• The lead members. They lead the Review as a whole, the Advisory Committee, the Management Group, and communications and media relations.
  
  
• The Cambridge Team. They undertake the Review, and are based at the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge.
  
  
• The Research Consultants. They provide specialist advice to the Cambridge team, undertake the research surveys and provide research reports.
  
  
• The Advisory Committee. They advise the Cambridge Team and the Management Group on the Review’s content, methodology and outcomes, and serve as its collective ‘critical friend’, bringing to their task a wide range of perspectives from both inside and outside education.
  
  
• The Director of Communications. He advises on publicity, dissemination and media relations, and is the link between the Review and the press and broadcast media.
  
  
• The Management Group. They ensure accountability of the Review to the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
  

Primary Review Director: Professor Robin Alexander
Chair of Primary Review Advisory Committee: Dame Gillian Pugh
Chair of Primary Review Management Group: Hilary Hodgson
Director of Communications: Richard Margrave

• Professor Robin Alexander (Director), Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge; Professor of Education Emeritus, University of Warwick.
  
  
• Catrin Darsley (Administrator)
  
  
• Christine Doddington (Associate Director), Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
  
  
• Julia Flutter (Research Associate)
  
  
• Dr Linda Hargreaves (Associate Director), Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
  
  
• Dr David Harrison (Research Associate)
  
  
• Ruth Kershner (Associate Director), Lecturer in Psychology of Education, at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
  
  
• Clare Yerbury (Designer)
  
  

Part-time Research Assistants

• Qais Almeqdad
• Dr Yan-Shing Chang
• Calvin Dorion
• Alex James
• Boris Jokić
• Catherine Kitsis
• Dr Hsing-Chiung Lin
• Katherine Shaw
• Dr Sharlene Swartz

• Dame Gillian Pugh (Chair of Advisory Committee) Visiting Professor, Institute of Education, University of London
  
  
• Adwoa-Buahema Fadahunsi, parent-governor
  
  
• Patricia Clark, Senior Consultant, London Centre for Leadership in Learning
  
  
• Christina Coker, Chief Executive National Foundation for Youth Music
  
  
• Sheila Dainton, formerly Education Policy Adviser at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, Advocate for Human Scale Education
  
  
• Bernadette Duffy, Head, Thomas Coram Early Childhood Centre, London
  
  
• Kate Frood, Headteacher, Eleanor Palmer Primary School,  London Borough of Camden
  
  
• Professor David Hargreaves, Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge; Associate Director (Development and Research) Specialist Schools and Academies Trust; Senior Associate, DEMOS
  
  
• Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer, author and parenting consultant
  
  
• Diane Hofkins, board member of the Children's University, former primary editor of The Times Educational Supplement
  
  
• Anna House, former headteacher, Ridgeway Primary School, London Borough of Croydon
  
  
• Melody Moran, Headteacher, Brentside Primary School, London Borough of Ealing
  
  
• Pat Jefferson, Children's Services Director, Lancashire County Council  
  
  
• Steve Pisano, Education Consultant - http://www.coram.org.uk
  
• Professor Andrew Pollard, Director, ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme; Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University of London
  
  
• Usha Sahni, Her Majesty’s Inspector, Ofsted
  
  
• Sue Tite, former headteacher, Selby Abbey Primary School, North Yorkshire
  

Ex-Officio

• Professor Robin Alexander (Review Director) Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge; Professor of Education Emeritus, University of Warwick - www.robinalexander.org.uk
  
  
• Dr Richard Margrave, Director of Communications 
  
  
• Dawn Austwick, Director, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
  
  
• Hilary Hodgson, Programme Director – Education, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
   

• Hilary Hodgson (chair), Education Programme Director, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
• Professor Robin Alexander, Director, Primary Review
• Dawn Austwick, Director, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
• Dame Gillian Pugh, Chair, Primary Review Advisory Committee
• Richard Margrave, Director of Communications, Primary Review
• James Wragg, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

The following have been appointed as Research Consultants to the Primary Review. Working mostly in teams of two or three, they are undertaking the 31 research surveys relating to the Review’s 10 themes. The reports and briefings arising from this strand of the Review will be published during 2007.


See here for the research surveys commissioned.

See here for publications resulting from research reports and briefings.

Professor Mel Ainscow, University of Manchester
Professor Robin Alexander, University of Cambridge
Dr Maria Balarin, University of Bath
Ian Barron, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Peter Blatchford, Institute of Education, University of London
Dr Mark Brundrett, Liverpool John Moores University
Professor Peter Bryant, University of Oxford
Dr Hilary Burgess, Open University
Dr Rita Chawla-Duggan, University of Bath
Professor James Conroy, University of Glasgow
Dr Jean Conteh, University of Leeds
Dr Andrea Creech, Institute of Education, University of London
Dr Peter Cunningham, University of Cambridge
Professor Harry Daniels, University of Bath
Professor Julie Dockrell, Institute of Education, University of London
Professor Alan Dyson, University of Manchester
Professor Michael Fielding, Institute of Education, University of London
Professor Maurice Galton, University of Cambridge
Dr Frances Gallanaugh, University of Manchester
Professor Usha Goswami, University of Cambridge
Professor Kathy Hall, National University of Ireland, Cork
Professor Susan Hallam, Institute of Education, University of London
Professor Wynne Harlen, University of Bristol
Dr Rachel Holmes, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Christine Howe, University of Cambridge
Moira Hulme, University of Glasgow
Professor Judith Ireson, Institute of Education, University of London
Professor Mary James, Institute of Education, University of London
Dr Liz Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Peter Kutnick, King's College, University of London
Professor Hugh Lauder, University of Bath
Dr John Lowe, University of Bath
Professor Maggie MacLure, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Elaine McCreery, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Olwen McNamara, University of Manchester
Professor Sandra McNally, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Stephen Machin, University College, London
Professor Berry Mayall, Institute of Education, University of London
Professor Ian Menter, University of Glasgow
Professor Neil Mercer, University of Cambridge
Dr Christine Merrell, University of Durham
Dr Yolande Muschamp, University of Bath
Sharon O’Donnell, National Foundation for Educational Research
Dr Philip Noden, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Kamil Øzerk, University of Oslo
Dr Nick Peacey, Institute of Education, University of London
Andy Pickard, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Andrew Pollard, Institute of Education, University of London
Dr Jill Porter, University of Bath
Dr Philip Raymont, University of Cambridge
Dr Tess Ridge, University of Bath
Anna Riggall, National Foundation for Educational Research
Dr Carol Robinson, University of Sussex
Dr Graham Ruddock, National Foundation for Educational Research
Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Maha Shuayb, National Foundation for Educational Research
Dr Caroline Sharp, National Foundation for Educational Research
Professor Ian Stronach, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Harry Torrance, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Liz Twist, National Foundation for Educational Research
Professor Peter Tymms, University of Durham
Dr Karl Wall, Institute of Education, University of London
Professor Rosemary Webb, University of Manchester
Professor Anne West, London School of Economics and Political Science
Chris Whetton, National Foundation for Educational Research
Professor John White, Institute of Education, University of London
Dr Felicity Wikeley, University of Bath
Dr Dominic Wyse, University of Cambridge

Dr Richard Margrave, Margrave Communications Ltd.

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