Matt Wrack became General Secretary of NASUWT in 2025, bringing extensive trade union leadership experience from his previous roles as General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union and President of the Trades Union Congress.

In his first address to NASUWT’s Annual Conference in 2026, he highlighted a range of challenges facing the education sector, urging the government to take action on teacher recruitment and retention, strengthen maternity, paternity and parental leave provisions, and invest in school buildings and infrastructure.

He also called for greater scrutiny of academy funding practices and emphasised the need to address excessive workload and long working hours.