Manchester Education Trust. She is an experienced English teacher, school leader and teacher educator who has worked with schools across the country on teaching and learning, curriculum and professional development. Sam is Deputy Chair of Trust Wide CPD Leaders, a national network of over 250 […]
Rachel Johnson
Rachel Johnson is an author (Time to Think and Box Clever), podcaster (PiXL Pearls and the PiXL Leadership Bookclub), leadership thinker and keynote speaker and the CEO of PiXL, an organisation working with hundreds of schools from Primary to Post 16. Rachel’s work focuses on how we can better equip leaders, how we can use […]
Mehal Shah
Mehal Shah has spent nearly two decades working across specialist and recently mainstream education, driven by a belief that leadership should be relational, creative, and deeply human. As Director of Specialist School Improvement within a multi-academy trust, Mehal focuses on what true inclusion means for the future of education and how to empower educators for […]
Luke Zwalf
Luke Zwalf is Head of Teaching and Learning at York College, a large, thriving College that caters for over 3500 students from across the county. He is also a Chartered Teacher (Leadership) and completing an EdD. Now in his 23rd year of teaching, Luke is still just as passionate about all things teaching and learning […]
Katie Paxton
Katie Paxton is a specialist in education governance and compliance. Dual-qualified as a Solicitor and Chartered Company Secretary, Katie has significant experience in providing specialist governance support to schools and academy trusts. Katie is currently the Governance and Admissions Adviser at the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education. She regularly writes and speaks on governance issues […]
Jerome Balakistan-Barlow
Jerome Barlow has 16 years’ experience in child protection, education welfare, safeguarding and school attendance. He is currently the Attendance Champion and Community Engagement Lead at Brakenhale School following five years working in attendance and safeguarding at Reach Academy. He has considerable experience and expertise in driving attendance and facilitated the successful Specialist Home Engagement […]
Professor Haili Hughes
Professor Haili Hughes is the only professor and trust leader in the UK leading professional development across 11 schools. With 20 years’ experience teaching and leading English, she advises the Department for Education on teacher training. She has led NPQs for national providers, the Early Career Framework for Teaching School Hubs, and mentoring at the […]
Emma Mills
Emma Mills has worked across secondary, independent, and further education settings, spending the last 19 years in FE in a range of leadership roles. She is currently Head of Teaching and Learning Development, following a few years as Quality Lead at Truro and Penwith College. Alongside her college role, Emma works with numerous awarding and […]
