Meet the Team

“We understand the complex issues children face and pride ourselves in offering a solution-focused way of thinking and reporting.”

Who Are We?

Dr Emma Black

Founder & CEO

Emma has worked in education for over ten years. She is the director of a well-established and thriving Educational Psychology Service and has worked with Local Authorities for seven years.
Prior to being awarded a Doctorate in Applied Educational Psychology, Emma worked as a Primary School Teacher, a Nurture Group Teacher and a Montessori Teacher.

Michael Bettencourt

Founder & CEO

Michael is an accomplished education leader with more than fifteen years’ experience working at every level in schools and local authorities to bring about improvement for students.
He started his career as a secondary school teacher then moved into the specialist field of looked after children’s education and has been a Virtual School Head in two local authorities. He subsequently worked as Senior Teaching Fellow specialising in Inclusion at University College London.