Advisory and steering groups
(2009 – 2012)

The Cambridge Primary Review Advisory Committee

(2006-9 unless otherwise indicated)
Appointed by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
  • Dame Gillian Pugh (Chair), Visiting Professor, Institute of Education, University of London; Chair of the National Children's Bureau; former Chief Executive, Thomas Coram Family
  • Patricia Clark, Senior Consultant, London Centre for Leadership in Learning
  • Christina Coker, Chief Executive, Youth Music
  • Kevan Collins, Director of Children's Services, Tower Hamlets Borough Council (2006-8)
  • Sheila Dainton, formerly Education Policy Adviser at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and Advocate for Human Scale Education
  • Bernadette Duffy, Head, Thomas Coram Early Childhood Centre, London Borough of Camden
  • Adwoa-Buahema Fadahunsi, parent-governor (2006-7)
  • Kate Frood, Head Teacher, Eleanor Palmer Primary School, London Borough of Camden (2008-9)
  • 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, journalist, parenting and family policy consultant
  • Diane Hofkins, former primary editor of The Times Educational Supplement
  • Anna House, former Head Teacher, Ridgeway Primary School, London Borough of Croydon
  • James Hughes-Hallett, Trustee, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
  • Pat Jefferson, former Executive Director for Children and Young People, Lancashire County Council
  • Stephen Pisano, Education Consultant for Coram
  • Professor Andrew Pollard, Professor of Education in the Institute of Education, University of London, and Director of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme
  • Usha Sahni, Her Majesty's Inspector, Ofsted
  • Sue Tite, Primary School Adviser for East Riding Local Authority; former Head Teacher, Selby Abbey Primary School, Selby, North Yorkshire.
Ex Officio
  • Robin Alexander (Director of the Cambridge Primary Review)
  • Dawn Austwick (Chief Executive, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation)
  • Catrin Darsley (Cambridge Primary Review Administrator and Committee Secretary)
  • Hilary Hodgson (Esmée Fairbairn Foundation)
  • Richard Margrave (Director of Communications, Cambridge Primary Review)
  • Jo Rideal (Esmée Fairbairn Foundation)
  • James Wragg (Esmée Fairbairn Foundation)

The Cambridge Primary Review Management Group
(2006-9)

  • Hilary Hodgson (chair)
  • Robin Alexander
  • Dawn Austwick
  • Richard Margrave
  • Gillian Pugh
  • James Wragg

The Cambridge Primary Review Policy Group
(2006-9)

  • Gillian Pugh (chair)
  • Robin Alexander
  • Dawn Austwick
  • Sheila Dainton
  • David Hargreaves
  • Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
  • Hilary Hodgson
  • Pat Jefferson
  • Richard Margrave

The Cambridge Primary Review Network Steering Committee
(2010-12)

  • Philippa Cordingley, Chief Executive, Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE)
  • Joe Hallgarten, formerly Director of Programmes, Creativity, Culture and Education
  • Hilary Hodgson, formerly Director of Education, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (Chair)
  • Neil Hopkin, Executive Headteacher, Rosendale Primary School and Christchurch CE Primary School and Children's Centres, West Dulwich and Brixton; member of the National Head Teacher Steering Group, SSAT.
  • David Reedy, Senior Adviser, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and President, UK Literacy Association
  • Judy Sebba, Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
  • Mike Younger, Director, Centre for Commonwealth Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Ex officio
  • Robin Alexander
  • Julia Flutter
  • Alison Peacock
CPR regional co-ordinators
  • Professor Dominic Wyse, London
  • Dr Kate Wall, North East
  • Nadine Baker, North West
  • Jane Johnston, East Midlands
  • Penny Coltman, East Anglia
  • Dr Anthony Wilson, South West
  • Dr Carol Robinson, South Central
  • Vanessa Young, South East
  • Diane Swift, West Midlands