Gareth Sturdy

Gareth became a high school teacher in the 1990s after reading physics at Liverpool University. He has also spent time as a national newspaper journalist and has run his own public-relations business. His educational roles have included head of physics at one of the country’s leading grammar schools, and teaching at the innovative East London Science School and Michaela Community School. Gareth helped to set up the Physics Factory, a flagship project of the Mayor of London to boost physics teaching. He has also taught English and Mathematics to workplace apprentices. He now works as an education advisor within online education, with particular concern for what is unique about schools. He is organiser of the Education Forum of the Academy of Ideas. He is a co-author of the book ‘What Should Schools Teach? Disciplines, subjects and the pursuit of truth’ published by the UCL Institute of Education in 2017, and writes regularly on education for the national press. He can be found on X.com @stickyphysics