Professor Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Institute of Education, University of London

Iram Siraj-Blatchford is the Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Iram is leading the international EPPI project and an expert in pedagogy, curriculum, assessment and the impact of learning in both school and home. She is a highly experienced researcher and is currently working on longitudinal studies as the principal investigator in a number of countries. Iram is a highly sought after conference speaker and was extremely well-received by conference delegates.

Giving ALL children a chance to achieve will draw on the findings of EPPSE, a longitudinal study (DfE 1997-2013) that has followed 3000+ children for the last 13 years to look at the long-term impact of home, pre-school settings (voluntary, private and state owned) and primary and secondary education.

Iram described the processes and practices that lead to good child outcomes for social, behavioural and intellectual development for children 3-5 and will describe the kinds of best practice that lead to lasting benefits to age 11 and beyond.

She shared the research findings and examples of good and excellent practice using both the child's experience and the empirical research findings.