Tom's primary interest is in how students learn about the past through visual sources. He has conducted research in this field and his most recent work, due to be published in 2026 by UCL Press, is a collaborative book 'Teaching with Art in History and Religious Education: Seeing, Knowing, Feeling.' Two core aspects of this are a 'Manifesto for teaching with art in the curriculum' and an 'Ethics of using images in the curriculum' which Tom and Alexis Stones have developed based on their research, practice and experience. Tom has also been involved in the ROPE (Researching Own Practice in Education) group at the IOE, in which he has co-authoring a book chapter on transformative learning. Another area of interest has been as part of a small research team looking and writing about the role of assessment in Holocaust Education. Currently, Tom is working with colleagues across the IOE to develop a unique online course on Enquiry in History Education.