Ed is the Managing Director of the Reach Foundation and was the co-founder and Principal of Reach Academy Feltham. Over the last five years he has been developing a Cradle to Career model, combining the school with the Reach Children's Hub to provide an integrated pipeline of support for children and families.

Beyond Feltham he is working with Trusts nationally to support them to develop a Cradle to Career approach, as well as a growing suite of leadership programmes, including SW100, West100 and Yorkshire100, as well as Leading Trusts100. Ed is currently on secondment to Ormiston Academies Trust as National Director of Transformation and is a member of the Board of CST. He has sat on a number of DfE and other policy panels and was awarded an OBE in 2019.