Research

I have worked in both UK and international contexts and my specialisms include: 

• Conducting and writing literature reviews and syntheses;

• Using research approaches to develop teachers’ and leaders’ practice, be it inquiring into aspects of their work or using research approaches as school improvement tools, with a particular focus on using lesson study;

• Making research evidence accessible to teachers, and supporting teachers and leaders to publish their findings in accessible formats for other schools as knowledge mobilisation;

• Impact evaluation of school-based projects, with a focus on mixed methods and participatory methodologies;

• Knowledge and understanding of the following fields of literature: policy borrowing, cultural contexts, leadership of change and implementation science.

Examples of recent work:

• Co-leading a primary assessment research project in partnership with CFEY  

• Designing and leading a research project to narrow the gap for Pupil Premium pupils in Bath and North East Somerset, including a developmental impact evaluation, action learning sets and a series of literature reviews

• Producing a comparative study of the leadership development approaches of five high-performing nations for the Centre for Education Leadership at UCL Institute of Education

• Designing a set of research-driven tools and resources for teachers hoping to develop thinking skills in their pupils through the Assessment Companion for Thinking Skills project, an Erasmus+ funded project with UK, Lavtia and Finland

• Leading a research project for teachers on the impact of social and emotional development on classroom practice, the findings of which were published in a book by Taylor and Francis.