• My writing My books include the best-selling I’m a Teacher, Get Me Out of Here. I write extensively for the national press, and have appeared on TV and radio alongside everyone from Johnnie Walker to Russell Brand. I am well-known for being a candid, truthful, hard-hitting voice in the media.
• My advice I am very busy teaching and writing, but I do offer personal advice to parents and teachers. Please email me in the first instance: sir@francisgilbert.co.uk.  I will first make a judgement about whether I can help. I have delivered imaginative and motivational talks at schools and conferences.
• My background I studied at Sussex, Cambridge and then at The University Of East Anglia under Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain. I taught in a variety of comprehensive schools in London before deciding to concentrate on writing. I continue to teach English and Media part-time.