# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-benn
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:05.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-benn"
name: "Melissa Benn"
slug: "melissa-benn"
description: "Melissa Ann Benn is a British journalist and writer. She is known for her support of comprehensive education and criticism of many aspects of government policy on education. Benn setup the Local Schools Network in 2010, a pro-state schools pressure group. She has written two books on the subject; School Wars, a study of the UK's post-war comprehensive education system, and The Truth About Our Schools."
tagline: "British journalist and writer (born 1957)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/MelissaBenn-by-HabieSchwarz-768x668.jpg/330px-MelissaBenn-by-HabieSchwarz-768x668.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1957-02-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           5.789709333333334
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  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Melissa_Benn"
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    title: "മെലിസ ബെൻ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump