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Gareth Conyard
Gareth Conyard

Gareth Conyard has been CEO of the Teacher Development Trust since 2023.

Prior to joining the Teacher Development Trust, he spent 10 years in various roles at the Department for Education, including deputy director for teacher development.

All articles by Gareth Conyard
Technical pathways plan: 7 lessons from failed 14-19 Diplomas
Responding to Andy Burnham’s announcement about new technical education pathways, a former civil servant who worked on 14-19 reforms reflects on the challenges that caused the collapse of Diplomas
Secondary
28 July 2026
Andy Burnham's technical education plans: lessons from the failed 14-19 Diploma
The Teacher Development Trust’s legacy will be better CPD
The education charity becoming part of the Chartered College of Teaching will strengthen professional development in the sector, write the chief executives of both organisations
General
12 March 2026
Flowers entwined
How to get instructional coaching right
Instructional coaching can be a powerful form of teacher CPD, write Gareth Conyard and Jim Knight – but only if lethal mutations are avoided
General
7 November 2025
Instructional coaching for teachers: schools need to take care to get it right, say these experts
Why it’s time to scrap punitive teacher appraisals
As the sector moves on from performance-related pay, schools need performance management systems that focus more on meaningful professional growth than on compliance and control 
General
15 May 2025
How to make teacher appraisals more effective
Do we need a new word to define teacher training?
Language matters, which is why we are launching a working party to define what is unique about the teaching of teachers, writes Teacher Development Trust CEO Gareth Conyard
General
21 February 2025
Do we need a new word to define teacher training?