Catherine Clutterbuck
Interim Deputy Head of the Institute of Education
Institute of Education
Senior Leadership Team
email: c.clutterbuck@worc.ac.uk
Catherine is the interim Deputy Head of the Institute of Education. Her substantive post is the Primary Strategic Partnership Lead and she has a background in Primary Education.
During her time as a primary school teacher, she focused on areas such as inclusion, Computing, Maths and English. Her school leadership varied from being Head of Lower Key Stage 2 to Head of Boarding. Catherine has spent a majority of her career focused on the development of teachers. She was the Head of Pupil and Staff Welfare and Development and mentor for trainee teachers and early career teachers. She is passionate about the holistic development of teachers and the impact educationalists have on pupils. Catherine’s research for her Masters in Teacher Education focuses on the implementation of intensive training and practice and purposeful decisions providers make in response to policy change.
Qualifications
- PGCE Primary Education
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- Fellow of Advance HE
Learn Upon Training completed
- Safer Recruitment
- Introduction to the Prevent Duty as it affects Higher Education
- Safeguarding Essentials
Teaching & Research
Teaching Interests:
- Inclusive practice
- Primary computing
- Teacher identity
- Educational values
- Professional practice
Research Interests:
- Use of AI in teacher education and coaching
- ITT policy implementation
- Theory to practice debate
- The role of practice in teacher education
Professional Bodies
- Chartered College for Teaching
- Fellow of Advance HEA
External Roles
External Examiner for Plymouth Marjon University
Publications
Presented at UCET conference November 2024 on ITT lead partners in HE sector and alternative approaches to structuring intensive training and practice