Martin Illingworth is an international speaker and author. He was an English teacher for 23 years and then Associate Lecturer in Education at the University of Nottingham and Senior Lecturer in Education at Sheffield Hallam University for a further 12 years. He is a consultant teacher with the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) and Associate Speaker with Independent Thinking.

Nick Hall is an accomplished English teacher in Northamptonshire. He was previously East Midlands Regional Director at Teach First.