Dr Lesley Nelson-Addy – Education Consultant

Dr Lesley Nelson-Addy is an Education Consultant and former Education Manager at the Runnymede Trust. She co-authored the 2021 Lit in Colour report and continues to shape the strategic and creative direction of the programme. Lesley has over a decade of experience across English teaching, curriculum development and educational research. Her doctorate in Education, awarded by the University of Oxford, was funded by the ESRC and Oxford-Marriott-Wolfson scholarships. She is co-chair of the National Association for the Teaching of English’s Reviewing Literature working group and was elected Vice Chair and Trustee of NATE in January 2026.