An education leader, writer and researcher, Pete taught primary and secondary pupils in London and abroad and has held education leadership posts locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. He directed the UK Government’s Primary National strategy from 2006-11 and has pioneered the development of local, self-improving ‘networked learning community’ school systems - most recently leading the creation of London state-schools-led improvement not-for-profit ‘Camden Learning’.
Pete introduced Lesson Study into the UK from Japan in 2001 and has led its development through Research Lesson Study (RLS). His research on teacher learning in RLS was shortlisted for BERA’s national Doctoral award in 2013. The RLS Handbook, first published in 2005, is now in its fourth edition, in six languages, freely downloadable from www.lessonstudy.co.uk. ‘Lesson Study: professional learning for our time,’ was published by Routledge in 2015.
Pete now lectures in educational leadership and learning at the University of Cambridge for half his time and for the other half he is Commissioning Director of Education in the London Borough of Camden. He still passionately develops and researches collaborative educational improvement in classrooms, schools and systems.
Pete has been President of the World Association of Lesson Studies since 2016.
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