Tom is an education policy analyst. He began his career teaching at a high-performing state school. After three years in teaching, he spent almost a decade working in policy development and research. This included working as a Researcher at the SMF and later advising ministers at the Department for Education. After leaving the Department he taught at a Sixth Form College before returning to education policy and research in 2018. From 2019 to 2024 he was the director of EDSK – a think tank that designed solutions to policy problems across the education system including schools, colleges, apprenticeships and universities.
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