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Branwen Jeffreys

Education Editor, BBC News
Branwen Jeffreys is the Education Editor for BBC News - reporting for national news on every aspect of learning from early years to young adults. Her brief ranges from the policy and politics of education to the lived experience of children and young people including mental wellbeing and the transition to work. She has made documentaries for Radio 4 and Panorama. As a journalist and broadcaster she has taken a particular interest over three decades in how policy translates into delivery and user experience in public services. Branwen is also an executive coach within the BBC as part of a network working with leaders to support resilience in a high stress industry. She in the lengthy training to become a transactional analyst in the organizational field as another framework to bring systemic thinking to working with leaders.
Debate

1 Breakout sessions: Series one

What leadership does education need now – and by 2036?

In the first of our three conference debate sessions, the BBC’s Education and Family Editor Branwen Jeffreys will be joined by a panel of leaders from across the sector to ask what they – and their successors – need to do help trusts continue to improve over the next 10 years. Who are the leaders of the future? How do we find and develop them?