Mr Paul Armstrong

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BSc, MSc
    • Research Officer, Global City Leaders project exploring the next generation of young school leaders in three of the top ten global cities: London, New York and Toronto
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Policy and Society
  • Department:
    • London Centre for Leadership in Learning
  • Centre:
    • London Centre for Leadership in Learning
  • Summary:
    • Paul Armstrong joined the LCLL in October 2011 as the Research Officer for the ESRC funded Global City Leaders project exploring the next generation of young school leaders in three of the top ten global cities: London, New York and Toronto. Paul is currently in the final year of his doctoral research at the University of Manchester exploring the role of the school business manager in the changing organisational culture of schools in England. He has also completed an MSc in Educational Research. Whilst his background lies in Psychology, Paul has spent the last six years working as a researcher on a range of educational research projects most recently evaluating the Teach First programme in England and a three year project investigating the effectiveness of a national strategy to develop school business management capacity for the National College. His primary interests are educational change, school culture and new forms of leadership and management.
  • Research Projects:
    • Evaluating the Teach First programme in England

      Investigating the effectiveness of a national strategy to develop school business management capacity for the National College
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Exploring the role of the school business manager in the changing organisational culture of schools in England
  • Professional Activities:
    • Reviewer for School Leadership and Management
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Armstrong, P. (2012) Managing the business of schools: perspectives on the expansion and 'professionalisation' of the school business manager role in England. Paper presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement (ICSEI), Sweden, 5-8th January 2012.

      Armstrong, P. (2011) Redefining senior school management: the role of professional support staff. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) annual conference, London, Sept 6-8th 2011.

      Woods, C., Armstrong, P. & Pearson, D. (2011) Primary partnerships: exploring contemporary collaborations in English schools. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, April 8-12th, 2011
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • United Kingdom
 

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • London Centre for Leadership in Learning
    Institute of Education
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Room 650
    Institute of Education

Publications

  • Chapman, C., Armstrong, P., Harris, A., Muijs, D., Reynolds, D. and Sammons, P. (Eds) (2012) School Effectiveness and Improvement Research, Policy and Practice: Challenging the orthodoxy? . London: Routledge.
  • Woods, C., Armstrong, P. and Pearson, D (2011) 'International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) Express and Digest 2', Partnerships for improvement: learning to share in English primary schools No. 1, 3-6.
  • Woods, C., Armstrong, P. & Pearson, D. (forthcoming) 'School Leadership and Management', Leading Learning: headteacher perspectives on their professional role and impacts of the newly 'professionalised' school business manager
  • Woods, C., Gunter, H., Armstrong, P., Pearson, D., Collins, A. and Muijs, D. (2010) School Business Directors Demonstration Project Programme Evaluation and Impact Study: Final report. . A report prepared for the National College of Leadership for Schools and Children's Services. National College, Nottingham..
  • Muijs, D., Armstrong, P. And Chapman, C. (2010) The impact of Teach First Teachers in Schools: Final Report. An evaluation prepared funded by the Maximum Impact Project for Teach First, London..
  • Chapman, C., Muijs, D., Sammons, P., Armstrong, P. & Collins, A. (2009) The impact of federations on student outcomes. A report prepared for the National College of Leadership for Schools and Children's Services. National College, Nottingham..
  • Chapman, C., Ainscow, M., Mongon, D., West, M., Gallannaugh, F, Bragg, J. & Armstrong, P. (2009) Emerging patterns of school leadership 2 - A deeper understanding. . A report prepared for the National College of Leadership for Schools and Children's Services. National College, Nottingham..