Terry is a retired teacher who spent the last 38 years of his 41 year career in a 'challenging' comprehensive in East London. He was an examiner/moderator for A.Q.A. for 43 years and in this role visited hundreds of state and private schools throughout London and the South East. He lives in London, UK.

Carl Parsons is a former teacher, researcher and is a retired Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University. He has written extensively about poverty and education, exclusions and the ills of inspection, and he campaigns against the privatisation of education. He lives in London, UK.