Staff profiles
Professor John Coldron
Director, Special Projects
Phone 0114 225 6050 (or contact Ian Chesters on 0114 225 6051)
Email j.h.coldron@shu.ac.uk
John was Assistant Dean, Research and Development for the Faculty and a is the former Director of the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research. He is now Director of Special Projects based in the Faculty.
He has particular research experience in the field of parents and schools, the professional development of teachers, and social justice in relation to schools and was a member of the core team teaching the doctorate in education course.
He has directed a variety of funded projects: in partnership with the Office of National Statistics he co-directed the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) project looking at the experience of parents in choosing a secondary school and he has recently directed a follow up study with the National Centre for Social Research (NATCEN). He directed a research study into the training and operation of Admission Appeals Panels for the DfES.
In September 2003 he was invited to the Education and Skills Select Committee as an expert witness on admissions to secondary school. He has directed a number of projects on the professional development of teachers and the whole school workforce including the Testbed project for the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). He co-directed an evaluation team for the Home Office Crime Reduction in Secondary Schools initiative.
John was a teacher and deputy head teacher for 13 years. He has experience of both qualitative and quantitative research and research management.
Selected publications
John Coldron (2011) Elective identity, social segregation and parental choice (PDF 65KB). Paper presented at BERA Conference at the Institute of Education, London September 2011
John Coldron (2011) Available educational identities - an exploration of kinds of pupils, parents and teachers constituted through classification in the educational field (PDF 115KB). Paper presented at European Conference of Educational Researchers Berlin, September 2011
Coldron J (2010) Nelson Goodman's general theory of symbols: can it help characterise some educational concerns? (PDF 215KB) Paper presented at European Conference of Education Research, Helsinki August 2010
Allen R, Coldron J, West A (2010) The Effect of Changes in Published Secondary School Admissions on Pupil Composition for DfES
> Download report from DfES website
Coldron J, Cripps C, Shipton L (2010) Why are English secondary schools socially segregated? Journal of Education Policy. 25 (1) January 2010
Coldron J, Cripps C, Shipton L (2009) Why are secondary schools socially segregated? (PDF 142KB) Paper presented at the European Conference of Educational Researchers, Gothenberg, 2008
Coldron J, Willis B, Wolstenholme C (2009) Selection by attainment and aptitude in English secondary schools British Journal of Educational Studies
> View abstract
> Download pre-published version (PDF 162KB)
Stiell B, Shipton L, Coldron J, Coldwell M (2008) Choice Advice: an Evaluation for DCSF
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(PDF 701KB) / research brief (PDF 162KB)
Shipton L, Stiell B, Willis B, Wolstenholme C, Coldron J (2008) Choice Advice: Results of a Pilot Evaluation (PDF 129KB) for Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
Coldron J, Willis B, Wolstenholme C (2008) Selection by attainment and aptitude in English secondary schools in 2006 (PDF from University of Leeds website). Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 3–6 September 2008.
Coldwell M, Coldron J, Smith R (2008) Active social location in schools: Professional development for the whole school workforce? (PDF 144KB) Paper presented at BERA annual conference, Edinburgh, 4 September 2008
Coldwell M, Simkins T, Coldron J, Smith R, Aspinwall K, Close P, Elliot N, Garrett Viv, Maxwell B, Wainwright J, Willis B, Wolstenholme C (2008) Developing the whole school workforce - An evaluation of the Testbed programme (Final Report, PDF 270KB) for the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)
Coldron J, Tanner E, Finch S, Shipton L, Wolstenholme C, Willis B, Demack S, Stiell B (2008) Secondary School Admissions, Sheffield Hallam University with National Centre for Social Research (Report DCSF-RR020)
> Download report from DCSF website
> Download executive summary from DCSF website
Kay J, Channer Y, Coldron J, Stiell B, Wolstenholme C, Caillau I (2006) Advancing Together Interim Evaluation Report for Sheffield City Council
Coldron J (2005) Consultation on co-ordinated admission arrangements in Calderdale for Calderdale Council
Williams J, Finlayson H, Caillau I, Coldron J (2004) Research to inform the Development of an Advanced Training Programme in Behaviour and Attendance Leadership for the National College for School Leadership
Johnson, S. and Garland, P, Coldron, J., Coldwell, M., Williams, J., Caillau, I., Finlayson, H., and Stephenson, K. (2004) Mapping career progression for staff in LEAs (DfES)
Coldron, J. et al (2003) Ofsted and Initial Teacher Education in Yorkshire and Humberside Teacher Training Agency
Coldron, J., Coldwell, M., Logie, A., Povey, H., Radice, M. and Stephenson, K (2002) 'We just talk things through and then she helps me…': Relationships of trust and mediation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the British Educational Research Association, Exeter
Coldron, J., Povey, H., Stephenson, K., Coldwell, M. (2002) Local Evaluation of Crime Reduction in Secondary Schools Home Office
Coldron, J., Stephenson , K. and Williams, J. (2002) 'Parents who appeal against school admissions: Who are they and why do they appeal?' Paper presented at the annual meeting of the British Educational Research Association, Exeter
Coldron, J. et al (2002) Admission Appeal Panels: Research Study into the Operation of Appeal Panels, Use of the Code of Practice and Training for Panel Members Research report 344 DfES
Coldron, J. and Smith, R. (2001) How taking on the role of researcher affected student teachers' perceptions of their practice. in Day, C.W. and van Veen (Eds. Educational Research in Europe Yearbook 2001, Leuven (Belgium): Garant and EERA
Coldron, J. and Smith, R. (2001) La construction de la pratique dans les texts officials en Angleterre. Carrefours de l'education, 12, pp91-116
Coldron, J. and Williams J. (2001) 'Admission policies and practices of selective and partially selective schools in England', Paper presented at the annual meeting of the British Educational Research Association, Leeds
Williams, J. and Coldron, J. (2001) 'An analysis of the policies and practices of admission authorities in England', Paper presented at the annual meeting of the British Educational Research Association, Leeds
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