Julie Kirkbride is a board Member of Ofsted, a Trustee of the News Schools Network, and a volunteer for Westminster Connects and Beanstalk – the children’s reading charity. She is a former Conservative MP, Daily Telegraph Political Correspondent and BBC TV and ITN News Producer.
Raised in Halifax, Yorkshire, Julie attended a local state grammar school. From there she went on to study Economics and History at Girton College Cambridge and attended UC Berkeley on a Rotary Foundation Scholarship.