Lord John Nash is founder and chair of the board of trustees of Future Academies. This organisation is on a mission to transform the lives of children and young people through a liberal, classical education. Future Academies is committed to giving every student the skills, character and knowledge needed to succeed, regardless of their background. Its approach centres on cultural enrichment, academic excellence and strong values to shape young minds and futures. Lord Nash was a schools minister between 2013 and 2017. As such, he was responsible for, among other things, free schools, faith schools, academies, independent schools and school capital. During his time in tenure, he took five acts of parliament through the House of Lords. While a minister, the number of academies in the UK increased from around 2,000 to approximately 7,000, and hundreds of free schools were created. Today, Lord Nash is an advisor to the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation. https://speakerdeck.com/lordjohnnash