About Us

Roy has delivered annual specialist talks to ITT trainees at  universities nationally and his input is regularly referred to as being ‘inspirational.’  His witty, engaging content covers such areas as;

• How to raise attainment for pupils by engaging with parents.
• How to ensure good attendance at parental engagement workshops (resulting in an average of 90% parental attendance in the vast majority of schools). 
• How to ensure parents become confident in tutoring their child at home.
• How to improve parents’ subject knowledge in national curriculum content.
• How Early Career Teachers and those new to the profession can use parental engagement as a tool for building positive relationships and reducing workload.

Roy is available for 90-minute staff (and university student) CPD sessions and half-day teacher training events in which all the above-mentioned content will be covered.  Key Note conference talks are also a feature of Roy’s work and these are often carried out in conjunction with one or several of our partners listed below;

Roy Broadfield is the founder and Primary National Consultant for Impact in Learning.  Roy is in his 30th year in education  most recently working as a Senior Lecturer in maths at the University of Worcester.  Roy is a maths specialist teacher (MaST) and has delivered DfE-funded work as a Specialist Leader in Education (SLE) for maths.  Roy has an outstanding Ofsted record of achievement and has taught and led across the primary age-range.  His track record of engaging parents to raise attainment for children has led to him become an internationally-recognised expert in the field. 

Carrie Broadfield has 45 years of experience in primary education and has specialist skills in English and SEND.  She contributes to the board of SENDIASS in Birmingham and is regularly called upon to share her expertise in matters related to special education.  Carrie has supported the parental engagement strategies through conference talks and making adaptations to the home learning materials to support parents of SEND children more appropriately and effectively.

Professor Charles Desforges, O.B.E, is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter and an internationally-renowned expert in the field of parental engagement.  Charles has volunteered his expertise in collaboration with the Impact in Learning team since 2012. Now retired, Charles continues to be an advocate of our  parental engagement work and remains an avid supporter, as well as being a source of inspiration.

Andrew Moffat,  M.B.E,  is the founder of the No Outsiders programme, an approach to teaching primary-aged children about diversity and tolerance.  Andy’s inspirational work in this field prompted him to be nominated for the Global Teacher Prize in 2019.  Andy was awarded an M.B.E by Her Majesty the Queen in 2017 for services to equality in education.  He continues to support schools nationally in this very important work.

Chris Ludlow has worked as a teacher, lecturer and leader in education for over two decades. He was introduced to meditation at a challenging time in his life, when his wife and mother of their two young children became seriously ill. Having seen the enormous difference that meditation had made to his own life, Chris became interested in developing a programme that introduced families and children to meditation in a way that was simple and easy to access.

Thoughtbubbles began life as an action research project as part of an MA in Education and following its early success, it developed into a fully fledged programme. Since that time, Chris has supported teachers and children in schools to meditate and has presented at numerous conferences both nationally and internationally.

Alongside his work in education, Chris has recently presented to representatives from a range of companies in the private sector who are looking to promote wellbeing in the workplace. A passionate runner and sports fan, Chris lives with his wife, two children and three dogs in the West Midlands.

Jeannette Morgan is an inspirational science teacher, science subject leader and trainer. Her work with the Primary Science Teaching Trust has enabled her to support school staff with expert training in the subject. She is a published author on the benefits of outdoor education and has supported teachers, pupils and parents to understand the importance and benefits of learning outdoors.

Jeannette was seconded to Haringey authority from 2010-2012 and promoted the Impact in Learning programme in dozens of schools, with impressive outcomes. She is a regular speaker at our conferences and is regularly rated, 'inspiring' by participants. Find out more about Jeannette here.

Guy Holden is a freelance producer, musician and composer. An alumni of The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and a BBC Carleton Hobbs award winner, he works in the music and theatre industries producing and composing across diverse genres. As a professional musician he has toured internationally, played in the West End and on the London jazz circuit.

Guy is an Artistic Associate of Sixteenfeet Productions. He has written music for the company’s summer productions, and is responsible for the music in the Kew Garden’s outdoor production of Jungle Book. He has worked as a teacher in creative media in an outstanding SEN school in London for the last 8 years.



Guy has been a valued partner of Impact in Learning since its inception and is responsible for the production of the Wilfred the Phonic Wizard audio CD and Lewisham authority’s ‘Moving on’ audio CD to support transition from primary to secondary education.