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Professor John Hattie
Director; Author
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Jane Larsson
Executive Director
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Dr Andreas Schleicher
Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills
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Professor Dylan Wiliam
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Dr Natasha Ridge
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Professor Payyazhi Jayashree
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Daniel Sobel
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Stephen Morales
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Andrea Downie
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Dr Douglas Fisher
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Dr Carla Caviness
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Stephen Morales
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Dr Carla Caviness
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Anu Monga
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Professor Deborah Eyre
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Professor Bill Lucas
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Andy Homden
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Cynthia Bolton
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David Bryan
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David Willows
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Poonam Bhojani
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Dr Louise Lambert
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Dr Neil Hopkin
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Dr Sarah Benson
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Dr Terence Brady
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Hilary Hunt
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Katie Tomlinson
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Kerry Moore
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Kim Green
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Mark Leppard MBE
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Matthew Lee
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Matthew Savage
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Mike Glanville
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Natasha Hilton
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Patrick Horne
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Paul Gardner
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Phil Mathe
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Tom Hadcroft
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Vaughan Lewis
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Piet Jansen
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Dr Michelle Remington
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Gillian Hammond
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Christelle Lonez
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Dr Helen Wright
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Edward Smith
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Dr Ian Kelleher
Dreyfuss Chair of Research
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Joelle Basnight
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Louise Dawson
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Ruth Burke
Principal and CEO
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Nicola Taylor
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Richard Evans
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Ginette Moore
Head of Inclusion
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Nalini Cook
Head of Global Research
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Iain Henderson
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David Cole
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Luke Ramsden
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Dr Joe Thurbon, PhD
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David Cook
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Headmistress
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Philippa Kruger
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Melissa Musgrove
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Samantha Whay-Jenkins MBE
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Martha Currie
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Derek Watson
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Dr Dominique Smith
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Dr Jennifer Ricks
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Dr Kate McMillan
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Dr Nohha Emad Imam
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Dr Ty Frederickson
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James McDonald
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Jared Nolan
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Josie Allison
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Leisa Grace Wilson
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Mark Samways
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Matthew Topliss
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Philippa Wraithmell
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Sandra Tichagwa
Director of Educational Technology
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Simon Bond
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Simon O’Connor
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Sir Robert Welsh
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Stephen Viner
Principal
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Tracy Moxley
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Zaineb Mahdi
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Daniel Sobel
Author, The Inclusive Classroom: A New Approach to Differentiation; and CEO
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Stephen Morales
Chief Executive
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