Stephen Gorard is a Professor of Education and Public Policy and the Director of the Evidence Centre for Education at Durham University (https://www.dur.ac.uk/). He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, a member of the ESRC Commissioning Panel for the Research Methods Programme and the British Academy grants panel, and a Lead Editor for BERA’s Review of Education. He is a member of the Cabinet Office Trials Advice Panel as part of the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit. His work concerns the robust evaluation of education as a lifelong process, focused on issues of equity, especially regarding school intakes.