During a successful career as a primary teacher, Andrew developed teaching, leadership and subject management skills to a high degree of competency. Thirteen years in the classroom provided the foundation required to progress into senior education coaching and advisory roles. Andrew co-ordinated a range of subjects, including ICT, DT, Geography, Art, Science and Mathematics, as well as taking a lead role in a variety of areas including Assessment and Record Keeping and the Healthy Schools agenda. He developed an interest in classroom technology and it was this that led him to work for the Midlands Leadership Centre, UoW, led by Prof. Sir Geoff Hampton. Work centred on school improvement, using classroom ICT and maximising outcomes in primary mathematics. This work involved teaching across a range of schools for a further six years.

Key roles during his early time at the University of Wolverhampton included:

·       Co-ordination of an ICT networked learning community of 12 schools

·       Lead Teacher on the Sandwell LA, “Teacher of the Future -  Maths” Project

·       Advisory Teacher  –face to face training on a wide range of topics and technology

·       Manager - Black Country Challenge Primary T&L Team – school improvement

·       Research Project Manager – e.g. The REVEAL Project, a national study looking at the use of Response Technology.

·       Technology related training and consultancy for educational technology companies such as Promethean, Fantastict, Smart, Lighthouse, Purplemash and Espresso.

 Since 2011, Andrew has taught across the full range of primary initial teacher training programmes, leading the PGCE and School Direct Tuition PGCE between 2015 and 2020.

Andrew has led workshops and spoken at many high-profile events in the United Kingdom and abroad. These include presentations at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, National College for School Leadership, the BETT Show, the ITIE Promethean International Symposium and the MLearn Conference. He also contributed to the Primary Strategy Support materials as well as a range of other written and media publications.

In 2017, Andrew was proud to be in receipt of the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Student Support. In 2018 Andrew was nominated for the student support awards by the Student Union. He received a further nomination for the Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Staff Excellence for Innovation in Student Engagement later in the year and again in 2020.

In May 2018, Andrew was confirmed as Chair of the Strategic group for the North Midlands Maths Hub and acts as a Black Country Ambassador for this body. In 2018, Andrew was heavily involved with the recruitment to and delivery of NPQ programmes at the University of Wolverhampton. 

As of 2025, Andrew leads all aspects of primary mathematics provision across primary ITT, developing course content,  materials and pedagogical approaches. In June 2019 Andrew took part in a fact-finding mission to three areas of China in order to examine the teaching of mathematics in an international setting. Andrew is currently delivering nationally accredited programmes for teachers of primary mathematics the NCETM via the North Mids Maths hub that focus on developing mastery models of teaching in local schools. Andrew currently acts as a local leader for mathematics (LLME) as part of his contracted work with the North Mids. Maths hub.

·      Senior Lecturer in Education with responsibility for teaching and supervision on post and under-graduate ITT routes

·       Lead lecturer-  Primary Mathematics within the School of Education

·       Module Leadership for 4pe009 (2011-2020), 5pe014 and 7pe022

·       Course Leader PGCE Programmes /SDT PGCE (2015-2020)

·       Marketing Manager – NPQ Programme

·       Employment and ECT Tutor – Primary ITT (On-going)

·       Black Country Mastery Liaison Lead – North Midlands Maths Hub (2018)

·       Institute of Education – Enterprise Catalyst (2016-2018)

·       North Mids Workgroup Leader – Subject Knowledge for Teachers of Mathematics (SKTMs) for early career and experienced teachers (2022-on-going)

·       North Mids Maths Hub – ITT Workgroup (On-going)

·       Tutor with responsibility for Fundamental Skills (English and Mathematics)

·       Staff champion for ECTs and Employability (On-going)

Ed.D Professional Doctorate in Education  - an exploration of the use of teaching for mastery schemes and their impact on trainee teacher development as teachers of mathematics - On-going

Other Research interests include - 

Pupil voice and its role in school improvement, teaching for mastery and its adoption in primary mathematics and the use and application of classroom technologies by teachers.

SFHEA - Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

LLME - Local Leader of Mathematics

Academic Qualifications

B.Ed (Honours) (1993)

MA (Education) (2013)

Ed.D Professional Doctorate in Education (On-going)

Publications

Books /Chapters in Books

Hutchinson, A. (2005) Control Technology Case Study. in ICT in the Foundation Subjects: Design Technology. DATA. Chapter 8

Bannister, D. Hutchinson, A and Sargeant, H. (2010) Effective Implementation of Learner Response Systems: Moving Beyond the Right Response. in Interactive Whiteboards for Education (ed. Thomas, M and Schmid, E). London: Sage Publications , pp. 31-60.

Published Reports

Bannister, D. Hutchinson, A and Sargeant, H. (2008) Reveal Project: Final Report for Practitioners [online].

Bannister, D (2010) Contributions to Guidelines for Effective School/Classroom Use of IWBs (EuSCRIBE Project Final Report) [online]

Bannister, D. (2010) Making the Most of Your Interactive Whiteboard [Online]. pp. 26-36

Conference Presentations

Oral presentations/seminars/workshops, Posters, Invited Presentations

• Shropshire ICT School Governor Training (Primary and Secondary) (2004) – Idsall Secondary School and Sports College  
• National Design Technology Advisory Conference – Enginuity, Coalbrookedale, Shropshire (2004). Contributed display of work and planning materials.
• Teacher Learner Network, Prague (2005) – The Development of IWB Use through the Networked Learning Communities Programme
• Promethean International Research Conference, Wolverhampton (2005) – Speaker / Presenter
• Networked Learning Communities Annual Conference, Birmingham. (2005) Presenter.
• Joint Closure Day, Black Country – ICT Conference (secondary) (2005) - Presenter
• Shropshire Interactive Whiteboards Development Day (2006) Keynote Speaker – Telford Campus. University of Wolverhampton
• Newham ICT Co-ordinators Conference (2006) – Speaker
• SSAT – Developing Future Leaders Programme – ICT Event (2006)
• QCA – Midlands Event – Walsall Campus, University of Wolverhampton – Teacher of the Future (2006)
• Promethean International Research Conference, Windsor (2006) – Speaker / Presenter
• QCA Southern Annual Conference, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, London (2007) Speaker / Presenter
• ITIE Conference – Interactive Teaching in Education, London 2007 – Speaker
• Handheld Learning Conference – October, London 2007 – Speaker
• MLearn 2008 National Conference – Mobile Learning – Telford (2008) – Speaker / Presenter
• BETT O8 – Educational Technology Show – Olympia , London (2008) Presenter / Speaker
• ICTAC –ICT Across the Curriculum – Wolverhampton, (2008)
• Regional Conference - Regional interdisciplinary Curriculum Innovation Beyond Subject Teaching – SSAT, Telford 2008 – Speaker
• ITIE Conference – Interactive Technology in Education – London (2008) Speaker / Presenter
• University of Wolverhampton – Blended Unit Opening Conference (2009) Speaker / Presenter
• CILT Adult Education Annual Conference – London 2009 Workshop Leader
• Black Country AST Conference 2009 – Speaker
• ITP (Improving Teacher Programme) / OTP (Outstanding Teacher Programme) (2009 - Completed as an observer)
• Black Country Challenge Education Show – Speaker 2010
• UoW Education Conference Workshop - Speaker 2019
• ITT Mathematics Conference – University of Birmingham NCETM Workshop - 2022

Andrew worked as a primary teacher in three successful schools and gained senior leadership experience. Andrew then worked as an advisor and school improvement teacher for several years, working and teaching in schools across the Black Country. Andrew project managed research projects for industry partner clients and worked for several years in teacher CPD and school innovation. 

As a senior lecturer in HE, Andrew has worked with colleagues from across the sector on numerous ITT related projects. He has lead developments in primary mathematics for well over 10 years. His roles have included module and course leadership and acting as "champion" in areas as diverse as employability, fundamental skills in English and maths, teacher CPD, marketing and enterprise catalyst.