Expert Advisory Panels

Academic Advisory Panel

Prof Peter Fonagy - Head of Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL; Chief Executive of the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London. 

Laura Henry-Allain MBE - Leading, award-winning expert in Early Years education and children’s media. 

Prof Eamon McCrory - Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology, UCL; Co-Director of the UK Trauma Council. 

Dr Michelle Fernandes - NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Career Track Fellow in Paediatrics, University of Southampton and Honorary Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford 

Prof Elizabeth Meins - Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of York 

Dr David Whitebread - Developmental Psychologist and Early Childhood Education Expert, University of Cambridge 

Prof Alan Stein - Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, University of Oxford 

Education Advisory Panel

Thandiwe Banda - Faculty Leader for Science, The Beacon School 

John Blake - Head of Public Affairs and Engagement, Ark 

Adam Boxer - Head of Science, The Totteridge Academy 

Julian Clarke - Head of Curriculum – Science, AQA 

Dame Kate Dethridge - Regional Schools Commissioner, North-West London and South Central England, Department for Education 

Maggie Farrar - Lead Associate, Schools Partnership Programme 

Ben Littlewood - Director of Science, United Learning 

Dr Oliver Wimborne - Head of Curriculum Centre, Future Academies