Professor Derek Bell

Head of education at the Wellcome Trust and former chief executive of the Association for Science Education

Sir Tim Brighouse - Former commissioner for London Schools (2002-2007) and former chief education officer for Birmingham (1993-2002) and Oxfordshire (1978-1989)

Graham Donaldson - Former chief inspector of education in Scotland, now leading Scotland’s review of teacher education

Professor Keri Facer - Institute of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University and former research director of Futurelab

Professor Tony Gallagher - Head of the School of Education, Queen’s University, Belfast

Judy Hargadon - Chief executive of the School Food Trust

Dame Kelly Holmes - Double Olympic gold medal-winning athlete in 2004

Dr Jeanne Keay - Dean of the school of education at Roehampton University, south-west London

John May - Chief executive of Young Enterprise

Annette Montague - Schools director for the Youth Sport Trust

Joan Olivier - Retired head of Lady Margaret Secondary School, Parsons Green, west London

Professor Ken Reid - Former deputy vice-chancellor of Swansea Metropolitan University

Malcolm Trobe - Policy director of the Association of School and College Leaders

Awards shortlisting led by Michael Shaw, TES Opinion Editor.