Julian White is Programme lead for the PGCE in Secondary English at Bradford College. He began teaching in 1996 and has worked in the midlands, London, the South East and Yorkshire. Starting as teaching assistant, he taught drama, music and English for many years and worked as a senior leader in 3 schools, specialising in both student support and curriculum leadership. He is particularly interested in the role of knowledge in the curriculum and the impact of this upon assessment practice. He has also spent many years working to understand and mitigate for the impact of disadvantage, as a teacher, advisor and more latterly, as a researcher.
