Scholars' reports

Get free resources for use in your classroom or to suggest new ideas. Our back catalogue has hundreds of reports from former scholars. To view a full list please enter the link into your browser. https://farmington.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Scholars-Full-Report-List.pdf You can browse by type or project or search by topic. For copyright reasons, you can’t ‘click and collect’, but if you email institute@farmington.ac.uk we will send you copies as a pdf. Although the reports are copyright to the Farmington Institute, the opinions expressed in them are the scholars’ own.

TT540: What re curriculum content excites/interests/puzzles and makes pupils fearful?

August 11, 2026

Teaching and training

By Christian Pountain, Farmington Scholar 2025-26

This research sought to address the question: “What RE curriculum content excites/interests/puzzles & makes pupils fearful”? Part of the aim was to establish the groundwork for a relevant and credible RE curriculum[...]

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TT529:Always listen to your nan

August 6, 2026

Teaching and training

By Sam Lloyd, Farmington Scholar 2025-26

This project explores how Religious Education can better meet the needs of pupils at Kingsway Primary School, a small school serving a highly deprived and predominantly non-religious community. Through a[...]

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TT531: "the secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new" socrates

August 6, 2026

Teaching and training

By Louise Walsh, Farmington Scholar 2025-26

Inspired by the title, “The Secret of Change is to Focus All of Your Energy, Not on Fighting the Old, but on Building the New,” this research explores how the[...]

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TT538: what even is rme? unpacking religious education in scotland at a time of change

August 6, 2026

Teaching and training

By Stephanie Whyte, Farmington Scholar 2025-26

As Religious and Moral Education (RME) undergoes significant curriculum reform in Scotland, understanding what is truly happening in our classrooms is more vital than ever. This report explores the creation[...]

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TT537:Raising Attainment and Closing the Gap in Senior Phase Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies: Practitioners’ Perspectives on Effective Approaches

August 6, 2026

Teaching and training

By Gilliam Dunsmuir, Farmington Scholar 2025-26

This research explores how experienced RMPS teachers understand and enact effective pedagogy, assessment, and learning in Scotland’s Senior Phase. Through a national survey and follow‑up interviews, twelve practitioners share strategies that support engagement, confidence, and[...]

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TT536:Exploring the Impact of Using Film to Teach Anti-racism in and through Religious Education 

August 6, 2026

Teaching and training

By Saima Saleh, Farmington Scholar 2024-26

This study investigated whether reported racist incidents in Surrey Heath primary schools increased following England’s 2024 summer race riots and explored film as a tool for anti-racism education. It examined[...]

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TT535: From dialogue to encounter - facilitating authentic interreligious dialogue in a catholic school setting

August 6, 2026

Teaching and training

By Daniella Hamilton, Farmington Scholar 2025-26

This report details the journey of my project from an initial interest in teaching oracy skills within the RE setting, and dialogic approaches to teaching, through to the philosophical and theological questions[...]

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PS111:Belonging Through Religious Education

August 6, 2026

Teaching and training | Philosophy and spirituality

By Juran Hakim, Farmington Scholar, 2025-26

This report explores whether pupils feel more valued and represented when the Ealing Agreed RE Syllabus (2020–2025) reflects their own religions and worldviews. It examines research, educational theory, and current[...]

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FHI008: Faithful to the Founding Vision, Forward to the Future: Enhancing School Ethos in a Diverse Society

August 5, 2026

Headteachers

By Orla McNeill and Philip McMaster

This report seeks to explore a fundamental question facing Catholic education today: how can a Catholic school remain faithful to its founding vision while also being genuinely welcoming, inclusive and[...]

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TT533:Supporting Teaching and Learning of the Theology Disciplinary Strand for the New Warwickshire Diocesan  Primary Syllabus 

August 4, 2026

Teaching and training

By Robert Batts, Temple Grove Farmington Scholar 2025/26

This Temple Grove Farmington project helped teachers and children develop the disciplinary skills needed to access the new local syllabus. Staff and pupil questionnaires identified uncertainty about ‘ways of knowing’,[...]

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TT532: Enhancing 'continuous provision' beyond early years to deliver meaningful and impactful learning to improve outcomes for year 1 pupils in religious education

August 4, 2026

Teaching and training

By Bansari Vora, Farmington Scholar

  This pedagogical approach supports emerging learners, including pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL), and students new to the country[...]

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PS110:One Faith, Many Voices: Exploring the Diverse Worship Practices in Global Christianity 

July 30, 2026

World religions | Philosophy and spirituality

By Yvette Cooper, Temple Grove Farmington Scholar 2025/26

My Temple Grove Farmington Scholarship explored how engaging with the diversity of Christian worship can enrich Religious Education, collective worship and pupils’ understanding of lived faith. I visited churches, engaged[...]

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