Jean Gross has been a teacher, an educational psychologist, head of children’s services in a local authority and a Visiting and Associate Fellow at three universities. She has written multiple books for Routledge, including Time to Talk (2018), Reaching the Unseen Children (2021) and Beating Bureaucracy in Special Educational Needs (2023). Sarah Seleznyov is a Co-Headteacher of School 360 and Strategic Lead for Learning and Development at Big Education Trust. She formerly worked at UCL Institute of Education and is the author of numerous articles and chapters on research approaches to teacher professional development.