Julian Grenier is the Senior Content and Engagement Manager – Early Years at the Education Endowment Foundation.
Previously, he was one of His Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools (HMI) and Early Education Lead at Ofsted, was the director of East London Research School (funded by the EEF) and headteacher of Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre in Newham, East London.
Julian is a member of the editorial board of Impact, the journal of the Chartered College of Teaching. He is a member of the Expert Advisory Group for Mobilise, an innovative project from PEDAL at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, and a trustee of the charity Thrive at Five. He served as a member of the Early Education route panel at the Institute for Apprenticeships until 2023.
Julian was a National Leader in Education and was awarded a CBE for services to early years education in 2022.