Carrie did her first degree at the University of Warwick and went on to teach in London where she held posts as SENCo and deputy head. After leading a team of peripetetic teachers in Kent she completed her Masters degree and worked for an Educational Psychology Service and an Inspection and Advisory Service, both in London boroughs.

In 1999 Carrie took up the role of senior lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, teaching SEN issues on the undergraduate teacher training, PGCE and Masters programmes. With young children of her own, she also started writing books for children which have been published by Oxford University Press, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Heinemann, Watts and A & C Black. She started working at the University of East London in 2002 before gaining a studentship in Scotland to undertake her PhD. She returned full time to UEL in 2007 and is currently the Programme Leader for Special Needs and Inclusive Education and a member of the School Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee.

MA SEN and BA (hons) Special Needs and Inclusive Education

Carrie's PhD concerns the teaching and learning of Physical Education for young children, with emphasis on provision for children with special needs. She is particularly interested in young children as physical learners and how good practice in special education can inform mainstream provision, thus identifying inclusion.  Following a funded research project Carrie has produced a DVD on Inclusive Physical Education investigating the teaching of PE for children with autism and how this illuminates good practice for mainstream teachers.

Carrie continues to write children's books and has published more than 20, including for the educational market. Her book 'Oh, Boris' (2008, OUP) was chosen to launch a state-wide literacy programme in the US.  The series is now a trilogy of books translated into 17 languages around the world.

• BA (Hons) Special Needs and Inclusive Education
• MA Special Educational Needs
• MA Education

• ED2003 (Module Leader)
• ED2019 (Module Leader)
• ED3019 (Module Leader)
• ED3000 Tutor
• ETM 727 Inclusion (Module Leader)

Weston, C. (2011) Physical Learning and Special Needs in the Early Years  Chapter in Ang. L (ed) International Perspectives on the Early Years Curriculum . Pearson. Publication date September 2012

Weston, C. (2011) Becoming Bonded Through Developmental Movement Play: Review of a parent and child movement group incorporating the theory, practice and philosophy of Sherborne Developmental Movement.Intl. Journal of Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy

Weston, C. (2011) Investigating the relationship between movement teaching and the development of pro-social skills in an English early years classroom (In Review with Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood)

Weston, C & Marsden, E (2011) The Relationship Between Physical Development and Learning in the Early Years and Primary Classroom in Moyles,J (Ed) Beginning Teaching, Beginning Learning. Open University Press.

Weston, C. (2011) Sport For All? An Investigation of the purposes and manifestations of PE in the early years.  Paper presented at BERA conference, September 2011, Institute of Education, London.

Weston, C. (2011) Inclusive Physical Education – a research film.  Produced by The Rix Centre, London.

Weston, C (2010) Researching Inclusive Physical Learning  BERA conference, University of Warwick, September 2010

Weston, C. (2010) UEL Special Needs and Inclusive Education Course Reader.  London, SAGE

Weston, C (2009) It’s All A Game...Teachers’ Perspectives on PE in the Early Years BERA Conference, University of Manchester, September 2009

Weston, C and Majors, K (2001) In-Service Training for Teachers: short change? IPSE, London

Weston, C and Lewis, P (2002) Creating Boyzones. BERA Conference, University of Exeter, 12-14th September

Weston, C (2003) Educating All: Towards Inclusive Classroom Practice for Children with Special Educational Needs in Alfrey, C (ed) (2003) Understanding Children’s Learning David Fulton, London

Weston, C and Marsden. E. (2003) The effects of SDM on the physical, social and cognitive development of young children. 13th Annual Conference of the European Early Childhood Educational Research Association. University of Strathclyde. September.

Weston C, Marsden, E and Hair, M (2004) Innovative and Inclusive Physical Education. BERA Conference. University of Manchester Met. September.

Weston, C and Marsden, E (2005) Never Mind the Length, Feel the Quality: searching the evidence for quality physical education in the early years, BERA Conference. University of Glamorgan. September 2005

Weston, C. (2007) Quality Physical Education in the Early Years in E. Marsden and J. Eggerton (eds) Moving With Research: Evidence Based Practice. Sunfield Publications, Birmingham

Weston, C and Marsden, E (2007) Locating Quality Practice in Early Years Physical Education Journal of Sport, Education and Society; Vol. 12, No 4: 383-398

Weston, C (2008)  Quality and Inclusive Practice in Early Years PE. BERA Conference, Herriot Watt University, September.

1. British Psychological Society (BPS) since 1996
2. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy