About
Research
Email: Juliette.claro@stmarys.ac.uk
Tel: 02082404000
Biography
Juliette has been teaching for over 20 years in Mainstream Secondary Education in Modern Foreign Languages (MFL), and worked in International contexts as International Schools co-ordinator and EAL co-ordinator as well as Head of MFL and Senior Leader in charge of teacher development and Teaching and Learning.
She has worked for over 10 years as Head of Faculty and Senior Leader in Catholic Education.
Juliette facilitates for the ECF and NPQSL and her area of expertise and research lays in creativity in the language classroom, culturally sensitive coaching and mentoring, and multilingualism in teaching and learning alongside teacher development as a pathway for wellbeing in education.
Juliette's publications include the Head of Modern Languages Handbook for the Association for Language Learning, and Success Stories in the MFL Classroom amongst other contributions to curriculum review, CPD and support for school leaders.
Juliette is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, recognising over 10 years of raising standards in secondary education as a Senior Leader.
Research
Research profile
Juliette's research areas include:
- Creativity and authenticity in the Languages classroom
- Cross-culture coaching and mentoring
- Wellbeing in education and workload charter.
- Improvement of teaching and learning through the partnership of learner voice.
- Supporting international students and overseas teachers.
- Sustainability in education working with Eco School England.
Publications and media experience
- Claro, J. (2026) International teachers support the drying pipeline of the teaching workforce in MFL. The Languages Gateway, 2 April.
- Claro, J. (2026) UCET Special Interest Group Meets with APPG for Languages to Address Visa Barriers for International Teachers UCET.
- Claro, J. (2026) How can training on culturally responsive mentoring support the integration and inclusion of international trainee teachers, Impact Magazine Issue 26, Chartered College of Teaching.
- Bhorkar,S., Campbell,R., Claro,J. (2026) A reflective narrative on supporting international trainee teachers to thrive when teaching in English schools, Impact Magazine Issue 26, Chartered College of Teaching.
- Claro, J. (2026): The Debate on Creativity in Languages Today issue 52 p10-11, Association for Language Learning available at: Languages Today - Association for Language Learning
- Claro, J. (2026) The 2025 Immigration White Paper and its impact on international teacher recruitment and retention in MFL and Physics - HEPI
- Weekend reading: The 2025 Immigration White Paper and its impact on international teacher recruitment and retention in MFL and Physics - HEPI. Find out more.
- Claro, J. & Gordon, A-L. (2025) ‘Managing well-being and workload for beginning languages teachers’, in Molway, L. and Gordon, A-L, (eds.) Mentoring languages teachers in the secondary school: a practical guide. Routledge, London, pp. 155-166. ISBN 9781032801063. Managing well-being and workload with beginning languages teachers | 1
- Broom, K., Claro, J., Lamb, A., Panford, L., Roberts-Crystal, S. and Waret, M., (2025) Supporting a beginning languages teacher who is struggling: a range of scenarios In Mentoring Languages Teachers in the Secondary School , Routledge, London (pp. 167-178). Routledge. available at: Supporting a beginning languages teacher who is struggling: a range of
- Claro, J. (2025) ‘WEEKEND READING: The teacher training placement crisis’, HEPI.
- Claro, J. and Ryland, C. (2025) Finding room for creativity and authenticity in the MFL classroom. Impact 25: Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching p38-40.
- How the Francis review can solve England’s languages crisis, Schools Week (August 2025)
- Claro, J. & Nkune, M.: Recruitment and retention of international trainee teachers: a call for coherence inpolicies and practices; Poster presented at Education: CREMCYA Insights from practice for policy (poster conference), House of Lords London (2025)
- Claro, J., Ryland, C.(2025), Invigorating the language classroom through creativity and authenticity. ReflectED Journal Special Edition November 2025, Sharing Stories: Practice and Research p53-69 St Mary's University, London. Available here.
- Managing wellbeing of languages trainee teachers in secondary School
- Supporting International Trainee Teachers: Guidance for PCMS and Mentors
- Why creativity in MFL is a battle worth fighting for
- Association for Language Learning : Head of Languages Handbook
- Success Stories in the MFL classroom
- Language Show: Metacognition in the MFL classroom
- Creative teaching beyond the textbook in MFL
- Supporting ECTs in MFL.
Conferences
- Claro, J. (2026) Cross‑cultural mentoring of international trainee teachers and the importance of reflexivity to build trust in a multicultural coaching or mentoring relationship. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Studies Conference, St Mary’s University, London, UK, 12 June 2026.
- Claro, J. (2026) Inclusive practice to support the integration of international pre‑service teachers on the PGCE course. Paper presented at the Advance HE Symposium Conference (Online), 19 May 2026
- Bhorkar, S., Claro, J. and Campbell, R. (2025) The pipeline of international teachers: Opportunities and challenges. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, September 2025.
- Claro, J. and Ryland, C. (2026) The Creativity in MFL Special Interest Group: Teachers and learners collaborating to inject creativity into the curriculum. Paper presented at the Association for Language Learning (ALL) Language World Conference, Leicestershire, UK, 13 March 2026.
- Claro, J., Hazell, C. and Hory, F. (2026) Building time for creative tasks to reduce language anxiety. Paper presented at the Association for Language Learning (ALL) Language World Conference, Leicestershire, UK, 14 March 2026.
- Claro, J. and Ryland, C. (2026) Fostering creativity and authenticity in languages within a standardised curriculum. Paper presented at the National Association for Language Advancement (NALA) Conference, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 2026.
- Claro, J. and Hazell, C. (2026) How creative tasks in language lessons reduce anxiety and boost engagement at secondary school level. Paper presented at the Pedagogy in Action Conference, St Mary’s University, London, UK, 25 March 2026.