Paul Warmington is a senior scholar in the sociology of race and education. He was formerly a Professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Warwick and in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University. At the University of Birmingham, he was a founder member of the Centre for Research in Race and Education. Before entering academia, Paul worked in antiracist publishing and taught in further education. Paul was one of the first UK academics to explore Critical Race Theory, combining it with wider traditions in Black Atlantic thought. He has written and researched on Black education movements; the coverage of race equality in UK education policy; Black/ white attainment gaps; tensions in understandings of race and class in social research. His most recent publication is the co-edited four-volume series, Critical Race Theory in Education: Major Themes (Routledge, 2018). Paul’s work has been covered in The Guardian, Times Education Supplement and The Voice. He recently contributed to BBC1’s landmark documentary Subnormal, on the historical scandal of the placing of Black children in ESN schools during the 1960s and 70s.