Staff publications and research

Staff at Bishop Challoner Training School Alliance and SCITT contribute to the national education discourse through their research and publications. 

Read more about the work of our staff on the national stage here:

Publication

Emily Giubertoni and Richard Giubertoni, Secondary Science In Action, John Catt Publishers · Sep 13, 2024.

Computing & Digital Making Educator Magazine articles

Babak Ebrahim, Head of Computing & ICT, Cybersecurity for Girls, Hello World, Issue 18, Page 28-29, The Magazine for Computing & Digital Making Educators (March 2022)

Featured as representing the under-represented fields of health, education, the arts, and literacy (HEAL)

Babak Ebrahim, Head of Computing & ICT, featured in Yes, Boys Can!: Inspiring Stories of Men Who Changed the World - He Can H.E.A.L. , Richard V. Reeves, Jonathan Juravich, Chris King, Page 80, (October 2024)

Chartered College of Teaching Impact Magazine articles

Emily Giubertoni, SCITT Director, (February 2025). Rosenshine’s principles of direct instruction: Influencing the professionalisation of teaching from initial teacher training to leadership. Teacher Reflection, Impact Magazine for the Chartered College of Teaching.

Emily Giubertoni, SCITT Director, (September 2024). A distributed leadership approach to evidence-informed practice: How one school widens staff engagement with teaching and learning research. Case study, Impact Magazine for the Chartered College of Teaching.

Rachel Watson, Head of History (May 2023). The power of stories: Integrating high quality reading to raise achievement, Impact Magazine for the Chartered College of Teaching.

John Cunnane and Emily Giubertoni, Assistant Principals (January 2023). Empowering CPD: Building a strong professional growth model for teachers, Impact Magazine for the Chartered College of Teaching.

Mental Health CPD for the Chartered College of Teaching

A Case study by Jodie Jethwa, Frankie Bisset, and Emily Giubertoni focussed on 'Encouraging Positive Behaviour Online', reflecting on best practice shared from Bishop Challoner Catholic College. This case study is shared as part of a wider suite of resources for supporting mental health in an online course by the Chartered College of Teaching: https://my.chartered.college/research-hub/encouraging-positive-behaviour-online

School Leadership & Management Research Articles

Baptiste, J. Choudhury, L, Giubertoni, E., and Sum, N (2024) A balancing act: successfully managing senior leadership roles and motherhood, School Leadership and Management

Research School blog

Emily Giubertoni, wrote a blog for Staffordshire Research School blog · Jun 26, 2024: Top research-driven strategies for teaching students to read and write like scientists

Emily Giubertoni, Evidence Lead in Education, wrote a blog for Billesley Research School: Effective teaching and learning in a remote secondary classroom

Warwick University research Projects

Grace Laszlo, Head of English is running a research project with Warwick University as part of their Teacher Researcher Network. Her project looks at ECT wellbeing. Read more about it on the Warwick website: ‘What wellbeing strategies do ECTs learn across the two years of their course, and how do these help them manage workload and mental wellbeing effectively?’. 

Ali Marsh, Associate Principal, is running a second research project with Warwick University as part of their Teacher Researcher Network. Her project looks at reading strategies for progress. Find out more about her research here: Cross-curricular teachers as experts in teaching reading: improving classroom approaches for teaching of reading to close the Covid gap’.

Institute for Effective Education research project

Sean Smith, Vice Principal, conducted a research study for the IEE, and Research Schools Network, focussed on 'A Strategy for boosting vocabulary and reading comprehension at KS3' (July 2018)