Staff profile

Izzy is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education, teaching within the ITT programmes (BA Primary & PGCE Primary).

She graduated from Durham University in 2015 with a BSc (Hons) in Zoology, before completing a PGCE Primary, within Durham's School of Education. After qualifying as a primary school teacher, she taught in local Durham primary schools for seven years, working across all stages from EYFS to Upper KS2. During this time, she was also Subject Leader for Science, Music and Modern Foreign Languages.

Izzy was employed within the School of Education to lead Primary Science and has since taken on the role of ITT Inclusion Lead (SEND & Adaptive Teaching) and roles supporting trainee wellbeing, as a 'Pastoral Cohort Lead'. In additional to teaching responsibilities, Izzy is Module Convenor for undergraduate modules and supervises undergraduate students completing their dissertations. 

• My disciplinary interests include primary science education and EDI in primary education. I am interested in how science education can connect with wider educational themes, including: creativity, adaptive teaching and critical thinking. In addition, I am interested in pedagogy for inclusive practice, specifically SEND and gender equity in education.
• My current research focuses on the topic of scientific thinking, exploring the perceptions of trainee and serving teachers and relating theory to practice.