I have held various teaching and leadership roles in higher education and mainstream schools and have a wide range of experience in post graduate supervision, external examining and course revalidation. I am a Senior Fellow of the HEA and have a strong research profile that includes publications in the disciplines of PE, leisure, research methods, and education.
I graduated from the University of Chester in Sport and Physical Education in 2000 before completing my secondary school PE PGCE at Leeds Metropolitan University the following year. After eight years as Head of PE at a mainstream secondary school in South Yorkshire, I took up the post of Senior Lecturer in PE and Sports Pedagogy at the University of Chester, before then acting as Programme Leader on the newly-formed BSc PE programme until 2018.
Following a period as a member of the senior leadership team at a large secondary academy and undertaking the role of Programme Leader in Professional Studies at Bishop Grosseteste University I took up the post as Course Leader for PE and Sports Coaching at York St John University in 2021.
As a Senior Lecturer, Course Leader and postgraduate research supervisor, I teach across a range of modules at both UG and PG level. These not only involve theoretical content across a range of pedagogical and research topics but practical deliver through a wide range of sports and activities.
Recent publications
Postgraduate Supervision
- EdD – Jayne Hemmins – Can arts-based, participatory approaches empower art and design undergraduate students in exploring their experiences of neoliberal education?
- EdD – Graham Drury - A qualitative enquiry into the retention of experienced teachers.
- PhD – Ruth Matthewson – The provision, problems and potential of outdoor and adventurous activities (OAA) in English secondary schools.
External Examiner roles
- York St John University – 2017-2021 – BA (Hons) - Physical Education and Youth Sport.
- Sheffield Hallam University – 2021-2025 – PGCE Secondary Physical Education.
- Edge Hill University 2025 - PGCE Secondary Physical Education.
Media Involvement in relation to research
- The teachers fighting to save cricket in schools – Grace Wood (BBC News – June 2025) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2z4901ryno
- How school is trying to make cricket more accessible (BBC News – Christopher Mace and Andy Howard) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly18k3gjdvo
- Study sparks alarm over decline of cricket in Yorkshire's state secondary schools – Ruby Kitchen (Yorkshire Post – June 2025) https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/study-sparks-alarm-over-decline-of-cricket-in-yorkshires-state-secondary-schools-5187754
- Why more needs to be done to get working-class children in Yorkshire involved in cricket – (Yorkshire Post – June 2025) https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/why-more-needs-to-be-done-to-get-working-class-children-in-yorkshire-involved-in-the-game-of-cricket-5187427
- How can we expect children to take up sport if costs are prohibitive and there’s no space for them to play? - Ismail Mulla (Yorkshire Post – June 2025) https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/how-can-we-expect-children-to-take-up-sport-if-costs-are-prohibitive-and-theres-no-space-for-them-to-play-ismail-mulla-5193020
- New report warns of significant decline in state school cricket opportunities for working-class boys – (The Educator – June 2025) https://the-educator.org/new-report-warns-of-significant-decline-in-state-school-cricket-opportunities-for-working-class-boys/
Radio Interviews
- Dr Scattergood on the decline of state school cricket opportunities – BBC Radio York – June 2025) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0llhqhx
