
Tom Richmond
Senior Research Fellow
Tom Richmond spent 15 years in the world of education across different roles. He began his career teaching A-level Psychology at one of the country’s leading state schools, having gained a BSc in Psychology from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in Child Development from the Institute of Education in London. After three years in teaching, he moved into politics to work on policy development and research across the education, skills and welfare sector. This included roles at think tanks such as Policy Exchange and the Social Market Foundation, Pearson, G4S, a leading professional body and also spending a short time working for an MP. He subsequently spent two years as an advisor to ministers at the Department for Education, first under Michael Gove and then Nicky Morgan, where he helped them to design and deliver new policies as well as improve existing ones. After leaving the Department for Education, he spent two years back in teaching at a Sixth Form College in London. At the beginning of 2018, he returned to Westminster as a policy consultant at the Reform think tank and has now joined Policy Exchange to continue his work on education and skills projects.

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The skills we need, and why we don’t have them
by Tom Richmond | Nov 11, 2016
Read Publication Apprenticeships programme needs stronger focus on quality, says Policy Exchange. New report urges the government to put in place a high level quality target alongside its existing commitment to create 3 million new Apprenticeship starts by 2020 The...
Simply Learning: Improving the skills system in England
by Tom Richmond | Jan 8, 2010
Read Publication This report looks at the skills system in England in order to understand the problems which beset it and to offer recommendations for reform. It offers a critique of the 2006 Leitch review, which is seen as the major driving force behind recent...
Science Fiction? Uncovering the real level of science skills at school and university
by Tom Richmond | Sep 28, 2009
Read Publication Britain will need more science skills if it is to prosper. According to the CBI a staggering 92% of firms across all sectors require people with science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills, but more than 59% are experiencing problems...
Rising Marks, Falling Standards
by Tom Richmond | Apr 30, 2009
Read Publication One of the most enduring debates in education concerns ‘standards’ in primary and secondary schools. Literacy, numeracy and science form the backbone of the school curriculum with the intention of equipping pupils with these core skills by the time...Support Us
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