Bridgehead Communications
Education communications

The debate
you lead.

We put education leaders into the national and international conversation — from BBC Radio 4 to Forbes and the policy tables that matter.

Start the conversation
Forbes · BusinessInsider · BBC R4
National+ international
Policyto profile

The promise

We have worked inside DfE policy and inside school leadership — we know what actually moves admissions.

40+
Schools and trusts advised
£28m
DfE programme launches communicated
100%
Of cases led by ex-DfE or sector-leader counsel

On the record

The coverage does the talking

A live feed of where our work has been showing up — real placements, real titles, real reach.

6.7M listeners
Lawrence Barton DL featured in BBC Radio 4 Today

Skills · BBC Radio 4 Today

Why Britain needs more tech apprenticeships to close the skills gap

Education trade
Lawrence Barton DL featured in FE Week

Education · FE Week

Devolved budget could drag adult education out of the doldrums

174M readers
Kutaisi International University featured in Forbes

Higher Education · Forbes

A new Georgia Tech arrives tomorrow — it looks promising

Education trade
Baker Dearing Educational Trust featured in FE Week

Education · FE Week

Pre-16 technical education pathways: UTCs make the case

50k+ sector readers
Baker Dearing Educational Trust featured in Schools Week

Education · Schools Week

UTCs group seeks millions from DfE for Sleeves model in mainstream schools

14M+ academic readers
Kutaisi International University featured in Times Higher Education

Global HE · Times Higher Education

Georgia's billionaire-backed university has high ambitions

150M+ monthly readers
Kutaisi International University featured in Business Insider

Education · Business Insider

Kutaisi International University opens with global ambitions and a TUM partnership

Capabilities

What a education engagement actually covers

01

Admissions and recruitment marketing

Search, paid and content campaigns calibrated to year-on-year roll targets and league-table movement.

02

Trust and university reputation

Vice-chancellor and CEO positioning, REF and TEF narrative, OfS and Ofsted communications.

03

Policy and stakeholder engagement

DfE, Ofsted, OfS and APPG engagement for sector bodies and large MATs.

04

Crisis and safeguarding

Safeguarding-trained crisis support — including out-of-hours media handling and parent communications.

Who we work with

The organisations sitting around our boardroom table

  • Independent schools
  • Multi-academy trusts
  • Sixth-form colleges
  • Universities
  • EdTech platforms
  • Sector trade bodies

FAQs

What people ask us first

Yes, and the dual perspective matters — we understand bursary-led admissions on the independent side and PAN-led roll management on the state side.

Yes. We support pre-inspection narrative, factual-accuracy responses and post-publication parent and staff communications.

Bring your education brief.
Leave with a plan.

Thirty minutes with a partner. No deck, no sales pitch — just an honest read on whether we're the right team for your situation.