Jonnie Noakes is Director of Teaching and Learning at Eton, where he runs a centre for pedagogical excellence, evidence-informed practice and research into teaching, learning and leadership in education. He is an expert in character education and in teaching emotional intelligence. As an English teacher, he has led two departments concurrently at Eton and at the London Academy of Excellence. He has been a governor or trustee of a number of state and independent schools, a director of the education charity Neuroscience for Education, and an editorial board member of the Chartered College of Teaching’s journal Impact.