Education

From union bosses to multi-academy trust heads, Whitehall experts to headteachers, Mace's index of the most influential people in education is a distilled selection of the policy influencers you need to know about. Senior Whitehall sources helped devise our unmissable list of the most valuable players in the education world, based on who they listen to - and who you ought to, too.

Whatever happens to Gavin Williamson over the next few months, and the government’s education policy more broadly, these key figures will be there to fight on behalf of their organisations, for the greater good of the UK’s education system.