Edward Smallwood

Early Stage & SME Consultant, Education Executive, Advisory Boards

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2022
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Investor | UK Consultant
Feb 2022
Online Gifting Platform - the most unique and ridiculously fun products to help celebrate life’s biggest moments. We design, develop, and produce BevAlc Brilliance.
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2022
Investor | UK Consultant
Feb 2022
Online Gifting Platform - the most unique and ridiculously fun products to help celebrate life’s biggest moments. We design, develop, and produce BevAlc Brilliance.
2012
A-List Education UK Founder, Managing Director
May 2012
Dukes Education is a family of schools and education organisations based in the UK. We bring together schools that are diverse in their offering, and yet united as outstanding examples of teaching and learning. Though a relatively new organisation, launched in 2015, Dukes has grown quickly and, in 2021 has four boarding and day colleges, 11 schools and 12 ‘Little Dukes’ feeder nurseries, with eight summer school locations, and a multi-branch university application consultancy service, over 4,400 pupils and just under 2,000 staff. Many of these schools and organisations are long-established, with decades of experience providing excellent teaching and care to students. We are now of sufficient scale to begin to shape what excellence looks like in the education space for children of all ages. Dukes celebrates the autonomy of our schools, with Principals and Heads leading on all decisions. Each member organisation is distinctive. However, we joined together because we found cultures in these organisations that shared characteristics – optimism, ambition, and a deep commitment to outstanding teaching and learning. We believe that together we will be more powerful in helping young people go on to live fulfilling lives.
2005
Co-Founder, Executive Vice President
2005
A-List Education lights the path to a successful future. Powered by Testive, our adaptive learning technology, we provide best in class instruction, test prep, and educator professional development informed by data that matters. Combined with the human connection of one-on-one support, students gain the skills and confidence they need to achieve their goals. Each year, A-List helps thousands of students from all over the United States and the world prepare for college entrance exams, with median SAT/ACT score improvements for institutions of more than three times the national average and as much as 10 times the national average for individual students, enabling them to secure acceptances at top colleges and earn awards of more than $1 million in merit and need-based financial aid. For schools, A-List provides teacher Professional Development aligned with the Common Core State Standards and effective learning and tutoring materials for both students and teachers including SAT/ACT preparation material; comprehensive study guides; workbooks, e-learning applications, and more. As an active participant in the communities we serve, we partner with more than 40 outstanding nonprofit organizations, high schools and colleges such as Hunter College School of Education, The Harlem Childrens Zone, Year Up, Manhattan Hunter Science High School, Magnolia Science Academy as well as school districts and charter school networks around the country. At A-List Education, we light the path to a successful future. Learn more at alisteducation.com.