I trained with Teach First (2016) in an inner-city school in the West Midlands as a secondary History teacher. Before working for Teach First in September 2022, I held various leadership roles in school, from Head of Department to Assistant Lead for Sixth Form. I chose to train with Teach First for two reasons. Most importantly, I aligned with their vision to bring equity in education to all. Being paid to train was also important, as it allowed me to try teaching (I wasn't 100% sure if it was for me!) I loved it and have never looked back from working in education. One of my favourite things about completing the Teach First programme was my wonderful history cohort. I've stayed in contact with many of them and love seeing the impact they continue to have in schools around the country.

My TeachFirst journey started in 2010 as an RE teacher at Greenford High School in West London. I then moved onto Oasis Academy Southbank where I became Assistant Principal for KS3, leading on all aspects of school life. In 2019 I made the move to Ark Acton Academy, a school that was in special measures. Over the last four years I have led on curriculum, safeguarding and behaviour and in February 2023 the school was inspected and achieved a Good' rating which was a hugely exciting achievement for the school and community. For the last five years I have led the SLT network which was designed to fill a gap in the training and development of SLT and aspiring SLT, we have held numerous events and school visits and connected school leaders to support them in sharing best practice.

CEO of Simms Coaching and Consultancy. Former Headteacher. Author of The Alternative Provision Quality Toolkit. 2010 ambassador and Founding Co-Chair of Heads Forward – Teach First’s Ambassador Headteachers network. To me being an ambassador means I’m committed to creating positive opportunities that make education fairer.

Will is the schools policy advisor to the Secretary of State for Education. He has recently returned to this role, which he held between 2021-22, having spent 6 months working in higher education. Will graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BA (Hons) in Politics, and holds a PGCE from Canterbury Christ Church University and a Master’s in Education Policy from King’s College London. Will is a 2012 Ambassador, having taught Citizenship and Politics in North West London. Like many others, this experience changed his life, imbuing within him a lifelong commitment to tackling education disadvantage.

I'm a 2011 Ambassador and taught science in Lewisham where I grew up. I was then elected Participant President and represented the Teach First community for two years with a focus on teaching wellbeing and mental heath. Since then, I've worked at the political thinktank IPPR where I worked in the Public Policy team across education and health briefs, and also conducted education research across international contexts – most notably in Canada and in China where I was a Schwarzman Scholar. However, I will always be grateful for the early formative experience of teaching in my local school which has given me a passion for approaching education via multiple lens whether that be through practice, policy, or research. I am currently working remotely for the New York Academy of Sciences designing STEM programming to encourage young people to pursue the careers of the future and based in Lewisham where I am an elected local councillor and school governor.Twitter handle: @edison1d

Cohort 2014I started Teach First as a career changer and have never looked back, spending the last 9 years in the class room as an English teacher. Prior to this I worked in Market Research and much prefer dealing with teenagers as opposed to working in an office! I love the buzz of an English class room, especially when practising debating skills and also spend quite a lot of time outside the class room organising trips or events for students. I face new challenges daily, but embrace the fact that I am never bored.

Natasha was in the 2006 cohort of Teach First. She is founder and CEO at Unlocked Graduates. She developed the concept while working with Dame Sally Coates on her review into prison education, and has led the organisation from its inception in 2016. Since then, Unlocked Graduates has recruited over 600 graduates to be prison officers, working with over 20,000 prisoners across the country.Natasha has a background in public sector start up and was previously a teacher and senior leader in inner city schools. This included co-founding King Solomon Academy and leading their frontier cohort to groundbreaking GCSE results in 2014. Natasha has also worked as a government adviser and in the Westminster think tank Policy Exchange.In her spare time, Natasha is an advisor to the Children’s Commissioner and a charity trustee at Impetus PEF and Get Further, with a particular interest in improving outcomes for vulnerable and disadvantaged children. She also sits on the Grants and Evaluation committee at the Youth Endowment Fund and the Building Future’s Advisory Board at Prison Reform Trust. In 2022 Natasha was awarded an OBE for services to HM Prison and Probation Service.

A 2019 Ambassador teaching English in an inner-city Secondary school. I am currently based in the same school where I trained and have since taken on the role as Assistant Director in my faculty with responsibility for the KS3 curriculum. I have a particular interest in supporting writing and explicit grammar teaching. For me, being an ambassador allows you to continue to contribute to the Teach First mission wherever your career takes you. I’ve particularly enjoyed being able to maintain connections with ambassadors across my region (and beyond), to share resources or receive feedback on projects or ideas I am looking to implement in my school.My favourite memory of the trainee programme was Summer Institute; it was a chance to make connections with like-minded people passionate about education and the benefits it provides to young people.

As a 2003 Ambassador, I was immediately drawn to Teach First because of its mission to build a movement of leaders to tackle educational disadvantage across all areas of society. Now, more than ever, we need that community of Ambassadors to continue that mandate.I am the CEO of UK Youth, a leading national charity with a network of over 8,000 youth-focused organisations and cross nation partners, reaching more than 4 million young peopleSince joining TF, 20 years ago my career has spanned the education, charity, and corporate sectors; as a teacher, school leader, Executive Director at Teach First, and Vice President at Pearson PLC. I sit on the Board of The Southbank Centre, NCS, Teach For All, and Sky's Diversity Advisory Council.

Ed Kirwan is the founder and CEO at Empathy Week - an award-winning global schools programme using the power of film to develop the skill of empathy - having engaged 175,000 students across 40+ countries so far.Previously a Head of Chemistry in North London and having completed an MA in Leadership at UCL, Ed’s unique understanding of education and film has enabled Empathy Week to really impact schools and truly develop the skill of empathy in students. Ed focuses on empathy as it is the most important skill for both personal and professional wellbeing and success. It is the foundation of relationships, leadership, communication, inclusion and creativity - exactly what the world needs right now. Empathy is the most crucial skill for better personal and professional lives and our collective wellbeing. In an evermore globalised and connected world, Ed believes that it is vital to teach it purposefully and with intent.

Flora is an '04 Ambassador and the Executive Director for Network Development at Teach First. She did the Teach First programme at Albany School, Enfield in 2004. It was both the hardest thing she'd ever done and the most transformational. Some of her best friends came from that experience and it changed the course of her life. After satisfying her curiosity for the business world with four years in strategy consulting, she returned to work at TF HQ in 2010, where she has been leading ambassador work ever since. She set up and ran the Teach First Innovation Unit for five years. And has been responsible for the development of the overall Ambassadors and Networks strategy for the last five years. She cannot wait to see so many ambassadors in one place and to emerge re-invigorated and re-inspired by such an incredible group of people.

I joined Teach First in 2008 and taught citizenship, economics and history at Kingsmead School in Enfield. At the end of the programme, I left the classroom to co-found a charity called The Brilliant Club, which recruits, trains and places PhD researchers in schools to support students to progress to highly-selective universities. I now work as Head of Philanthropy at XTX Markets, an algorithmic trading firm headquartered in London. Our philanthropy focuses on excellence in maths and science education, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds,

As a 2015 ambassador and senior leader in education, I am passionate about social justice and inspiring others to discover their authentic purpose. Over the years, I have had so many profound and revolutionary leaders pour into my own journey and I take delight in doing the same for others. I am honoured to be an ambassador for Teach First and excited to be a part of an incredible movement. My favourite memory is reconnecting as an adult with my Year 10 English teacher and finding out he also did the Teach First Programme. He too has gone on to achieve amazing accomplishments.

I am a 2005 ambassador, having taught Secondary Science in Tower Hamlets. I was the first to be placed in my school, alongside 2 fellow TFers, and taught for 2 years. I went on to complete a Masters in Teaching with the UCL IoE, and have worked in curriculum and design roles in teacher and leadership development since then. I am now the Executive Director for Development, overseeing the design of all TF programmes, the impact and evaluation of our work and our innovation projects. I recently completed my MBA, have 2 kids and live in Bristol with my husband. Being an ambassador is a huge part of my life. My commitment to educational equity originated in Canterbury with friends and leaders I met there, and has never left. It has shaped both my personal and professional life and will remain, forever, at the forefront of my work. My favourite memory of Teach First (of which there are many following nearly 20 years close involvement with the charity) is singing and dancing with friends from all cohorts to pop songs (and cohort songs) in various clubs in Canterbury, Warwick and Leeds. Twitter: a_e_mitchell

Russell joined Teach First as CEO in September 2017, building on more than 15 years developing and promoting leadership in schools. Prior to joining Teach First, Russell was General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and before that worked as a management consultant, helping found Hay Group’s education practice. Russell serves as a trustee of Fair Education Alliance and Teach for All UK Charity Board, as well as participating as a Community Board Member for Digital Poverty Alliance. He recently joined the Education Committee at the Royal Society. Russell was awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List 2022.

Brett’s lifelong mission is to help every child access an excellent education. He is the co-founder and CEO of Tiney.co, a VC-backed start up which uses a digital platform and operating system to enable micro-entrepreneurs to launch and run childcare businesses from their homes and give families access to quality, affordable and flexible early years education. It is currently the largest childminding agency in Britain. He is also the non-executive chairman of the National Citizen Service Trust, the largest youth programme in Europe for those on the cusp of adulthood.He wrote the original business plan for Teach First and led the organisation for fifteen years, helping to build it into one of the UK’s leading movements to tackle education inequality and the largest graduate recruiter in the country. He is co-founder and was Deputy CEO of Teach For All, which has brought the model to over 50 countries around the world. He is also a trustee & co-founder of Teach First Israel, the UK Fair Education Alliance and Bite Back 2030, which he founded with Jamie Oliver to reduce youth obesity. He received an OBE for services to education in 2012 and was formerly a management consultant at McKinsey & Company

After two years working as an engineer, I joined Teach First in 2006, and trained at Burlington Danes Academy, where I stayed for 8 years. I was inspired to work under the leadership of Dame Sally Coates and be part of the transformation of a school. After a further two years as Vice Principal at Ark Academy in Wembley, I became Principal at The Totteridge Academy in 2016. I am so proud of all the fantastic work that staff and students do every day and am thrilled to be welcoming so many visitors to the school. We are looking forward to hosting this phenomenal event - the values that Teach First instilled in me have been integral to my career so far.

I'm an '06 Ambassador and a proud Citizenship teacher. After teaching I founded community-based organisation The Literacy Pirates (originally The Hackney Pirates), have led social innovation programmes at Ashoka and Challenge Works, helped start up global anti-monopoly organisation The Balanced Economy Project, and have supported other citizen-powered, mission-driven organisations through my company Sea Change Strategy. I had a stint as a Fulbright Scholar, and am now Senior Practice Lead at New Local - a think tank and network with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Teach First was a hugely formative start to my career, and the learning and relationships from that time continue to shape my thinking about social change to this day. My favourite memories of teaching are probably the quiet moments chatting to pupils before / in between / after lessons where you built relationships and got a glimpse of who they were beyond the classroom, and who they wanted to become.

Theresa is a 2009 ambassador and is currently a deputy headteacher at E-Act Crest Academy in NW London. Theresa has only worked in schools in challenging contexts and feels passionate about continuing to address educational disadvantage. She had been increadibly lucky to work with amazing and inspirational students who have gone on to achieve much more than she ever will and this is a source for a tremendous amount of pride. With ambitions to be a headteacher in the near future, Theresa wants to continue to improve young people's life chances from the classroom and transformative school leadership.

Bilkis was raised in Britain by Bangladeshi, immigrant parents, and experienced the intersectionality of race, religion and gender first hand. Bilkis worked in the city as a Management Consultant for Deloitte before moving into the education sector. Her British-Bangladeshi background has made her committed to changing expectations around gender and identity for her community and beyond.

Having trained as a maths teacher in Southampton, I have spent the last 7 years working as an adviser in government across DfE and No10. I worked for Nick Gibb from 2016-2020 before moving across to work as Education Adviser to Boris Johnson from 2020-2022. I now work as Special Adviser to Gillian Keegan and within No10.

Djamila Boothman is an Assistant Principal at the Totteridge Academy and a Teach First Ambassador (2016) Trustee, she passionately advocates that addressing educational disadvantage must be addressed through both the curriculum and pastoral offer.As an English teacher, Djamila values the power that literature has as a gateway to new worlds and experiences and is committed to improving cultural representation in the English literature curriculum as a means of increasing student inquiry, attainment, promoting pride and placing equal value and celebration on the lived experiences of all children sitting in Britain’s classrooms. She is the co-author of Collins Who We Are Key Stage 3 Anthology and KS4 Through Our Eyes GCSE anthology.Djamila has been recognised for her community-based work to engage students and families (100 Teachers Campaign, 2021) including the UK’s first Windrush Day School Festival, a sponsored walk for water and a documentary entitled Hush We Came on Windrush⁠—as well as her work to address the issue of disproportionality in schools.As an experienced DSL and safeguarding trustee, Djamila works under the premise that embedding a strong safeguarding culture and promoting student welfare across a school can mitigate against a child's challenging socioeconomic circumstances in order to ensure that they can thrive.Djamila holds a Masters in Educational Leadership from UCL IOE, a PGCE in Secondary English from Canterbury Christ Church University and an undergraduate degree in History from Royal Holloway, University of London.

I'm a 2011 ambassador who taught maths in London. I've since worked as a headteacher, a McKinsey consultant, and an advisor to six Secretaries of State for Education. But more excitingly, I'm starting out as CEO of MESME - a maths education charity. Half of disadvantaged pupils who are top performers at KS2 don't go on to get a Grade 7 or better at maths GCSE. They fall off track from enjoying and being good at maths. This damages their life chances, and holds our country back. At MESME we're going to change this. Ask me about what we do, and how you can be involved.

After graduating, Emmanuel joined the Teach First programme and taught English in Birmingham. It was because of his experiences teaching looked after children that Emmanuel decided to work with a group of other ambassadors to explore improving their educational outcomes. It was this research that inspired the founding of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust, a charity that creates children’s homes where children can thrive. Emmanuel is currently the charity's director.

Mei has almost 18 years’ experience working with children, young people and families in education and the non-profit sector. She taught History in secondary schools and was briefly a primary Headteacher, before joining the Reach Foundation in 2019 to develop a place-based, cradle to career model for support for the community. She leads the Reach Children’s Hub and, more recently, the Foundation’s collective impact approach to wider systems change, the Feltham Convening Partnership.

Ed is a 2003 Ambassador. He is the co-founder, with Rebecca Cramer, of Reach Academy Feltham and the Reach Children's Hub. He lives in Hampton.

Cornelia Lucey CPsychol FRSA is a highly experienced award-winning leadership psychologist and author.Her first career was in journalism before she trained with Teach First and became a 2010 ambassador. Now she has over a decade of experience developing senior executives across a range of commercial, corporate, charity, and public sector organisations in the UK and Internationally. See herrecently published co-authored book on Positive Leadership here (https://www.routledge.com/Positive-Leadership-in-Practice-A-Model-for-Our-Future/Lucey-Burke/p/book/9780367772468#:~:text=Book Description,-This book aims&text=Positive Leadership in Practice is,performance to an extraordinary level.).For Cornelia, Teach First is all about harnessing and creating Positive Leaders who want to create the best versions of themselves and others - whether inside or outside of the classroom, whether adult or child. Her favourite Teach First memory (asides from the joy of meeting so many increible people at Summer Institute) was supporting a slightly wayward student to get his first C grade GCSE in English in 2012, and seeing the expression on his face when he achieved it.

I started the Teach First Training Programme in 2014 as a science teacher at Leeds West Academy. Following the programme, I took on the role as Head of Science at Dixons Trinity Chapeltown, a new all-through school opening in Leeds. For the last 5 years, I have enjoyed building the science department and creating a curriculum that has been implemented across the Dixons Trust. As an ambassador, I have always valued being connected to a wider network of inspirational teachers and I have enjoyed the additional opportunities it has given me, such as volunteering with Teach First Futures and completing a Summer Project as a Curriculum Designer.

Oli is the CEO of The Careers & Enterprise Company – the national body for careerseducation. Prior to this Oli was a Headteacher at a school thatpioneered new ways of working with employers - including introducing extended workplacements for all Year 10s and 12s Oli co-founded the national charity Voice 21 thatseeks to promote speaking in schools. Oli was one of the first cohort of Teach First teachers in 2003. He has been Head of Sixthform and Assistant Headteacher in previous roles and has worked in education policy andstrategy as a government education advisor.

CEO and Co-Founder of Teacher Tapp, the daily survey of 10,000 teachers helping keep government, the media and school leaders informed of the reality on the ground in schools. Formerly a secondary citizenship teacher ('06), Editor of Schools Week, and the Guardian's education columnist.

I'm a 2020 Ambassador and Teacher of MFL now based in Salford and Greater Manchester after completing the Training Programme near the seaside in Grimsby, NE Lincs. I co-lead the Greater Manchester Teach First Meet Up and I'm passionate about supporting communities and fostering student and teacher wellbeing.

Head of Biology & Careers Lead for Meden School in Nottinghamshire. A former soldier, Teach First 2017 Ambassador, founder of the @NetworkEDEM teacher network, and Chartered College of Teaching Council member. Clive's particular area of interest in education is Careers. He completed his Teach First Masters in Leadership in Learning with Sheffield Hallam University, where his research looked at the efficacy of CEIAG in areas of social deprivation, this informs his practice in raising aspirations in schools and engaging the wider community in supporting young people.

Having trained as a Geography teacher in 2006 in Enfield I went onto work in 2 more London schools before co-founding Reach Academy Feltham in 2012. I am now the CEO of the Reach Academy Trust. I previously chaired Heads Forward, the network of Teach First Ambassador Headteachers. I am a trustee of First Give, a youth social action charity and I co-founded and am a trustee of SHiFT which aims to break the cycle of young people caught up in crime. I have been lucky to visit schools in Sweden, USA and Singapore, often with or as part of the Teach First. I am married to Max Haimendorf, an '03 Ambassador. We have two young sons and live in South West London. Being an ambassador is part of my identity. Doing Teach First has shaped how I view the world, how I interact with others and how I parent my own children. Being a teacher is an immense privilege and I am proud to share the title of Teach First Ambassador with the thousands of others out there who have been through a shared experience which I hope has changed them, and their impact on the world, for the better. One memory which I think of often was my very first lesson. It was a Citizenship Y10 lesson (I had no concept of what Citizenship even was, let alone how to teach it) and I walked into the room...every single one of the thirty children was sat with a pair of sunglasses on. Nowhere in Summer Institute were we told how to deal with this! Somehow the children had worked out that I was a new teacher and decided to have some fun. I realised at that moment that teaching was the best job in the world and children are just brilliant. Needless to say, their organisation skills and ability to work collaboratively stood them in good stead and they went on to do very well in Citizenship :)

Loic Menzies is a researcher and policy specialist. He is a Senior Research Associate in the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College Cambridge and a Visiting Fellow at Sheffield Institute of Education.In 2009 Loic founded the 'think and action-tank' The Centre for Education and Youth, growing and leading it for 12 years. During that time he authored numerous studies on topics including teacher recruitment and retention, educational equity, and school accountability. He is editor of "Young People on the Margins: Priorities for Action in Education and Youth," which was published by Routledge in Spring 2021 and he is now working on his second book, 'How Policy Happens: Understanding the decisions that shape our education system'.

Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO, CBE is a passionate and practical campaigner who has gained an international reputation for ‘connecting the unconnected’, inspiring individuals and organisations to work together for the common good in the most challenged communities.During her tenure as Chief Executive of Business in the Community from 1991 to 2007, Julia worked closely with the President HM The King in building a movement of 850 member companies. Julia later served as Special Adviser to The Prince’s Charities and focused efforts on disadvantaged communities.Julia co-founded Step Up To Serve (#iwill), a campaign which was set up to make meaningful social action a part of life for young people across the UK and chairs the #iwill Partnership Board. As Chair of Teach First from 2007 to 2014, and now Vice Patron, Julia has pioneered efforts to address educational disadvantage. She serves on the Careers and Enterprise Company and Youth Futures Foundation boards, is Deputy Chair of the Fair Education Alliance, and served as chair of the National Literacy Trust from 2013 to 2022. She is Patron of Right to Succeed and chairs Place Matters and the National Statistician’s Committee on Inclusive Data.

Mide is the recently appointed School’s Leadership Development Lead at Ark and a governor at Reach Academy Feltham. He previously led the primary phase of an all-through school in North London and, at 31, was one of the youngest black Headteachers in the country. In his current role, he focuses on facilitating, developing and creating professional development for senior leaders. His interests lie in leadership development and recruiting and retaining leaders that reflect the UK’s schools better.

Co-founder of Teach First, and of seven other NGOs with over £100 million turnover. Leadership junkie who has written 20 books in over 100 editions globally. Only four time winner of the CMI gold award. Started a bank, built a business in Japan, got sued for $12 billion, put the blue speckle in Daz and was the best nappy salesman in Birmingham.

My name is Otega Ajuchi and I’m an alumnus from the 2018 cohort. I taught science in secondary schools in Birmingham and Stoke-On-Trent for four years. While I enjoyed teaching, I decided to switch careers and joined Accenture in April 2022 as a master’s apprentice in applied data analytics.

Ben Keely is the Principal at Harris Academy Chafford Hundred in Essex. He was previously Principal at Harris Academy Greenwich when it achieved an outstanding Ofsted judgement. He has worked for the Harris Federation for more than a decade. Ben also co-chairs the Heads Forward network, a network for Teach First heads. The network members recently met for one of their annual conferences at Jamie’s Farm. The world of education was put to rights whilst eating great food, breathing clean air and dodging sheep.

Jan has spent his whole career in London state schools, having trained through the Teach First Programme in 2005. He held a series of Senior Leadership positions in a large 11-18 Comprehensive school in Edmonton, then in 2017 he was appointed as the founding Headteacher of London Academy of Excellence Tottenham. Under his leadership, the school has become one of the leading 6th forms in the country, rated 'outstanding' in all areas by OFSTED and named Sunday Times State School Sixth Form of the Year in 2021. LAE Tottenham is co-sponsored by Highgate School and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and has eight other independent school partners, making it a model of independent-state school partnerships. Jan is also a member of the 'Heads Forward' leadership team, a group of more than 120 Teach First alumni Headteachers as well as a governor of two state schools in North London.

Sugra is the Principal of Woodhouse College, a popular and oversubscribed sixth form college in Barnet that serves approximately 1500 students who join from over 200 different schools across North London. She is also the CEO of Frontier Learning Trust. This new trust was established as a collaboration between Woodhouse College and Imperial College London and is opening the Imperial College London Mathematics School in September 2023. Prior to this she held a number of senior roles at Isaac Newton Academy, a brand new, all through school in Ilford. Sugra trained as a maths teacher with Teach First in 2005 and has worked across a number of contexts. She is a trustee for Kensington Aldridge Academy, has served as a trustee for Teach First, trained aspiring senior leaders with the Harrow Schools Teaching Alliance and worked with Aga Khan Education Services training educators in Central Asia and East Africa.

Raza Ali is a 2009 TF ambassador. Raza started is TF journey as a Maths/Economics teacher at Westminster Academy in London. Having done the initial two years, Raza was even more determined to address educational disadvantage. Raza decided he wanted to have an impact beyond his classroom and became Head of year, and then later Head of Maths at a start-up academy (Hammersmith Academy) in West London. Still not content, Raza decided to make the step-up to senior leadership and become Assistant Headteacher at Leytonstone School. – the same school where he sat his GCSE’s. At Leytonstone, Raza later became Deputy Headteacher and then Headteacher. Following a further Headship at St.Paul’s Way Trust school in East London, Raza is now Senior Principal for two large Secondary Schools in Luton.

I trained as a geography teacher in the 2008 cohort, and I've worked in my original Teach First school for the majority of time ever since. I've had two brief periods away - one doing a maternity cover as Acting Principal at Mulberry UTC and the second earlier in my career when I worked across South Africa and Lesotho in school improvement, primarily in rural primary schools. I loved southern Africa but really missed being in the classroom and so quickly returned to a teaching role. I've also been the Chair of Governors of a primary school in Redbridge and would highly recommend getting involved in governance to anyone who is or is interested in school leadership. Looking forward to talking.

Tilly is the Co-Headteacher, in charge of Primary, at Reach Academy Feltham, an all-through free school in West London. She did the Teach First program in 2013 and moved to Reach in 2015. She has been leading the Primary part of the school since January 2020. Tilly believes passionately in children getting the best start to their education and has supported the design and execution of the new NPQEYL. Tilly was also part of Oak National Academy, during the pandemic, leading on areas of the Primary Curriculum.

Max Haimendorf graduated from Oxford and joined the first cohort (2003) of the Teach First programme, teaching Science in West London. Following work at Teach First central office he joined the consultants Oliver Wyman where he worked in finance strategy. Whilst there he wrote about the importance of small schools in Teach First’s first Policy Paper, Lessons from the Front. In 2008 he was appointed as Secondary Headteacher of King Solomon Academy, starting the Secondary part of the school in September 2009. He was the first Teach First headteacher and the youngest Secondary head in the country on appointment. He has now led KSA through two Outstanding Ofsted inspections and to achieve the highest GCSE results in the country for a non-selective school in 2015. The school has consistently achieved top 1% progress. He became all-through Principal of KSA in September 2016. Max was awarded an OBE for services to education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020.