James Nottingham

James Nottingham is the creator of the Learning Pit, one of the most widely used models for teaching to emerge in the last 20 years. He is also the author of 12 books, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and is listed in The Future 500, a definitive list of the UK’s most forward thinking and creative innovators.

He has worked closely with professors Carol Dweck (Growth Mindset) and John Hattie (Visible Learning); been a teaching assistant in a school for deaf children; taught from pre-K to 12; and held a range of school and district leadership positions. His twelfth book, Teach Brilliantly, will be published in January 2024 and offers the perfect guide (though he says so himself) for creating optimal conditions in which all students can thrive. More about his work can be found at LearningPit.org