Grant Huddleston

CoESW Project Lead for Professional Development, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education

Email:: Grant.Huddleston@bcu.ac.uk
Phone:: 0121 331 5541

Grant commenced employment at Birmingham City University in 2017 as the Senior Lecturer for Physical Education (PE), working across both primary and secondary education within the College of Education and Social Work. During that time, Grant wrote, taught, and lead the PE curriculum for the BA (QTS) Primary Education, PGCE Primary Education (QTS), and PGCE Secondary Physical Education (QTS) courses.

In the spring of 2019, Grant moved full time into the secondary education department, continuing to teach and lead the PGCE Secondary Physical Education (QTS) course, but in addition, writing and leading the College’s new offer of the BA Hons. Secondary Physical Education (QTS) degree and. Later in 2019, Grant was appointed as the Course Leader of the BA/BSc Hons. Secondary Education (QTS) courses.

In October 2023, Grant stepped down as course leader of the BA/BSc Hons. Secondary Education (QTS) courses in order to take up the role of College Academic Lead for Continual Professional Development (CPD) and Lifelong Learning. This role later transferred to become Project Lead for Professional Development in the spring of 2024.

Current Activity

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Teaching

Publications

Huddleston, G. (2016) ‘Britain’s Obesity Bombshell – A PE Teacher’s View’. School Sport. 62, 31.

Huddleston, G. and Randall, V. (2018) ‘Spending the Primary PE and Sport Premium Five Years on: A Birmingham Case Study’ Physical Education Matters 13(3), 8-11

Fleet, M. and Huddleston, G. (2019) Contemporary Teacher of Primary Physical Education. In: Peters M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore.

Huddleston, G. (2019) ‘The Changing Workforce’ Physical Education Matters 14(1), 13 – 15 · Huddleston, G. (2019) The PE & Sport Premium. Online Conference. ChargedUp Education.

Huddleston, G. and Randall, V. (2019) ‘The Primary PE and Sport Premium: The impact on teachers and initial teacher education’ Physical Education Matters 14(2), 20-22.

Huddleston, G. (2019) Carrying Emotional Baggage Towards Physical Education Physical Education Matters 14(2): 74-76. · Huddleston, G. (2019) Five Steps to securing that Physical Education Teaching Position Physical Education Matters 14(2), 72-74.

Huddleston, G. (2019) Securing your job in PE, The PE Project. Part One available at: http://www.thepeproject.com/applying/index.html Part Two available at: http://www.thepeproject.com/interview/index.html

Prestidge, A. and Huddleston, G. (2020) Is PE the last bastion of homophobia in schools? TES, 17th April. Available at: https://www.tes.com/magazine/england/2020-04-17-england/pe-last-bastion-homophobia-schools.

Wilson, D. and Huddleston, G. (2020) Considering the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children’s Physical Education. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood, APPG, 28th April. Available at: https://fhcappg.org.uk/28-04-20-considering-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-childrens-physical-education-dan-wilson-and-grant-huddlestone-write/#comments.

BAMEPE Collective (Lynch, S., McBean, L. and Huddleston, G.) (2020) It Is Time To Advocate For Our Profession A Critical Perspective On Current Initiatives. Physical Education Matters, 15 (2), 60-62.

Huddleston, G. and Whitehouse, A. (2020) Reflecting on Your Curriculum: Using Space as a Reflective Framework. Physical Education Matters, 15 (2), 13-15.

Huddleston, G. (2020) How prepared are postgraduate primary pre-service teachers in delivering physical education as they approach their NQT Year? PE Scholar. Available at: https://www.pescholar.com/research/primary-pre-service-teachers-delivering-physical-education/

Huddleston, G. (2021) How prepared are postgraduate primary pre-service teachers in delivering physical education as they approach their NQT Year? Physical Education Matters, 16(2), 59-67.

Huddleston, G. and Pearson, B. (2022) Exploring Physical Education Transition from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 through Brookfield’s Lenses. Physical Education Matters, 17(2), 29-32.