Good People
Below, in no particular order, are Good People and Good Organisations with whom Roger has worked and is very happy to recommend to others.
Click on the images to link to their websites, and LinkedIn profiles, to find out more about them and the services that they offer.
NB – None of these are sponsored links. They are there purely because Roger truly values them.
About Wendy Woo
Hello there! I am Wendy White, the owner of Wendy Woo Limited.
Growing up, I wanted to be Mary Poppins… A “practically perfect” kind and magical nanny that all children loved and obeyed!
The idea never left me, and after leaving school I joined a Nanny agency.
Eventually, I married and had three children of my own. I loved being a stay at home mum because it gave me uninterrupted time to be on my own and explore and develop creative ideas.
As my three got older and started school, my house seemed to attract children – lots of children and these special times inspired me to become a childminder. Twenty years, twelve families, forty-eight children, and three outstanding Ofsted inspections have brought me to where I am now.
In my spare time, I sewed. I started to make little toys and rattles for the children I minded. I cut out their names in felt and made them into fridge magnets. I made little felt stars with faces on.
In 2017, disaster struck and arthritis in my thumb put paid to any more needlework for me. At fifty-nine years old, I decided to retire – but what was I to do? I’d always wanted to write, so I wrote some children’s books and actually got them published. I then thought back to the little stars that I used to make with the faces on. I sent the design to a manufacturer and My Mood Stars were born.
The London School Alliance
Founded by Lauren Denovan, The London School Alliance is a family run business whose foundations were built around the core values of integrity, reliability, trust and transparency.
But The London School Alliance is much more than a recruitment agency. They also foster an aspiration to make a change within Education.
As Lauren puts it:
“Our schools and community are at the heart of The London School Alliance and we go the extra mile to get to know both our candidates and schools thoroughly.”
“We are education specialists who strive to provide schools with fantastic temporary and permanent members of staff with the understanding that every school, student and candidate is unique in their own way to find the perfect match.”
“But we go beyond supplying top-notch professionals by also actively engaging in community projects and supporting the development of young people.”
VisionAdventurers
Welcome to a community without limits.
Established by the inspirational Sheldon Lewis, VisionAdventurers is a fully accessible entertainment and resource center for the low vision and blind communities. We are your one-stop destination for fun, inspiration, and empowerment — a place where every visitor can explore and learn with ease.
Our Mission:
To inspire, inform, and entertain through an inclusive digital experience where accessibility is never an afterthought — it’s the foundation.
What We Offer:
Exciting entertainment: music, podcasts, stories, and games designed for accessibility.
Practical resources: Health tips, tech guides, travel ideas, and everyday advice
Accessibility isn’t a feature — it’s who we are. Every page, every interaction, and every update is designed with the low vision and blind communities in mind.
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Making digital experiences accessible to all
At accessiBe, we’re on a mission to make digital experiences accessible to everyone. With a combination of advanced AI technology, accessibility experts, and a people-first mindset, we’re working together to level the online playing field.
Our mission is simple yet powerful: to create an internet where no one is left out. With every solution we build and every partnership we form, we work toward a more inclusive digital world, one in which everyone can participate fully.
But accessibility is more than just technology; it’s a mindset. We believe inclusion should be woven into the very fabric of the digital experience. By combining innovation, expertise, and collaboration with the disability community, we’re setting new standards for what it means to build a truly accessible web.
We created the accessWidget that you can see in the bottom right corner of this website. Give it a try.
Classroom Recruiters:
Classroom Recruiters is an education recruitment specialist agency. We are guided by our values to support schools during these challenging times to help recruit the best staff to help support children in their schools.
Our values are:
- Focused on quality – we connect schools with high quality staff
- Driven by integrity – we measure our success by the growth, confidence, and smiles of the children we support
- Guided by purpose – we work with schools and communities to ensure every child thrives
- Measured by impact – we are dedicated to making a positive, lasting impact
Classroom Talk:
Classroom Talk – with Nathan Ruston, Director of Classroom Recruiters – is a podcast celebrating the amazing people making a difference in education and beyond.
From teachers and SEND specialists to mental health advocates, coaches, and community leaders, each episode dives into their stories, challenges, and triumphs.
It’s all about sharing ideas, inspiring change, and shining a light on the people helping children and schools to thrive.
Tune in, get inspired, and join the conversation!
Before setting up independently in September 2018, Heather worked between a group of small rural primary schools for 10 years supporting Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH), whilst in the roles of Teaching Assistant, Learning Mentor and Home School Link Worker.
She has presented and trained on numerous topics related to social, emotional and mental health (SEMH), with a focus on primary school aged pupils and their families.
She has written articles for TES magazine (March 2016) and Primary Teach magazine (March 2022) and was a guest on two consecutive episodes of the ‘Tiny Voice Talksʼ Podcast, which is available on Spotify and other platforms (January 2023).
Heather has used social media platforms to augment her Personal Learning Network. She is a member of the British
Psychological Society and The Chartered College of Teaching. She has a personal passion for the subject and has experience of mental health difficulties within her close family.
Her work is underpinned by the values of understanding the impact of relational neurobiology and childhood development through an integrative psychological and therapeutic lens. She holds herself to a high standard of appropriate ethical practice.
Heather encourages communication and transparency whilst taking care to maintain appropriate confidentiality and trust. She has worked directly with pupils 1:1, in small groups and larger cohorts. She meets with families to share ideas and provide support and also mentors and trains school staff.
She has a specific interest in developing whole school culture alongside Senior Leadership Teams.
Jeremy Indika is a former McLaren design engineer turned speaker, podcast host, and the founder of Something to Say — a movement using lived experience and storytelling to break the silence around the sexual abuse of children.
Through his talks and workshops, Jeremy helps children, teenagers, parents, and professionals understand grooming, recognise signs of abuse, and build environments where young people feel safe and empowered to speak out. His sessions are now delivered in primary, secondary, and college settings across the UK, and are widely praised for being powerful, age-appropriate, and deeply engaging.
Beyond prevention, Jeremy also explores the complex challenge of recognising concerning and harmful sexual behaviour among children and teenagers. His work helps schools and safeguarding teams identify early signs, intervene effectively, and prevent behaviours from escalating into serious harm — protecting both potential victims and those at risk of causing harm.
Jeremy’s impact has reached local authorities, police forces, educators, and families, creating a national conversation around early intervention and child protection. He is the host of The Jeremy Indika Podcast, featuring leading voices from psychology, education, and safeguarding.
You can find Jeremy’s work on his website www.jeremyindika.com and/or social media under Jeremy Indika.
No Isolation created the AV1 robot to help educators bring learning and belonging to all children. The AV1 is the eyes, ears and mouth in the classroom of a child who is not able to be physically present.
Karen Dolva founded No Isolation in 2015 after meeting a woman, Anna Fi, who had lost her child to cancer. While Anna Fi’s daughter was ill, she said the separation from school and normal life isolated her. This led to her suffering severe loneliness on top of the physical pain of illness and treatment.
This set Karen on a course to develop technology to solve this problem, developing the AV1 together with e.g. children, teachers, scientists and St Olav Hospital School. The resulting technology is the AV1 robot, which children connect to via the AV1 app. It gives them a live connection to school, so they can learn alongside their peers and maintain a sense of belonging.
From an initial focus only on children absent due to illness, more than half of the more than 4,000 robots in use today help children with emotionally based non-attendance, SEND, neurodiversity and similar non-somatic causes.
Sharon White, the Director of Educating Horizons, is an award-winning education strategist with 20+ years improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND and those in Alternative Provision. As Headteacher of an AP, she led the school from ‘Inadequate’ to Ofsted ‘Good’, returning most pupils to mainstream or other positive destinations. As Head of Inclusion in Barking & Dagenham she achieved London’s lowest exclusion rates, commissioned high-quality provision, and gained an LGC Award nomination (2022) with work featured in the RSA/Mayor of London Inclusive Schools toolkit. Recognised by IFIP with its Global Inclusion Award and inducted as a Distinguished Fellow (2023), she later led £22m programmes as Head of Communities & Young People in the Mayor’s Violence Reduction Unit. Recent honours include Foundervine’s Future Award—Catalyst for Change (2024) and a Multicultural Excellence Award—Unsung Hero (House of Lords, 2025).
Sharon provides consultancy through EducatingHorizons, including leadership support; school catering and curriculum-linked lesson delivery via the Chef Whites programme; mentoring via MentorEd; partnership collaboration with Collab+; and children’s social-emotional learning through the Brighter Futures toolkit.
Back in 2018, Barking and Dagenham Local Authority knew something had to change. With the education landscape shifting, they wanted to protect what mattered most: expert trusted support for schools, focused on what children need.
Together with schools, they designed a new kind of partnership; one that’s not just about services, but about shared goals and lasting impact. That’s how BDSIP was born: not-for-profit, locally rooted, and majority owned by schools, for schools.
From day one, we’ve worked shoulder-to-shoulder with our education community, bringing insight, flexibility and challenge to drive real improvement.
Because real improvement doesn’t happen to schools. It happens with them.
We believe that every child deserves the chance to thrive and every educator deserves the right support to make that happen. That’s why we work in partnership with schools to strengthen what works, tackle what’s tough and create change that lasts.
We’re proud of our Barking and Dagenham roots, and now we’re growing beyond, sharing what works with more schools, more communities and more children.
Our Charity:
We are nurtureuk, an organisation dedicated to improving the social, emotional, mental health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP). We’ve been at the forefront of the nurture movement for over 50 years, and today – with ever more children and young people affected by issues that can impact their learning – our work is more vital than ever.
Our vision is a world where:
Child development isn’t limited by lack of nurture in education
Adults working with and caring for CYP are supported and equipped with evidence-based tools to help them flourish and learn
Our mission:
nurtureuk is dedicated to improving life chances of children and young people by promoting nurture across the whole education system and beyond:
We are proud of being a charity and driven by social purpose
Children’s and young people’s development is at the heart of everything we do
We want to amplify the benefits of nurture for CYP within and beyond the classroom
We are evidence-based and practice-led: guided by the Six Principles of Nurture
The IFIP is a voluntary members organisation consisting of hundreds of inclusion practitioners from across the world.
We believe in a future where every teacher is enabled, through inclusive teaching practices, to teach every child in the classroom, no matter what their ability.
Most of us work in schools, some of us teach and write books, some are university professors, and some are policy-focused at national and international levels.
We welcome all inclusion practitioners to JOIN US and be part of the change!
48k Digital offer flexible, friendly and cost-effective website design, development and support services. We work with businesses of all shapes and sizes – from individuals and small teams to global companies.
You’ll always speak directly with the people working on your project to ensure you get the answers you need and the results you want.
We also designed this website.
Inclusion Expert’s founder, Daniel Sobel, is an internationally respected leader in inclusive education and has advised the DfE, the EU and governments abroad. Daniel is a well-known speaker, writes regularly for publications including Headteacher Update and The Guardian.
Daniel left school with no A Levels and read his first book aged 18. Gradually he fell in love with study and managed to secure a place on a Master’s course in Education Psychology. He went on to take four graduate courses in Psychology and Education, eventually running out of money in the middle of doctoral training.
Daniel moved to full time teaching and quickly became a SENCO. Dismayed by how much of the job was pointless meetings and paperwork, he started designing tools to better support his students. During a stint as Assistant Head he continued to develop simple systems to help teachers manage information and maximise the impact of their interventions.
Realising that many teachers were struggling with inclusion, that his ideas really worked, and that there was an opportunity to make a difference to children across the country, Daniel left teaching, somewhat hesitantly, to form Inclusion Expert.
Over the last few years the company has grown rapidly to encompass a team of experienced practitioners who share Daniel’s vision that every child deserves the opportunity to achieve their potential, regardless of needs, background or ability.
Sarah Johnson is Director of Pheonix Education Consultancy.
She is author of books many books including, “All about SEMH: a practical guide for primary teachers”, “All about SEMH: a practical guide for secondary teachers” and “Behaving Together: a teacher’s guide to nurturing good behaviour”.
A qualified teacher with over 20 years experience working in Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision and hospital education, many of those senior leadership roles.
Sarah is an exceptional keynote speaker and school improvement partner who is dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of children.
With a passion for supporting those who may be marginalised disadvantaged, Sarah brings a unique perspective to her work.
Her expertise and experience make her an invaluable asset to any organisation looking to improve outcomes for students.
In 2023, TAISK was founded as a consultancy to research and develop agentic AI for small and medium sized businesses and schools. Over the course of the next year and a half, the team developed INFLEX, an artificial intelligence brain capable of orchestrating tasks and learning from its mistakes.
We realised that existing AI tools were either too generic or too complex. What was needed was a solution specifically designed to eliminate administrative burden while enhancing human capabilities. It just so happened that INFLEX was perfect for this. In 2025, TAISK moved from being a consultancy to using all we had learnt to develop and release an application for anyone to use.
The Traveller Movement (UK) is a London based charity promoting the rights of Romani Gypsies, Roma and Irish Travellers that recognises and challenges structural racism in all aspects of public services and society and work with the communities and policy makers to bring about positive change.
Calm Mediation helps London’s communities to resolve conflict. We provide mediation services for neighbours and neighbourhoods, families, workplaces and educational settings. Our restorative justice service helps Londoners in the aftermath of crime. We also provide training in all of these fields.
Our services have been supporting London’s communities to resolve conflict since 1986.
Originally established as CALM (Confidential and Local Mediation) in Hammersmith in 1995, we changed our name in 2016 to reflect the broader reach of our services. In 2020, we joined forces with our sister organisation Southwark Mediation Centre (established in 1986) to provide the capital’s most comprehensive mediation service.
Calm Mediation is now the largest provider of neighbour mediation to London’s social housing sector. We continue to innovate in the field of community mediation, working in novel ways with the support of local agencies to restore harmony in neighbourhoods. A beacon of good practice, our highly-regarded Restorative Justice Service is part of London’s Victims and Witness Service, funded by the Mayor’s Office. Our high-quality Family Mediation Service holds a contract with the Ministry of Justice for Legal Aid cases. We have trained and continue to develop many of the practitioners who provide our services. Through our award-winning Peer Mediation Service, we are also building the next generation of mediators who support their fellow students to resolve conflict in schools and universities.
We are a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Any surplus income is re-invested in our services.
Opogo Education is redefining the way schools and educators connect.
We’ve built an ethical EdTech platform that transforms the outdated supply agency model into something faster, fairer, and more transparent.
With clear, upfront pricing, schools save up to 50% compared to traditional agencies – while educators take home more of what they earn. No hidden margins. No surprises. Just a fair deal for everyone.
Quality is at the heart of what we do. Through our free LEARN platform, every educator has access to CPD-certified courses, including Team Teach Level 1 training, ensuring our candidates are among the most skilled, confident, and classroom-ready in the sector.
As a social enterprise, we’re committed to driving positive change in education — giving schools the best people, giving educators the best opportunities, and giving young people the best possible future.
Margaret Thorsborne, OAM, is an author, trainer and facilitator of Restorative Practice with a background in education and counselling.
She was a pioneer of Restorative Practice in schools and workplaces in Australia and New Zealand in the mid-late 90’s, and the UK in the early 2000’s and has since trained restorative practitioners and change makers in education, workplaces, community, police and justice sectors across Australia, Asia, SE Asia, New Zealand, UK, USA and Canada. She remains involved in this important transformation in schools, particularly around whole organizational implementation of trauma-informed, relational approaches and culture change.
She is currently consultant to various state and national government bodies and agencies in Australia, New Zealand, USA and the United Kingdom and has an office in London. She is a recognised expert, author and trainer in the field of RP in schools and workplaces.
She is board member and Chair of Restorative Practice International, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, member of Australian Association of Restorative Justice, and the Silvan Tomkins Institute in Philadelphia. Her Order of Australia Medal (2022) is in recognition of her service to education. She was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award (2022) by the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice (NACRJ), USA.
At SPD Tuition and Coaching, we are passionate about helping parents, teachers and children to unlock their full potential and create their own stories of success.
As a qualified Transformational Coach and NLP Practitioner with an ILM accreditation in Executive Coaching and Mentoring, Samantha Dohlakia has dedicated her career to supporting individuals, families, and organisations in their growth and development.
With a BA Hons Degree in Education and Teaching, a background in Health and Social Care, and a Diploma in Psychology, Samantha’s approach is grounded in evidence-based strategies that deliver results.
As the Director of Wholehearted Learning, I am dedicated to transforming education and creating nurturing environments where every child can thrive. Since joining the Youth Justice Board in 2018, I championed innovative initiatives such as the Child First approach, neurodivergence advocacy, and the development of a secure school, all aimed at turning lives around for our most vulnerable children.
My passion lies in empowering both children and adults through understanding neuroscience, stress biology, and trauma-informed practices. I believe that insights into how the brain and body function are vital for fostering compassionate, effective educational spaces that support healing and growth.
As a Thinking Engineer, I focus on empowering adults to create enriching environments that nurture emotional wellbeing, spark creativity, and ignite a lifelong passion for learning. I am committed to shaping positive futures through collaboration with educational leaders, policymakers, and practitioners.
With over a decade as an Ofsted inspector, I understand the importance of authentic inclusion and systemic leadership. I believe that every individual has a vital role in collective success, and I work to build teams that are motivated by challenge, support, and shared purpose.
My guiding philosophy is rooted in ‘firm love’—high expectations paired with unwavering support—fostering confidence, resilience, and creativity. I strive to inspire positive change, empower others, and nurture a future where every child can flourish with hope, understanding, and strength.
Dedicated to Developing Knowledge & Provision.
Our aim is to provide the advice, support and training we would expect those looking after our loved ones to have received.
The INSIGHT team are committed to providing the best support for the families of, and those working with, individuals with additional needs. We have the knowledge, experience and enthusiasm to ensure all that come to INSIGHT get the best possible service we can provide. Every client is unique, so too every establishment. That is why we customise our courses, presentations and conference talks or to fit your needs.
Whether it is INSET training for your whole team, smaller groups or class or residential care teams, we’ll sit down with you, listen to your requests and prepare a customised training package that suits your needs and the needs of the individuals you support.
You will see from the many testimonials throughout the site that our services are appreciated.
The Attachment Research Community (ARC) is a charitable organisation set up in 2017 by virtual school heads, school leaders, psychologists, training organisations and academics, with a mission for ‘every school to be attachment and trauma aware’.
ARC’s purpose is to support all schools and education settings to be attachment and trauma aware in their practice for the benefit of all members of the learning community and particularly the most vulnerable, by bringing together, sharing and celebrating best practice.
Our Mission – All schools Attachment and Trauma Aware:
- Supporting Schools to Become Attachment & Trauma Aware
- Enhancing Existing & Potential Collaborative Communities of Support
- Collating & Providing a National Platform for Research & Practice
- Helping to Provide & Extend a National Voice for Attachment & Trauma
IMPOWER Consulting Ltd is a service provider specialising in organisational change and systems improvement, primarily supporting health and public services.
Services focus on enabling public sector organisations to use public funds more effectively while improving service delivery.
We spend a huge chunk of our lives in school. Yet, the current education system doesn’t work for everyone, with the impact of school experiences often underestimated. At Codevelo, we are acutely aware of the profound way in which school experiences shapes our lives, influencing our future opportunities, well-being, and relationships, life chances and sometimes, even survival.
Our mission is to transform and enhance the educational experiences of millions of children and young people across the country. We believe that every student deserves to feel safe, included, and connected within their school community. Every child and young person deserves to belong within a positive educational experience that prepares them for a happy and safe life. This is only possible when relationships are forged and repaired, kindness is embodied, and connection is found in every opportunity. For too long, the mindset of “that’s how we’ve always done it” has held back progress.
We collaborate with schools and educational providers, offering industry-leading training, tailored support, and development partnerships to foster inclusive practices. Our goal is to enhance belonging, connection, and positive outcomes for every child.
Our approach is inclusive, ethical, and affordable, ensuring every school can access the tools and resources needed to meet the diverse needs of their students. Driven by lived and professional experience, we are passionate about original research, embracing expertise, and listening to those we support. We are ready to challenge the status quo, ask the difficult questions, and think differently. At Codevelo, the well-being and experiences of every student guide every decision we make.
Together, we aim to create a future where every child’s school experience is a catalyst for lifelong growth, happiness, and connection.
We should belong. They should belong. You should belong.
I am a consultant specialising in educational leadership. Based in London, and working across the UK and internationally, I bring a wealth of experience drawn from my work as a linguist, senior leader school improvement advisor, and inspector.
As a qualified Master NLP practitioner and coach I recognise the need to work at every level in a school and its community. I focus on positive engagement of all the individuals I work with or provide training for. I recognise the complexity of engaging every individual in their learning which is why my work stretches out to teachers, students, parents and the community in order to promote educational progress that is both stimulating and enjoyable.
What I do:
I offer a ground-breaking service to schools, families and communities to ensure that every individual achieves their ultimate potential.
I work with Head Teachers, and other school leaders, supporting with strategic understanding, planning and delivery. I enable leaders to develop effective team leadership and collaborative skills. My work is tailored to the individual characteristics of each school, Leader or Team.
I achieve this by:
Approaching every contract with flexibility and and open mind.
Creating individualised programmes for schools or teams.
Working collaboratively with groups and individuals within the school, at home and in the community.
Reinforcing the importance of joint working towards a shared goal.
Devising ‘bespoke’ programmes that work ‘outside of the box’ to ensure whole school improvement.
Evolve Education enhances the performance and wellbeing outcomes of forward thinking education providers and companies.
ENHANCE Programmes use innovative and evidence-based neurocognitive training nested within personal development experiences that have been proven to improve brain health, cognitive function, mental health and self efficacy.
Our clients include public, independent and international schools; high performing companies; elite athletes and aspirational individuals striving to achieve greater personal and professional success.
Andy Baker is the managing director and head trainer of able training support ltd. He has been specialising in understanding and supporting behaviours that challenge for nearly 20 years and is a published author and speaker in the subject.
Andy and his team specialise in changing mindsets towards behaviour and deliver highly engaging, inspirational and bespoke, specialist training in subjects including attachment, trauma, neurodiversity, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder and much more.
His Able Target System is fast becoming recognised as a leader in behaviour management courses across the UK.