Simon Uttley – selected works

PUBLICATIONS

BROADCASTS/BLOGS

  • 2007      Uttley, S.  ‘So, You Want to Be a Head’ (Consultant Head appearing in episodes three and four of a series produced for Teachers TV)
  • 2009-2012 Education ‘expert’ for ‘Alison Fern show, BBC Radio Surrey & Sussex discussing: GTC and professional responsibilities of teachers outside school (Autumn 2009), ‘School Closures and snow!’ (Christmas 2009), ‘School Trips and ‘Rarely Cover’ (March 2010)’ Single Sex education’ (September 2010) ‘Homework – a good thing or not?’ (March 2012)
  • 2010, Consultant to and Guest appearing on ITV ‘Tonight’ programme: ‘Bullies Online’ aired 14th October 2010 (St Paul’s flagship strategy to protect children online)
  • 2012 Consultant to and guest appearance on ‘Gok’s Teens’ – Gok Wan’s landmark programme on cyber bullying which showcased the achievements in this area at St Paul’s.
  • 2019 Opening the Aspergers Unit at Blessed Hugh Faringdon School [June, ITV news]
  • 2020 Mental Health Trailblazer at Blessed Hugh Faringdon School [February,] BBC South 
  • BBC Breakfast – Mass Covid Testing in schools https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/education-55361002
  • Leadership through lockdown’ – Broadcast and blog St Mary’s University [Feb 2021] https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/research/centres/aquinas/school-leaders-and-lockdown.aspx
  • ‘Leadership through lockdown’ – Broadcast to Churches Together in Reading [Feb 2021]
  • 2021 Blueprint for a fairer educational model for England Keynote – St Mary’s University, Institute of Education, Alumni Association 10th November 2022

PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES

  • 2000-2020 annual, inclusive, ongoing. Uttley S ‘Getting In and Getting On’ half-day inset to PGCE students on accelerated promotion: Institute of Education, University College, London
  • 2000-2020 annual, inclusive, ongoing. ‘Preparing for the first teaching job’ half-day inset to PGCE students on accelerated promotion: Institute of Education, University College, London
  • 2000      Uttley S ‘Key Skills for A Level Economics – concrete strategies and exemplars’ one-day inset given to teachers of economics; The Nuffield Foundation
  • 2000      Uttley S ‘Introducing Key Skills in Business and Economics – Economics and Business Education Association, National Conference.’  
  • 2006-2010 annual, inclusive. Uttley S ‘Getting In and Getting On’ half-day inset to PGCE students on accelerated promotion: Kingston University
  •  2009     Uttley S ‘From ‘Informing parents’, through ‘Engaging parents’ to ‘Equipping parents as co-learners and co-educators’ The St Paul’s journey’ Keynote speaker at national conference on Parental Engagement Optimus Education
  • 2010      Uttley S ‘Reducing Absence through Effective Parental Engagement’ Keynote speaker at national conference on Parental Engagement Optimus Education
  • 2010      ‘Leadership of a Catholic School: the best job in the world’ – Presentation to Catholic Primary and Secondary Deputy Headteachers, Diocese of Northampton
  • 2012 Speaker at national Conference: ‘Safeguarding Children in Education’ (organised by Teachology (http://teachology-education.co.uk/safeguarding) 13th & 18th September 2012)
  • 2013 ‘God has created me to do him some definite service’ -Re-Catholicizing the Curriculum Keynote speech to Sixth Form Conference, St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, 10th May 2013
  • 2013 Archives and iconoclasm: recovering the ‘authentic’ from so-called primary research material – ‘Engaging with Methodology’ – University of Brighton 31st May 2013
  • 2014 ‘Integrity is doing the Right Thing when no one is watching’ Talk to Headteachers of Northampton Diocese 27thMarch 2014
  • 2015 ‘Leading the Catholic School’ Training Day to aspirant Catholic school leaders, Diocese of Portsmouth 16thJanuary 2015
  • 2015 ‘The UK education systems: an introduction’ to University of Notre Dame (London Programme) 11th September 2015; 15th September 2016
  • 2016 ‘Schooling in the English Catholic Tradition’ – lecture given to Slovakian Headteachers, Bardejov, Slovakia March 2016
  • 2016 ‘Towards a new Pedagogy for Slovak schools’ – lecture given to Slovakian Headteachers, Bardejov, Slovakia November 2016
  • 2017 ‘Formation of the Whole Person: building mental and emotional resilience in the authentic school’ Briefing to Deputy Minister of Education, Bardejov, Slovakia 3rd November 2017
  • 2017 ‘Authenticity and binary positions: towards a post-Brexit philosophy of education’ Lecture.  Akademia Ignatianum. Krakow, Poland October 2017
  • 2017-20 ongoing Catholic Education and the Common Good University of Notre Dame, London Global Gateway
  • 2018 ‘Catholic education in a world of phony binaries and private morality: lessons and warnings from the greats, the damned and the damned greats’ – Lecture. Dominican University, Chicago 22nd February 2018
  • 2018 ‘Post Truth, Fake News and the degradation of truth –genealogy and implications’ Akademia Ignatianum. Krakow, Poland 13th April 2018
  • 2018 ‘Post Truth, Fake News and the degradation of truth-impact on Catholic schools’ Pastoral Review Congress, St Mary’s University 23rd June 2018
  • 2018 ‘Witness and Gift in the Catholic School – a training day for faculty and staff’ Marymount International School, Rome 30th August 2018
  • 2018 ‘Authenticity and Alienation: The Catholic school at the service of a fragmented and fissured world – from Groome’s epistemic ontology to dynamic temporality’ at ‘Network for Researchers in Catholic Education Annual Conference Newman University, Birmingham, 13th September 2018
  • 2018 ‘The UK education system in history – do we get what we deserve?’ {art 1 of a three-part series ‘Contemporary Perspectives in Education’ Akademia Ignatianum, Krakow 19th October 2018 
  • 2019  ‘When they are cheering you, take care to know for what you are being cheered – the contemporary Catholic Headteacher in an English State-funded Catholic school: caught in, or sustained by, the web of tradition or practice? 13th March 2019 – ACE Conference: Catholic Education in the UK, Ireland and the US. University of Notre Dame, London Global Gateway 
  • 2019 ‘Virtue in Education from the Greeks to the Geeks’ – Lecture. Dominican University, Chicago 20th February 2019
  • 2019 ‘School as a space for human flourishing: virtues, values and versatility’ Ukraine Catholic University, 8th June 2019
  • 2019 ‘People, Place, Virtue’ Retreat and Training Day – Marymount International School – 27th August 2019, Marymount International School, Kingston, London
  • 2019 Who is my neighbour? Catholic school-to-school collaboration in a climate of high-stakes accountability and financial austerity 17th October 2019, Network for Researchers in Catholic Education, Dublin City University.