Rhianna Murphy is a PhD student at Cardiff University and a visiting lecturer in education at the University of Chester. She is also former primary school teacher, with experience teaching in Spain and England. Her research interests focus on curriculum development and teacher agency. During her master’s degree, she started to explore teacher agency andhas since continued this line of enquiry in her PhD. Her PhD research explores teachers’ experiences of the Curriculum for Wales, focusing on how socio-economic contexts can impact, shape and influence teachers’ curriculum decisions.