The following list all includes all publicly identifiable members of the New Visions for Education Group. There are others who contribute from time to time to the Group’s work.
Robin Alexander
Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, Professor of Education Emeritus, University of Warwick, Director of the Cambridge Primary Review.
Websites: www.robinalexander.org.uk; www.primaryreview.org.uk
Sir William Atkinson
Headteacher, Phoenix High School, Hammersmith and Fulham
Stephen Ball
Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, University of London
John Bangs
Senior Research Associate at the Faculty of Education University of Cambridge, Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education, University of London and special consultant with Education International with specific responsibility for EI work in the OECD. Formerly Assistant Secretary (Education/Equal Opportunities) National Union of Teachers and co-author of “Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching”
Wendy Berliner
Head of education for The Guardian’s Professional Networks (the Guardian Teacher Network, the Guardian Higher Education Network, Careers Guardian and the Guardian University Guide). Formerly Guardian education correspondent, education features editor of The Independent and deputy editor and interim editor of the Times Educational Supplement.
Jo Boaler
Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Stanford, California
Eric Bolton
Senior Chief HM Inspector of Schools 1983 – 91; Professor for Teacher Education IOE 1991- 1995; Vice Chair New Opportunities Lottery Fund 1998 – 2006.
Sir Tim Brighouse
Formerly Chief Education Officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham, and Chief Adviser for London Schools, Visiting Professor Institute of Education
Dave Brockington
Co-founder and strategy advisor to ASDAN. Formerly a teacher of philosophy at Bristol Polytechnic and Head of Faculty at University of West of England (UWE).
Margaret Brown
Professor of Mathematics Education, King’s College London.Former President of British Educational Research Association and Chair ofJoint Mathematical Council of the UK
Roger Brown
Professor of Higher Education Policy at Liverpool Hope University, formerly Vice Chancellor of Southampton Solent University and Chief Executive of the Higher Education Quality Council
John Bynner
Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Policy and Society Institute of Education, University of London. Director of Longview, a think tank which promotes longitudinal study.
Claire Callender
Professor of Higher Education Policy at Birkbeck College, University of London and co-director of the Birkbeck Institute of Lifelong
Learning. Expert on student finances in higher education Appointed a member of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 2003. Awarded a Fulbright New Century Scholarship for 2007-08. Visiting Scholar at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Graham Clayton
Former Senior Solicitor National Union of Teachers. Founding Director of the Steve Sinnott Foundation (Website:www.stevesinnottfoundation.org.uk).
Frank Coffield
Emeritus Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London and visiting professor at the University of Sunderland.
Ian Craig
Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science and Visiting Professorial Fellow, Institute of Education, University of London. Previously Chief Schools Adjudicator, LA Director, Inspector, Adviser and primary head teacher.
Jonathan Crossley- Holland
Former Executive Director for Sheffield City Council. Previously an Education Officer in East Sussex and Hertfordshire. Joined international education technology and services provider “Tribal” in 2008 as Director of Strategy for Children’s Services. Now, since 2011, an independent consultant with a particular interest in ‘Middle Tier’ development.
Christine Davies CBE
Chief Executive of C4EO (Centre for Excellence & Outcomes in Children and Young People’s Services). Former national lead for ‘Narrowing the Gap’ and previously, Director of Children’s Services, Telford & Wrekin Council.
Janet Dobson
Senior Research Associate, Migration Research Unit, University College London. Director of national research on pupil mobility and implications for schools.
Bernadette Duffy
Head, Thomas Coram Children’s Centre, Camden; 2006-9 Chair ,British Association for Early Childhood Education, contributed to the EYFS framework , author on early years issues.
Michael Duffy
Former President, Secondary Heads Association
Alan Dyson
Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Equity in Education, University of Manchester
Peter Earley
Professor of Education Leadership and Management, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education.
John Elliott
Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of East Anglia, Member of the Norfolk Learning and Skills Council(2000-2006)and the Norfolk 14-19 Strategy Group. Website: www.research-edu.net
Leon Feinstein
Professor of Education and Social Policy at the Institute of Education, University of London
Michael Fielding
Professor of Education, Institute of Education, London University 2007 – present. Formerly at Cambridge and Sussex Universities and two pioneer UK comprehensive schools.
John Fowler
Education Consultant
Becky Francis
Professor of Education and Social Justice at King’s College London. Previously Director of the Pearson Think Tank, Director of Education at the RSA, and Professor of Education at Roehampton University.
Website: www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/people/academic/francisb.aspx
Kenny Frederick
Headteacher of George Green’s School, Tower Hamlets London
Kate Frood
Headteacher of Eleanor Palmer Primary School, Camden, London.
David Gillborn
Professor of Critical Race Studies in Education at the Institute of Education, London. He is recognised internationally as a leading writer on racism in education.
Ron Glatter
Emeritus Professor,
The Open University; Distinguished Service Award, British Educational Leadership,
Management and Administration Society, 2007
Helen Gunter
Professor of Education Policy, School of Education, University of Manchester.
Valerie Hannon
Managing Director of the Innovation Unit, a former Director of Education (Derbyshire CC) researcher and teacher.
Paul Head
Principal of the The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London. Formerly a senior manager at Thames Valley University and at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design
Sir Philip Hunter
Former Schools Adjudicator, Deputy Chief Education Officer at ILEA and Chief Education Officer, Staffordshire.
Dame Tamsyn Imison
Former headteacher of Hampstead School. Honorary fellow of Somerville College Oxford, Queen Mary College and the Institute of Education, London University. Works on ‘Creative Schools’ projects e.g. ‘Eastfeast’ and ’5x5x5=creativity’.
Fred Jarvis
General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers 1975 – 89, Member T.U.C. General Council 1974 – 89, President of T.U.C. 1986-7, President National Union of Students 1952 -54
Dame Sue John
Headteacher of Lampton School, Hounslow, a national support school with training school and Leading Edge status. Director of the Secondary London Leadership Strategy. Non-executive member to the Department for Education Board
Graham Lane
Ex-Chair of LGA Education Committee, Member of European Lifelong Learning Commission and Board member of Institute of Education and Business Excellence.
Carole Leathwood
Professor, Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE), London Metropolitan University.
Sir Alasdair Macdonald
Headteacher of Morpeth Secondary School, Tower Hamlets, London
Margaret Maden
Professor, formerly at Islington Green School (Headteacher), Islington Sixth Form centre (Director), Warwickshire County Council (Chief Education Officer), Keele University (Director of Centre for Successful Schools). Member of National Commission on Education. Hon. Fellow, Institute of Education.
Warwick Mansell
Freelance education journalist
Bethan Marshall
Senior Lecturer in Education, Kings College, London
Geoff Melling
Fiona Millar
Writer, campaigner,
Chair of Comprehensive Future (Website: www.comprehensivefuture.org.uk)
Co-founder Local Schools Network (Website: www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk)
Heidi Safia Mirza
Professor of Equalities Studies in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, where she is Director of the Centre for Rights Equalities and Social Justice. She is known internationally for her work on ethnicity, gender and identity in education.
Keith Mitchell
Director of Education for County Durham 1990-2006 and former Adviser to the Association of County Councils and Chair of the County Education Officers’ Society.
Bob Moon
A former teacher and secondary school head and currently Professor of Education at The Open University
Paul Morris
Professor of Education in the Department of Lifelong and Comparative Education at the Institute of Education. Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1993 and President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education from 2002 to 2007.
Vera Morris
Professor in Public Policy at London Metropolitan University
Peter Mortimore
Independent Education Consultant; Professor, University of Southern Denmark, 2008; Director, Institute of Education, University of London 1994 – 2000.
Peter Moss
Professor of Early Childhood Provision at the Institute of Education, London and editor of the magazine Children in Europe.
Kate Myers
Emeritus Professor University of Keele, Senior Associate Leadership for Learning, Education Faculty, University of Cambridge and a freelance education consultant.
Sir Peter Newsam
Formerly Chief Education Officer Inner London Education Authority, and Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality from 1981 to 1985. Former Director of the Institute of Education, University of London and Chief Schools Adjudicator from 1999 to 2002.
John O’Leary
Journalist. Formerly editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement and previously Education Editor of The Times
Megan Pacey
Chief Executive of ‘Early Education’ with a background in education psychology. Graduated in New Zealand and now has an established career in major areas of public policy. A member of the Department for Education early education co-production group, and an expert panel member of the Nutbrown Review. Research Advisory Board member at the School of Education, University of Sheffield.
Alan Parker
Formerly Director of Education, London Borough of Ealing. Schools adjudicator. Consultant in education policy and management. Associate of the Virtual Staff College and a Trustee of the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER).
Terry Parkin
Director of Children’s Services, Brighton and Hove.
Alison Peacock
Headteacher at The Wroxham Primary School, Potters Bar – a ‘Teaching School’, Leader of the Cambridge Primary Review National Network. Also a National Leader in Education (NLE) and leads a National School of Creativity.
Gary Phillips
Headteacher, Lilian Baylis Technology School, Kennington, London
Eddie Playfair
Principal of Newham Sixth Form College (NewVIc), the largest sixth form college in London. Teacher in inner city schools and colleges in London and Leicester for 30 years and a sixth form college principal for 11 of those years. London representative on the national council of the Sixth Form College Association.
Sandra Plummer
Teacher and manager in Further Education Colleges in London for 30 years. Active member of University and College Union at branch level. Now works for exam boards, moderating vocational qualifications. Parent governor at a London Secondary School.
Christopher Price
Christopher Price writes on education. He has been teacher, chair of the Commons Education Select Committee while an MP and Principal of Leeds Metropolitan University.
Richard Pring
Lead Director, Nuffield Review 14-19 Education and Training; Director, University of Oxford Department of Educational Studies 1989-2003.
Website: www.nuffield14-19review.org.uk
Dame Gillian Pugh
Chief executive of the children’s charity Coram Family until 2005. She is currently chair of the National Children’s Bureau and a visiting professor at the Institute of Education.
Lord (David) Puttnam
Former film producer. First chancellor of the University of Sunderland from 1997 until 13 July 2007. Founder and forst chairman of the National Teaching Awards. Founding chairman of the General Teaching Council for England. Chancellor of the Open University in 2006. Former Chairman of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. Chairman of Futurelab and on the board of directors of learning technologies company Promethean.
Kathryn Riley
Director of Research and Director, London Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London
Martin Rogers
Chair of ILEA Schools sub-committee 1988-1990; head of The Education Network (TEN) / Children’s Services Network (CSN) 1997-2007
Tom Schuller
Director of the Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning (an independent inquiry sponsored by Niace), and formerly Head of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation at OECD. Website: www.niace.org.uk/lifelonglearninginquiry
Kathy Silva
Professor of Educational Psychology, Department of Education, University of Oxford
Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Professor of Education, University of London. Advisor to government ministers in England, Wales and overseas. Has conducted longitudinal studies in a number of countries on what influences children’s learning life-course. Her latest book is ‘Social Class and Educational Inequality: The impact of schools and parents’, Cambridge University Press.
Ken Spours
Head of the Department of Continuing and Professional Education, Institute of Education, University of London
Sir Alan Steer
Head teacher of Seven Kings High School 1985-2008, Secondary Education Advisor DCSF 2005-10, Chaired review of Behaviour in Schools and Associated Issues. Former Pro-Director Institute of Education UNiversity of London. Currently member of Board of Governors OFSTED, member of the advisory board Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and director and national judge of the Teaching Awards
Wes Streeting
Chief Executive of the Helena Kennedy Foundation. Former National President of the National Union of Students (NUS).
Declan Swan
Director of the Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP) – the professional membership body for people working in the employment related services sector; formerly Chief Executive of the Institute for Education Business Excellence (IEBE); Chief Executive the National EBP Network (NEBPN); and Chief Executive of Welcome Skills Ltd.
Richard Thornhill
Executive Headteacher of the Loughborough Federation of Schools, Lambeth serving the Brixton town centre area in south west London. Trustee and director of the National Education and Employer Task Force. Teaching and Development Agency Board Member.
Susan Trigger
Headteacher Bitterne Park School, Southampton
Margaret Tulloch
Trustee of Research and Information on State Education Trust, Secretary of Comprehensive Future and school governor.
Lorna Unwin
Professor of Vocational Education in the Faculty of Policy and Society, Institute of Education, University of London
Mick Waters
Professor of Education at the University of Wolverhampton. Former headteacher, Chief Education Officer, Manchester and Director of Curriculum at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority from 2005-9
Anne West
Professor of Educational Policy in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Director of the Centre for Educational Research.
John White
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Institute of Education University of London. Website: ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=4551&4551_0=4921
Geoff Whitty
Former Director of the Institute of Education,
University of London
Dave Wilcox
Chair LGIU (incorporating Children’s Services Network) since 2003, Derbyshire County Council member since 1981, Deputy Chair of Lifelong Learning at Local Govt. Assoc (LGA), 1997 to 2002.
Dylan William
Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment, Institute of Education, University of London. Website: www.dylanwilliam.net
Clarissa Williams
Former primary school teacher including positions in challenging schools covering learning support, advisory support and curriculum development. 24 years as Head of a secondary school in South London. Active member of the NAHT, regular spokesperson on the media, NAHT national president of the NAHT 2008-2009. Now an independent consultant working with Ascend Education on leadership recruitment and guidance. She is also Education Ambassador to the Deaf Parents’ UK charity.
Eric Wood
County Education Officer, Warwickshire, 1995-2006
Tom Wylie
HM Inspectorate 1979-96;CEO National Youth Agency 1996-2007