Author: Pamela Sammons

James Hall is an Associate Professor in Education at the University of Southampton where he serves as Programme Director for the BSc in Education and Psychology.  A psychologist by training, his research focuses on the psychology of educational effectiveness and equity and is carried out in two areas: Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), and mental health in schools.  He has provided advice on education to various aspects of the UK government as well as to international charities and not for profit organisations. Ariel Lindorff is a Departmental Lecturer in the Oxford University Department of Education. She has acted in an advisory capacity for government and international charity organisations, and before becoming a researcher worked as a teacher in the USA. Her research involves quantitative and mixed methods approaches to investigating educational effectiveness and equity in classrooms, schools and systems. Pamela Sammons works for the Department of Education, University of Oxford  and is an emeritus Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford.  Previously she was a professor at the University of Nottingham and Institute of Education London directing its International School Effectiveness & Improvement Centre.  Her research focuses on educational effectiveness and improvement, and enhancing equity. She has advised inspection and government agencies in various countries.