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    Hayley Peacock

    Founder of Hayley Peacock Education - UK based

    Founder of Hayley Peacock Education, Little Barn Owls and Atelier 21 Future School - on a mission to change a million children's lives through joyful, future-facing education.

    Hayley Peacock, founder of Hayley Peacock Education

    What Hayley Peacock Education does

    Hayley Peacock is a UK education entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster who founded the award-winning Little Barn Owls Early Years Group and, in 2020, launched Atelier 21 Future School - the UK's first Reggio Emilia inspired, enquiry-based independent school for 4-16 year olds. Through Hayley Peacock Education she shares the 'Playoneering' approach, training educators and schools in project-based, real-world learning and metacognitive classroom practice. She was named Gatwick Diamond Business Person of the Year in 2024, is a finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 'Purpose' category, and has spoken at the World Education Summit about pioneering 'cool schools'.

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    Superpower: Purpose-Led Disruption

    "Hayley believes relevant, meaningful and joyful education can change children's lives."

    What a young person can learn from this

    • A real business in education & publishing started with a specific problem, not a perfect plan.
    • Purpose-Led Disruption is a skill you can practise, not something you are born with.
    • How education & publishing shows up in a real business.
    • How entrepreneurial mindset shows up in a real business.
    • How social enterprise shows up in a real business.

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    Talk about it: What did this founder already know or care about before starting, and how did that help?

    Then do it: List what you already know more about than most people your age, then turn one into an idea.

    Use the Passion-to-Profit Mapper

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