Grant Huddleston

College academic lead for LLE and CPD

School of Education and Social Work

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

Grant’s route into Physical Education began after graduating with a BSc Sport Science and Management degree from Nottingham Trent University, followed by a PGCE in Secondary Physical Education from Newman University.

Grant started his role in the department of Education and Social Work at Birmingham City University in 2017, having taught Physical Education for 13 years, four of which as a head of department of a large secondary school and sixth form.

Grant holds a number of coaching qualifications across a range of sports which has helped support his teaching career and has also enabled him to support colleagues’ subject knowledge in school. He has a large amount of experience teaching all areas of core Physical Education from key stage one through to key stage four. He taught and managed the theory element of Physical Education, teaching and creating schemes of work for GCSE and A-Level Physical Education, BTEC Sport level two and three, OCR Cambridge National Certificate in Sport Science and the OCR Cambridge Technical in Sport and Physical Activity. His area of expertise whilst teaching these courses were the anatomy and physiology and exercise physiology modules.

Alongside his teaching commitments, Grant has managed the Duke of Edinburgh’s award at his places of employment since 2009. He has supported thousands of students to complete their award and has managed and ran over 40 expeditions. In 2016 Grant was invited to Buckingham Palace to meet HRM The Duke of Edinburgh to celebrate the success of the award.

Grant’s personal interests are health and physical activity. He played national league volleyball for seven years and is also a keen golfer. His main passion outside of university is running, where he runs in road and trail events ranging from 5km to ultramarathons.

Grant has a keen interest in research and writing and frequently publishes his work across a variety of outlets. He is the creator and editor of the Birmingham City University Education Journal and has a keen interest in supporting new and established writers to contribute to the journal. Grant has published in a number of areas, but mostly centred around physical education, including primary physical education, the physical education and sport premium, developing the learning of pre-service teachers.

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.