Harry Hudson

Harry Hudson is a teacher and writer from Oxford. He graduated with a double first from the University of Cambridge in 2017, and is currently Head of History at the West London Free School in Hammersmith, which was named The Sunday Times

‘Comprehensive School of the Year’ in 2026. He is also the National Lead for Sixth Form for Lift Schools, and is a teaching fellow on the Exemplary Teaching Programme.

Harry is the author of The A–Z of Early Career Teaching (2025) and Must do better: How to improve the image of teaching and why it matters (2022), and is a frequent columnist in the comment pages of The Times. He has written widely, and appears regularly on outlets including Times Radio and LBC.

He enjoys choral singing and sport, and has a particular interest in the fate and fortunes of Aston Villa.