[1] With activity centred in Germany, the organisation's vision was not only to recruit English teachers but also to offer them professional and welfare support within a structure that they would not otherwise have had.
[4] It subsequently expanded into offering a range of research, consultancy and support services to the education sector and operating as a contractor for a number of UK government education initiatives, such as the Young, Gifted and Talented Programme which it managed on behalf of the then Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Education Development Trust is governed by a board of trustees who direct the organisation's work.
The trustees, chaired by Ilse Howling, oversee the Executive Team led by CEO Dan Sandhu.
With further international growth since 2006, and a strong focus on multiple aspects of school system reform,[6] the organisation wanted to have a name that better reflected its mission.