Staff Profile
Richard Skidmore
Senior Lecturer
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I joined the ITT team at York St John University in April 2022. Prior to that I was a teacher for 17 years and most recently an Assistant Headteacher at a primary school in North Yorkshire.
During my teaching career I experienced teaching and leading both key stages and have coordinated many curriculum subjects. More recently I led computing across a large Multi Academy Trust as well as well as working as part of a school-to-school support team who developed teaching and learning in struggling schools. I have completed my National Professional Qualification for Headship.
Since joining York St John University I have become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and lead computing for the ITE team.
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
- Email – r.skidmore@yorksj.ac.uk
Further information
Teaching
- Primary Education BA (Hons)
- Year 1 Maths
- Year 2 Maths
- Year 1 Computing
- Year 1 Professional and Academic Skills
- School Experience 2 Director
- Year 3 Contemporary Issues
- Primary PGCE
- Computing
- Computing subject lead for ITE
Publications
Elbra-Ramsay, Caroline and Skidmore, Richard (2025) Gen AI in Schools, ITT and Academia – an ethical minefield? In Tech and AI to tackle teacher workload. National STEM Learning Centre
Professional activities
I have been a fellow of the HEA since 2024.
