Lee Elliot Major OBE FAcSS
Lee Elliot Major is Britain’s first Professor of Social Mobility, based at the University of Exeter. He was previously Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust and a trustee of the Education Endowment Foundation.
His work is dedicated to improving the prospects of disadvantaged children and young people. He works closely with school leaders, universities, and employers. Lee is one of the most prominent public voices in national education debates and regularly advises the Government on social mobility.
His award winning Bloomsbury book What Works?, provides evidence-informed tips for teachers to improve learning and followed on from his work to produce the first Sutton Trust-EEF teaching and learning toolkit. His latest book, The Good Parent Educator, aims to empower parents to improve the education of their children.
He is a Trustee of the Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust and a governor at William Ellis school.
He was awarded an OBE in the 2019 Queen’s Honours. He is the first in his family to go to university.