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Nobody knows schools like we do. Some of us have always worked in education, many come from other walks of life. But all of us are parents with a keen eye for what makes a good school, and we’re committed to helping others make the right educational choices for their children.
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Team

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Kathryn Berger

Administrator
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Selina Boyd

International editor
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Janita Clamp

Commissioning editor
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Marijke Doldersum

Administrator
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Ilana Fox

Marketing director
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Francis Hamlyn

Content, media & communications
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Sophie Hennessy

Head of marketing
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Kate Hilpern

Senior editor
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Megan Johnson

Administrator
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Lucinda Lafferty

Managing director
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Shari Lord

Senior administrator
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Ralph Lucas

Editor in Chief
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Andy Lyon

Lead developer
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Katie McLean

PR & partnerships Manager
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Grace Moody-Stuart

Consultancy director
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Hannah Palmer

Board member
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Mary Pegler

Senior editor, SEND
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Amanda Perkins

Administrator
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Charlotte Phillips

SEND consultancy manager
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Melanie Sanderson

Managing editor

UK writers

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Irena Barker

Writer
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Mary Bremner

Writer
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Paul Buckland

Writer
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Rachel Cooke

Writer
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Simon Coury

Senior editor
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Guy Doza

Writer
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Emi Finch

Writer
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Emma Heath

Writer
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Emma Hardie

Writer
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Rachael Harding

Writer
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Lucy Heywood

Writer

Aneeka Kotecha

Writer
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Imogen McEvedy

SEN writer
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Isabella Millard

Writer
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Emma O’Driscoll

Writer

Mary Ormond

Writer
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Melanie O'Shea

Writer
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Hetty Palmer

Writer
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Isabel Rich

Writer
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Jane Thomas

Writer
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Thalia Thompson

Writer
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Lucinda Wallis

Writer
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Freya Waters

Writer
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Joe Whitnell

Writer
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Sam Woodland

Writer

UK education consultants

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Selina Boyd

International editor
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William Bancroft

Education consultant
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Susannah Cannell

Education consultant
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Janita Clamp

Commissioning editor
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Elizabeth Coatman

Education consultant
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Sue Fieldman

Education consultant
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Lisa Freedman

Education consultant
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Jonathan Forster

Education consultant
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Susan Hamlyn

Education consultant
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Kate Hilpern

Senior editor
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Caroline Hoare

Education consultant
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Sophie Irwin

Education consultant
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Emma Lee-Potter

Education consultant
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Mary Langford

Education consultant
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Ralph Lucas

Editor in Chief
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Grace Moody-Stuart

Consultancy director
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Charlotte Obolensky

Education consultant
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Mary Pegler

Senior editor, SEND
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Charlotte Phillips

SEND consultancy manager
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Catriona Prest

Education consultant
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Melanie Sanderson

Managing editor
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Jacqueline Simpson

Education consultant
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Camilla Smiley

Education consultant
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Janette Wallis

Education consultant

International writers and education consultants

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Selina Boyd

International editor
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Rachel Burnett

Ireland writer & education consultant
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Roszalie Chidwick

Thailand writer & education consultant
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Jacquie Cotton

SEND writer & education consultant
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Louise Courtenay

Hong Kong writer & education consultant

Clare Hepburn

France writer & education consultant
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Louise Mamarbachi

Dubai writer & education consultant
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Jane Mitchell

Spain and Italy writer & education consultant
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Caroline Mukisa

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia writer & education consultant
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Julie Phillipson

South Africa writer & education consultant
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Carolyn Siauw

Japan writer & education consultant
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Camilla Tregonning

Switzerland writer & education consultant

Sally Walker

Switzerland education consultant

Belinda Warburton

Washington DC writer & education consultant
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Venetia Williamson-Noble

New York writer & education consultant