Russell Hobby (trade unionist)

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Russell Hobby
Member of the House of Lords-Designate
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
TBD
Personal details
Party Labour

Russell Keith Hobby CBE (born 22 January 1972 [1] ) is the CEO of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT). Russell was previously the CEO of Teach First from 2017-2025.

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Early life

He was born in Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. His father was a plasma physicist for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. His mother was a qualified primary school teacher. He attended a comprehensive school, the John Mason School.[ citation needed ] He went to Corpus Christi College, Oxford to study PPE, leaving in 1993.[ citation needed ]

Career

He became General Secretary of NAHT in September 2010. [2] He was re-elected General Secretary in January 2015. [3] In May 2017, he was appointed CEO of Teach First. [4]

Russell replaced Dr Karen Roberts, as CEO of TKAT in September 2025.[ citation needed ]

Hobby was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to education. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Companies House
  2. ↑ Greensheets
  3. ↑ Re-election
  4. ↑ "Russell Hobby appointed Teach First chief executive".
  5. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N9.
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