Eleanore Hargraves is Professor of Learning and Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education and Society (Institute of Education), University College London, UK.Denise Buchanan is Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Education at the Faculty of Education and Society (Institute of Education), University College London, UK. Laura Quick is Honorary Research Fellow at the Faculty of Education and Society (Institute of Education), University College London, UK.

• Chapter 1: Introductory chapter: life-history methodology used in the Children’s Life-histories In Primary Schools (CLIPS) study.- CHAPTER 2: Imagining schooling as a positive experience.- CHAPTER 3: Social justice as parity of participation: Fraser’s theory.- CHAPTER 4: Wellbeing.- CHAPTER 5: Motivational Orientations: Watkins’ theory with Ryan and Deci’s theories.- CHAPTER 6: The life-histories.- CHAPTER 7:  Sense of Competence and CLIPS children’s experiences of the policy focus on mathematics and English .- CHAPTER 8: Sense of Agency and status-subordination.- CHAPTER 9: Relatedness for wellbeing.- CHAPTER 10: Imagining schooling as a positive experience: conclusions and practical recommendations CHAPTER 9. Imagining schooling as a positive experience: conclusions and practical recommendation.