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 defintive 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.