Hannah Wilson is a dynamic educational leader who is a passionate diversity, inclusion & equality advocate: an ethical leader who is vision and values led. She has spent 18 years as a teacher including as the executive headteacher of Aureus school and primary school. The school received national recognition for their work including Values-Based Education Schools Award. She is now a teacher trainer at the University of Buckingham. Amongst all of this she created an annual event called Diverse Educators and is the co-founder of #WomenEd, a grassroots organisation that connects, develops & empowers aspiring & existing female leaders.

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Phil Naylor, is a depute headteacher and has worked in education for over 20 years. Phil is an expert in research and evidence based practice with CPD. Phil has written for TES, Schools Week and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He presents regularly at conferences around the topics of behaviour and CPD. Phil created the outstanding Naylor’s Natters over 18 months ago by starting conversations with teachers on all areas of education. Naylor’s Natter is sponsored by John Catt Education and is one of my favourite weekly listens!

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David Didau is a freelance writer, blogger, speaker, trainer and author. he started his award winning blog, The Learning Spy, in 2011 to express the constraints and irritations of ordinary teachers, detail the successes and failures within his own classroom, and synthesise his years of teaching experience through the lens of educational research and cognitive psychology. Since then he has spoken at various national conferences, has directly influenced Ofsted and has worked with the Department for Education to consider ways in which teacher’s workload could be reduced. David is the author of some truly outstanding books including, The Secret of Literacy, What if everything you knew about education was wrong and Making kids cleverer.

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My guest today is Mark Burns. Over the last ten years, Mark has developed a proven track record in improving teaching and leadership in education. He’s co-authored two best-selling books in this field in “Engaging Learners” & “Teaching Backwards”.  More recently, he has worked with FTSE100 retailers and third sector organisations, to develop the quality and impact of their learning and development programmes. Through his work, he has developed a deep understanding of learning design and how to overcome the barriers to learning in organisations which he led to him co-authoring a third book - “The Learning Imperative”

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Dr Emma Kell has 20 years experience as a teacher and currently works at a Pupil Referral Unit and trains teachers with the Institute of Education. She is also a former Head of MFL and English. She has written several articles and blog posts on school leadership and the pressures of teaching, and has recently completed a doctorate on teacher well-being and work-life balance at Middlesex University. Emma is also a co-host on the brilliant ‘Clem and Em; podcast and the author ‘How to survive in teaching without imploding, exploding or walking away’ which is a thought provoking book looking at the crisis in recruitment and retention in schools today.

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Oliver Caviglioli (Oli Cav) is a former headteacher of a special school. Oli is also an author, designer and illustrator who is widely known for his work on dual coding which led to him writing the brilliant and beautiful Dual Coding with Teachers. Oli has collaborated with many educators, often providing excellent illustrations for their books most notably Tom Sherrington’s Rosenshine Principles in Action and the recent How Learning Happens by Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick. Oli is also a co-author of the excellent Teaching Walkthrus alongside Tom Sherrington

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Richard Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation. He is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author and world-renowned thinker. Richard began his career in education, most notably as headmaster of the failing Grange Primary School. In just two years, he famously transformed the school into one of the most acclaimed learning environments in the world. He was celebrated by UNESCO and the UK Government for its incredible turnaround. Richards' books include the outstanding ‘Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today’, ‘Change’ and ‘Simple Thinking’. Richard's latest book, ‘Education: A Manifesto for Change’, explores how our school system can be made fit for purpose in our turbulent 21st-century world.

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Bruce Robertson is a senior leader of teaching and learning in the Scottish Borders. Bruce has taught Chemistry in schools since 2003. He has 7 years experience as a deputy headteacher in two schools. His leadership of teaching and learning improvement in Eyemouth High School led to the school being awarded the General Teaching Council for Scotland ’Excellence in Professional Learning Award’ in June 2019. Bruce is in high demand as a consultant and conference presenter and is the author of the brilliant ‘The Teaching Delusion:why teaching in our schools isn't good enough (and how we can make it better)’.

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Emma Turner is a teacher, leader, parent and writer. She taught in primary school for 13 years first as a classroom teacher, then assistant head, then deputy head and then going on to form one of the UKs first all female co-headships. After 20 years in primary Emma joined the Discovery Schools Academy Trust where she is now their research and CPD lead. Emma is also a columnist for the TES, an ambassador for The Gender Equality Collective and a member of the WomenEd community.Emma is an advocate for balance in leadership and family life and speaks regularly on how part-time leadership and flexible working can be hugely successful. Amongst all of this she is the self titled ‘Chaos Coordinator’ at home and author of the refreshing and informative ‘Be More Toddler’

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Tom Rogers is an experienced teacher and middle leader, having worked at schools in the UK for 9 years and internationally for 4 as a history teacher, head of history and latterly assistant headteacher. Tom’s passion is in making schools better places for teachers to work in. This passion has inspired him to write more than 100 blogs for the TES and share with the profession through his own twitter account; @rogershistory. Tom has also produced videos for his youtube channel, has his own podcast and more than 20,000 students use his online courses. In 2015, Tom set up the teachmeet network “teachmeet icons” which now hosts free annual events for teachers across the UK. Teachmeeticons has expanded significantly and has become a notable force for teacher CPD in the UK.

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