Dr Andrew Morris Profile Page

Andrew Morris is a Senior Research Fellow and the Director of the Centre for Christian Education, appointed to Hope in September 2006.

Professional qualifications:  

• Cert Ed (Loughborough College of Education) Handicraft/History
• BEd (Loughborough University) Creative Design
• MPhil (Nottingham) Education
• PhD (Warwick) Education

• Teacher 1967- 1986
• Headteacher 1986-92
• Deputy Director of Schools, Archdiocese of Birmingham, 1993-2006

External Examiner PGCE Design & Technology, Music, Physical Education, Religious Education (University College of Ripon & York St. John) 1996-1999

An Associate member of the National Institute for Christian Education Research at Canterbury Christ Church University College

MA tutor (part-time) at the Maryvale Institute of Higher Education, Birmingham.

• Catholic schools and Catholic education;
• School performance and effectiveness;
• Relationship between institutional effectiveness and community.
• Generating and sustaining school cuture and ethos
• The impact of culture and ethos on institutional effectiveness
• Professional development of Church school leaders

Articles

• The Academic Performance of Catholic Schools – School Organisation, 14. 1. 81-89.
• The Catholic School Ethos: its effect on post-16 student academic performance -Educational Studies, 21.1. 67-84
• Same Mission, Same Methods, Same Results? Academic and Religious Outcomes from Different Models of Catholic Schooling – British Journal of Educational Studies, 45. 4. 378-391
• So Far, So Good: levels of academic achievement in Catholic schools – Educational Studies, 24. 1. 83-94
• By Their Fruits You Will Know Them: distinctive features of Catholic schools – Research Papers in Education, 13. 1. 87-112
• Catholic and Other Schools: an analysis of OFSTED inspection reports 1993-95 – Educational Research, 40. 2. 181-190
• Catholic Schools: past, present and future imperfect – The Sower, 20. 2. 5-9
• Meeting the Challenge: performance management in Catholic schools – Networking, 1. 4. 27-29
• The Effectiveness of Catholic Schools: their religious influence – The Sower, 21. 3. 7-10
• Charismatic Leadership and its After-Effects in a Catholic School – Educational Management and Administration, 28. 4. 405-418
• Post-16 Value Added Data in a Catholic School 1992-99: a case of depressed performance? – Networking, 2. 3. 19-21
• Patterns of Performance of Catholic Schools in England – Networking, 3. 1. 17-21
• What Motivates Newly Qualified Teachers to Work in Catholic Schools in England – Networking, 3. 5. 8-13 (with Alison Marsh)
• The Faith School Debate: Catholic education in a pluralistic society – Mentor, 7. 4. 5-8
• Catholic Schools and the Nurture of Academic Talents – Networking, 5. 5. 33-36
• Catholic Schools and Social Cohesion – The Sower, 26. 2. 8-11
• Academic Standards in Catholic Schools in England: Indications of Causality – London Review of Education, 3. 1. 81-99
• Diversity, Deprivation and the Common Good: Pupil Attainment in Catholic Schools in England – Oxford Review of Education, 31. 2. 311-330
• Post-16 Pupil Performance in Catholic Secondary Schools in England 1996-2001 – Educational Review, 59. 1. 55-69
• 2008 Explaining High Attainment in Faith Schools – the impact of Religious Education and other examinations on pupils’ GCSE points scores, - British Journal of Religious Education, 30. 3. 211-222 (in collaboration with Dr. Ray Godfrey).

Forthcoming Articles

• A few Hard Facts and a Great Deal of Conjecture: Catholic Schools in England, - Journal of Education & Christian Belief
• Contextualising Catholic School Performance in England, - Oxford Review of Education

Books/Theses/Pamphlets/Monographs

• Developing Creative Potential in Children Through Design Courses (Nottingham MPhil, 1977)
• School Ethos and Academic Productivity: the Catholic Effect (Warwick PhD, 1996)
• Pupil Performance in Catholic Secondary Schools in England with a Particular Emphasis on the Post-16 Phase, Diocesan Commissioners Conference March 2003
• New Catholic Schools: Community, Inclusion and Social Cohesion, Diocesan Commissioners Conference July 2004
• Model Personnel Handbook for Catholic Schools  (Archdiocese of Birmingham Diocesan Schools Commission 2004)
• Handbook for Governors of Catholic Schools  (Diocese of Middlesbrough Department for Education 2006)
• A Statistical Survey of Attainment in Catholic Schools in England with Particular Reference to Secondary Schools Operating Under the Trust Deed of the Archdiocese of Birmingham – National Institute for Christian Education Research/Archdiocese of Birmingham Diocesan Schools Commission (in collaboration with Dr. Ray Godfrey)
• Fifty Years On – The Case for Catholic Schools (Matthew James, 2008)