Below are brief details about the research associate projects that are currently underway. For more information about the people and projects, look at the Learning Gateway.
| Research associate | Project title |
|---|---|
| Wendy Allen Assistant Headteacher, Ulverston Victoria High School, Cumbria | Emotional intelligence (and competence) in leadership and its importance in leadership effectiveness. |
| Judith Ashley Deputy Headteacher, Park View Junior School, Hampshire | How schools provide a creative, cross curricular, learning led curriculum and achieve high standards |
| Jeremy Bird Headteacher, Greswold Primary School, Solihull | Supporting new and inexperienced heads in strategic leadership. |
| Colin Bowpitt Headteacher, Uplands Junior School, Leicester | What is the connection between efficient and effective target setting and "good" management of primary schools? |
| Kevin Bullock Headteacher, Fordham Primary School, Cambridgeshire | Are the most effective leaders more consciously competent? Factors which influence outstanding leaders. |
| Stephen Cleave Headteacher, Compton CE Primary School, Plymouth Mark Oakshott Headteacher, Kingswear Primary School, Dartmouth | Who wouldn't want to be me? The impact of headteacher image on succession planning. |
| Matt Cottrell Headteacher, St Johns CE Primary School, Bristol | Boundary perspective consideration of new headship. |
| Ben Cribb Assistant Headteacher, St Anselm's College and Upton Hall School, Merseyside | Collaborative leadership to raise attainment. |
| Steve Davis Senior Leader, Early Years Foundation Stage, Blackthorns CP School, Haywards Heath Andrea Taylor Advanced Skills Teacher Early Years, Compton and Up Marden CE Primary School, Chichester | Firm foundations? Effective leadership. Following a cohort of Early Years middle managers to establish the impact of LftM training |
| Julie Dobson Headteacher, West Hill Primary School, London | Promoting and leading curriculum change through the development of emotional intelligence throughout the school. |
| Karen Gannon Assistant Headteacher, Corely Centre, Coventry | What are the barriers to pupil voice and how do we overcome these? |
| Tracey Gilbank Headteacher, Luttons Primary School, North Yorkshire | Distributed leadership focusing on the performance management cycle. |
| Martin Hanbury Headteacher, Landgate School, Wigan | Heads up! An evaluation of the impact of headteacher coaching on developing future leaders. |
| Angela Hancock Manager, SureStart Marfleet Chidren's Centre, Hull | Working with parents and families: lessons for the wider system. Learning from across professional boundaries: a multidisiplinary approach to leading integrated chidren's centres. |
| Angela Holmes Barons Court Prinary School, Southend | Developing a creative co-constructive curriculum - the role of leadership in facilitating system change. |
| Michael Horswell Deputy Headteacher, The Arnewood School, Hampshire | Aspiration to succeed – strategies to engage potentially unwilling students in education |
| Jon Howard-Drake Headteacher, Misbourne Art and Technology College, Buckinghamshire | Focus on how TLR restructuring is supporting the delivery of ECM. |
| Barbara Howse Headteacher, North Chadderton School and Sixth Form Centre, Oldham | The impact of motives/drivers and professional/personal life choices (work/life balance) on the effectiveness of leadership in secondary education. |
| Irenie Mertzelos Year Leader, Brentside High School, London | How can school leaders extend and enrich learning in the 21st century school through the Every Child Matters agenda? |
| Tracey O’Brien Senior Deputy Headteacher, Southfields Community College, London | Creating a professional learning community |
| Julian Pass Headteacher, Abbeymead Primary School, Gloucester | Can an effective approach to staff well-being and personal development raise school performance? |
| Andrew Pearson Headteacher, Bramcote Hills Primary School, Nottingham | The use of future thinking techniques in industry and the development of a methodology for schools. |
| Firdos Qazi Headteacher, Iqra School, London | The implications for future policy and practice based on the transitional experiences of Muslim schools from independent to the state sector. |
| Ann Raynor Assistant Princpal, Merrill College , Derbyshire | Leading for social cohesion: the rise of gang culture and its impact on standards in inner city secondary schools |
| John Ridley Headteacher, Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School, North Yorkshire | The impact of CPD on the management of primary schools. |
| Josephine Smith Deputy Headteacher, Long Field High School, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Paul Ainsworth Deputy Headteacher Belvoir High School, Nottinghamshire | The challenges and leadership opportunities afforded by establishing shared services by a group of schools seen through the prism of establishing a shared governance sixth form centre. |
| Jez Stockhill Deputy Headteacher, Hanson School, Yorkshire | Devising a KS3 ‘competency’ curriculum. |
| David Thomas Headmaster, Reigate Grammar School, Reigate | Distributed leadership in complex schools. |
| Susan Ward Deputy Headteacher, Drapers Mill Primary School, Kent | Coaching new managers for raising standards and professional development. |
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