Mayforth is a strategy and research consultancy with a primary focus on education. It was founded in September 2011 by James O’Shaughnessy, who was director of policy in No.10 Downing Street between 2010 and 2011. Mayforth is unusual because, alongside our politics, strategy and research work, we are also supporting the creation of several social enterprises. We see ourselves as a ‘lab’ as much as a consultancy.