Dominic Wyse is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education, University College London. He is also the Founding Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy.

Helen Bradford is a language and literacy consultant, and has worked at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and University College London Institute of Education.

John-Mark Winstanley is an Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. He has also worked as a Deputy Head Teacher and English Subject Leader across a number of primary schools.