Geoffrey Court

Geoffrey Court began teaching in 1973, and worked for twelve years in inner-city primary schools, for most of that time in senior management positions. He also has considerable experience as an adult education tutor, in particular in a psychiatric social club.
In 1985 he established what was to become The Circle Works, an educational charity offering children and adults in east London opportunities to "learn through reflective dialogue". In practice, this means providing sessions in school where children, especially those who are troubled, can explore their lives through talk, play and arts activities, and offering time and space where teachers and others can think purposefully about their work and its meaning. The Circle Works sees the group, including the community of the school class, as a rich source of learning in its own right, and plays a part in the nationwide web of organisations and individuals working with the connections between personal and interpersonal experience and learning.