Coordinators

James Nottingham (EU)

James Nottingham is director of his own company, Sustained Success, and author of the critically acclaimed book: “Challenging Learning”. He has been a teacher and leader in both primary and secondary schools, and was co-founder and director of RAIS, an award winning, multi-million pound regeneration project supporting education, public and voluntary organisations across north east England.

In 1999 he featured in a nationally televised documentary about Philosophy for Children and inquiry-led learning, and in 2008 was listed in the Future 500, ‘a definitive list of the UK’s most forward thinking and creative innovators.’ He is a co-founder of p4c.com, as well as European Coordinator of OUR Education Network.

Mary Wilson (NZ)

Mary Wilson has been involved in education for 27 years in New Zealand. Mary is currently the establishment Principal of a year 1-6 school, Baverstock Oaks School, in Auckland. She has a special interest in: the differing ways people learn, particularly the use of in-depth questioning; high level thinking practices; the establishment of strong learning cultures; learner ownership; distributed leadership; and the use of personal visioning to generate professional growth.

She has been involved in consultancy work with adult learners for a number of years, creating sustainable change and positive attitudes to life-long learning. She regularly makes invited presentations at both national and international conferences around developing strong leadership and learning cultures. Mary is the New Zealand Coordinator for OUR Education Network.