Kevin Crossley, Achievement Adviser
Kevin Crossley has worked in education for 18 years, mainly in Essex, Suffolk and Havering secondary schools as a teacher and senior manager. Following Headship of a Suffolk Upper School he joined Essex Advisory and Inspection Service as a Senior Adviser before moving to Edison UK. He is an OFSTED team inspector and has wide experience of working with schools on leadership and management issues including specialist school status, team building and teaching and learning.

Allan Sigston, Achievement Adviser
Allan trained and practiced as a teacher and educational psychologist working in both London and county local authorities. For 10 years he was both a practising educational psychologist and as a university training tutor. He holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology and is an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London. Before joining Edison Allan was a manager of SEN and social inclusion services, and managed the highest-performing county SEN Service.

Sue Sigston, Achievement Adviser
Sue spent 7 years as a successful head teacher in a Harlow primary school that placed high value on working with parents and social inclusion. She has worked on a variety of initiatives including being selected to be involved in "Heads You Win", a joint project investigating effective school leadership led by Cambridge University and Essex County Council, the recruitment of overseas teachers and coordinating locality-based projects.

Jan Lawler, Achievement Adviser
During her 27 years in education Jan’s experience encompasses teaching in all phases of 5-16 schooling, including a year working in a New Zealand primary school. She held a variety of senior management posts in primary schools before joining Essex LEA as part of the Schools Causing Concern team. Here she provided leadership in schools in all Ofsted categories as Headteacher or Senior Manager, and provided consultancy on curriculum issues to others. Her particular areas of expertise include curriculum design and behaviour management.

John McAleavy, Achievement Adviser
John joined Edison in May 2004 from the Academies Division at the DFES where he worked as an adviser to opened Academies and, projects in planning. Previously he was a secondary adviser in Waltham Forest after leaving head ship at the Harwich school in 2001. Harwich was an 11-18 language college with 1200 students which was a member of an EAZ and won a number of DFES achievement awards. Before that he was a head of an 11-16 comprehensive in Colchester after teaching in Essex and Colchester. John is a qualified OFSTED team inspector, he has a lot of experince of working with schools in challenging circumstances and, has a particular interest in leadership and strategic decision making.

Jane Dow, Achievement Adviser
Jane joined Edison in December 2004.   A highly skilled school improvement professional, her career spans teaching, LEA, EAZ and inspection work.  She has wide experience and expertise in supporting teacher development at all levels.   As an LEA school improvement and Link Adviser, Jane has worked closely with leadership groups in a broad range of schools and has led initiatives in curriculum development, extended schools and neighbourhood renewal, gifted and talented provision and school self evaluation.   She developed CPD training, coaching support and competency frameworks in an Education Action Zone and as manager of a highly successful secondary PGCE SCITT programme, she sat on TTA groups involved in developing national assessment standards for initial teacher training. An accredited Ofsted inspector, Jane has also been an inspector for teacher education and training.

Peter Terry, Achievement Adviser
Peter began his teaching career in Waltham Forest, ultimately becoming Head Teacher in two large and challenging primary schools. He then worked as an advisor for the Borough, specialising in the recruitment of primary teachers at all levels. Peter resumed headship in Essex in 1982, leading two successful primaries, both in Chelmsford. He has had significant experience of schools working in partnership and has played a county-wide role in moving forward its approach to the "extended schools" initiative.

Lyn Riley, Achievement Adviser
Lyn is a former primary headteacher and local authority adviser. She has been an OFSTED inspector since 1997 and has up-to-date experience of inspecting schools against the Every Child Matters framework.  Lyn has been the Project Director of a successful Education Action Zone in East London where she led innovative projects using information technology and emotional intelligence to improve teaching and learning in classrooms.  She has also run her own personal and professional development business. Lyn is a trained life coach with a specialism in the successful management of change.

George Paparestis-Stacey, Achievement Adviser

Originally a primary teacher and having taught in London, Essex  and  abroad, George has considerable experience of teaching and team leading in challenging environments and in training, advising and coaching in the primary, secondary and special school sectors.  Formerly of Essex LEA Behaviour Support Service, George has led and developed strategy, implementation and resource initiatives for SEN and Behaviour Management at school leadership level and through school communities.