The Huish Centre
Building on the highly impactful Joint Practice Development approach at Richard Huish College, the Centre aims to support colleagues to develop a richer approach to professional development which is…
- Student Centric
- Supported by a Conscious Culture of listening
- Built on a robust Foundational Framework
- Evolved through teacher led Research and Development.
Partnering with Camtree (Hughes Hall Cambridge University) and Exeter University, The Huish Centre aims to put students and teachers back at the heart of education for better outcomes and experience for all.
Joint Practice Development at Huish
In the year 2024-2025, Richard Huish College achieved the best results in its history across all areas.
How?
Teachers being empowered as professionals…
All of Huish’s academic, student facing, and marketing teams conduct an independent research project annually.
These include three distinct pathways: Academic Research, Lesson Study, and Collaborative Inquiry.
Across all three pathways, staff apply an evidence-based approach whilst actively engaging students as learning partners to evolve their practice collaboratively.Research outcomes and impact are shared annually and those om the Academic Research pathway also contribute to the wider educational community by publishing their findings on CamTree, a digital library for teacher-led, close-to-practice research.
We are so proud of the way in which our staff have engaged with this professional approach and its subsequent powerful impact over the last 5 years. We are very excited to share this with other institutions who also want to re-professionalise teaching with students at the heart of educational development.
Want to join us in Re-Professionalising education?
We can support…
- ‘Re-professionalising for Impact’ Leadership Course
Support to develop an impactful whole institution approach (open to Primary, Secondary and FE Leaders).
An 18 month development package with both online and face to face support including peer review and engagement with our academic partners.
- Bespoke support for departments or individuals on the principles and practice of Joint Practice Development
Providing a link between practitioners and academics, supporting quality research in classrooms and the development of expert thought leaders and academics.
Interested? We’d love to hear from you…
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I began my career in education as an Educational Researcher at the University of Cambridge before going on to train as a History and Sociology teacher. I have worked in the Post-16 educational sector since 2003.
My experience in education spans from Early Years to post-16, including mainstream, special, alternative and hospital settings. In addition to my role at the Huish Centre I am a freelance educator, speaker and adviser.
I designed the ‘Finding my Voice’ Oracy approach, I’m a collaborator for Myatt & Co and also a fellow of the Chartered college, and recently lead on the Oracy strand for the ‘Re-thinking curriculum project‘.
I’m and deeply honoured to be the Director of The Centre for Practitioner Development at Richard Huish College leading on the re-professionalisation of education.
With just over 30 years of teaching experience within the post-16 sector, I continue to find the most rewarding moments of my career come from working alongside colleagues to explore, refine, and reimagine our practice. I am Course Manager for A Level Biology and a Professional Learning Coach, and in recent years have helped develop and lead our cross-college Acton Research programme.
I’m passionate about the way Joint Practice Development reinvigorates practice—bringing fresh thinking, innovation, and shared learning to our community.