Paul Main

Career

1. Psychology

   A psychology degree, then a master’s: how minds work, before how schools teach.

2. Curious Minds

   Ran a government creativity programme across North West schools, for Creative Partnerships.

3. Futurelab

   Designed programmes for teachers and helped schools put the evidence to work.

4. Open Futures

   Enquiry-led learning across primary schools, with children asking the questions.

5. Structural Learning · 2017

   Writer’s Block, the Thinking Framework, and sessions in schools around the world.

Recognition

Press coverage, course listings, school references and public profiles.

• Cottenham man comes up with brick system to help students to process ideas

  Cambridge Independent · Press article · 29 January 2018

• Improving Pupil Progress through metacognition, self-regulation and decision-making strategies

  Network For Learning · Course listing · 7 and 8 February 2022

• Thinking for themselves: Promoting independent learning with metacognitive strategies

  Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) · Course programme · 14 May 2024

• Learning: Marking and Feedback - What the inspector is looking for

  Independent Schools Association (ISA) · Course listing · 25 May 2023

• Writer's Block: shortlisted innovation

  HundrED · Innovation listing · Updated September 2021

• Metacognition

  King’s Hedges Primary School · School reference · Undated; checked 12 October 2026

• Paul Main: speaker biography

  Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) · Speaker profile · Undated; checked 12 October 2026

• Paul Main: Google Scholar profile

  Google Scholar · Profile link · Undated; checked 12 October 2026

Publications

Self-published resources on Calaméo.

• The Universal Thinking Framework

  Undated; checked 12 October 2026

• Structural Learning Innovation Journal

  2017 (year printed in document)