Professor Tim Simkins
Emeritus Professor
Summary
Tim is Emeritus Professor of Education Management, working in association with the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research. He has more than 30 years' experience of teaching and researching leadership and management in education. He is a former secretary and chair, and currently Professional Officer of the British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society and an Associate Editor of Educational Management Administration and Leadership. He has been a member of the ESRC Peer Review College.
About
Tim's research interests concern the interface between national policy and institutional management, organisational and resource management issues in schools and colleges, evaluation of leadership development programmes and educational leadership in developing countries. He has acted as a consultant to a number of international development agencies in the designing and evaluation of management development programmes and the development and evaluation of resourcing systems. He has also led and participated in a range of research and evaluation projects for government agencies, including evaluations of a number of the programmes for what is now the National College for Teaching and Leadership. His current work concerns the impact of school restructuring in England on local schooling landscapes. He has published more than 50 books, monographs and articles.
Publications
Journal articles
Crawford, M., Maxwell, B., Coldron, J., & Simkins, T. (2020). Local authorities as actors in the emerging “school-led” system in England. Educational Review. http://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2020.1739625
Simkins, T., Coldron, J., Crawford, M., & Maxwell, B. (2018). Emerging schooling landscapes in England: how primary system leaders are responding to new school groupings. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. http://doi.org/10.1177/1741143217751079
Simkins, T., Coldron, J., Crawford, M., & Jones, S. (2015). Emerging local schooling landscapes : the role of the local authority. School Leadership and Management, 35 (1), 1-16. http://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2014.962501
Coldron, J., Crawford, M., Jones, S., & Simkins, T. (2015). The positions of primary and secondary schools in the English school field: a case of durable inequality. Journal of education policy, 30 (5), 671-687. http://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2014.972989
Simkins, T. (2015). School restructuring in England : new school configurations and new challenges. Management in Education, 29 (1), 4-8. http://doi.org/10.1177/0892020614559235
Simkins, T., & Woods, P. (2015). Editorial: Responses to structural change in schooling in England. Management in Education, 29 (1), 3. http://doi.org/10.1177/0892020614559180
Coldron, J., Crawford, M., Jones, S., & Simkins, T. (2014). The positions of primary and secondary schools in the English school field: a case of durable inequality. Journal of Education Policy. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02680939.2014.972989#.VGtk1E1F2ic
Coldron, J., Crawford, M., Jones, S., & Simkins, T. (2014). The restructuring of schooling in England: the responses of well-positioned Headteachers. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 42 (3), 387-403. http://doi.org/10.1177/1741143214521592
Woods, P., & Simkins, T. (2014). Understanding the local: themes and issues in the experience of structural reform in England. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 42 (3), 324-340. http://doi.org/10.1177/1741143214521587
Simkins, T., & Garrick, R. (2012). Developing multi-agency teams: implications of a national programme evaluation. Management in Education, 26 (1), 13-19. http://doi.org/10.1177/0892020611425556
Simkins, T. (2012). Understanding school leadership and management development in England: retrospect and prospect. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 40 (5), 621-640. http://doi.org/10.1177/1741143212451172
Coldwell, M., & Simkins, T. (2011). Level models of continuing professional development evaluation: a grounded review and critique. Professional development in education, 37 (1), 143-157. http://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2010.495497
Simkins, T., Close, P., & Smith, R. (2009). Work-shadowing as a process for facilitating leadership succession in primary schools. School Leadership and Management, 29 (3), 239-251. http://doi.org/10.1080/13632430902793759
Simkins, T. (2009). Integrating work‐based learning into large‐scale national leadership development programmes in the UK. Educational Review, 61 (4), 391-405. http://doi.org/10.1080/00131910903403964
Simkins, T., Coldwell, M., Close, P., & Morgan, A. (2009). Outcomes of in-school leadership development work: a study of three NCSL programmes. Educational management administration and leadership, 37 (1), 29-50. http://doi.org/10.1177/1741143208098163
Simkins, T.J., Maxwell, B., & Aspinwall, K.A. (2009). Developing the whole-school workforce in England: building cultures of engagement. Professional development in education, 35 (3), 433. http://doi.org/10.1080/19415250902885102
Simkins, T.J., Coldwell, M., Caillau, I., Finlayson, H., & Morgan, A. (2006). Coaching as an in-school leadership development strategy: experiences from leading from the middle. Journal of in-service education, 32 (3), 321-340. http://doi.org/10.1080/13674580600841901
Simkins, T.J. (2005). Leadership in education: "what works" or "what makes sense"? Educational management administration and leadership, 33 (1), 9-26. http://doi.org/10.1177/1741143205048168
Simkins, T.J. (2004). School finance and equity in England: an analysis of strategies and consequences. Educational management administration and leadership, 32 (4), 369-386. http://doi.org/10.1177/1741143204046493
Simkins, T.J., & Lumby, J. (2002). Cultural transformation in further education? Mapping the debate. Research in post compulsory education, 7 (1), 9-25. http://doi.org/10.1080/13596740200200116
Conference papers
Boylan, M., Coldwell, M., & Simkins, T. (2011). Complexity and leadership in teacher professional development : the case of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. In British Educational Research Association Conference, London, IoE, 7 September 2011 - 10 September 2011.
Maxwell, B., & Simkins, T. (2011). School strategies for the professional development and support of early career teachers. In BERA Annual Conference 2011 - Early career teacher symposium (NQTQIS project), Institute of Education, London, 6 September 2011 - 8 September 2011.
Maxwell, B., Simkins, T., & Coldwell, M. (2009). Possibilities of partnerships as sites for learning: Leadership development in English 14-19 consortia. In BERA Annual Conference 2009, University of Manchester, 2 September 2009 - 5 September 2009.
Reports
Maxwell, B., Greany, T., Aspinwall, K., Handscomb, G., Seleznyov, S., & Simkins, T. (2015). Approaches to research & development for ‘great pedagogy’ and ‘great CPD’ in teaching school alliances : teaching schools R&D network national themes project 2012-14. London: Department for Education. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406283/Approaches_to_research_and_development_for_great_pedagogy_and_CPD_in_TSAs.pdf
Theses / Dissertations
Moreton, H.J. (2015). Headteacher inspectors: boundaries, identity and the potential for system leadership. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Simkins, T., & Boylan, M.
Wainwright, J.M. (2014). Leading children's centres: a study of seven leaders in context. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Simkins, T.
Schimmel, H. (2013). Knowledge sharing, change and implementation of ICT in education in a university. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Hudson, A., Simkins, T., Veen, K.V., & Hudson, B.
Collier, D. (2009). Developing managers in the European subsidiary of a UK financial services organisation. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Mcauley, J., & Simkins, T.
Jones, S.C. (2007). Leadership and educational improvement in two highly disadvantaged communities. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Simkins, T., & Aspinwall, K.
Ball, S.D. (2004). The leadership of university academics in research - Case studies of hospitality management. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Simkins, T., & Clegg, S.
Lowe, G.C. (2003). Inspection, school improvement, development and change. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Holland, M., & Simkins, T.