Eleanor Atkinson is an experienced primary science consultant, educator and author with more than 20 years’ experience of teaching and leading science across mainstream and SEND settings. She works with teachers, science leaders and schools to strengthen curriculum provision, subject leadership and classroom practice, with particular interests in inclusive science, scientific enquiry, oracy and assessment.

As an independent consultant and owner of Primarily Science CPD, Eleanor designs and delivers professional development, school support and teacher networks. She is also a Primary Science Consultant with The University of Manchester’s Science and Engineering Education Research and Innovation Hub (SEERIH), leads the Gateway Alliance Primary Science Network and contributes to the Primary Science Quality Mark as a Professional Learning Partner, Reviewer and member of its Expert Advisory Panel. As Schools Project Coordinator for One Tenth Human, she coordinates Terri’s Expanded Universe, a three-year Paul Hamlyn Foundation-funded creative science and storytelling project working with primary schools across Morecambe Bay.

Eleanor received the Primary Science Teacher Award and is a College Fellow of the Primary Science Teaching Trust. Her published work includes science resources for Pearson and a chapter on developing understanding through dialogue in the ASE Guide to Primary Science Education. Across her work, Eleanor is committed to helping teachers develop inclusive, engaging science provision in which every child can participate, think scientifically and see themselves as a scientist.