In 1981, Broadfoot moved to Bristol to take up a lectureship in education. At this point, she did not yet have a PhD, eventually obtaining one from the Open University in 1984. Ten years after joining the university, Broadfoot was appointed to the Professorship of Education in 1991, marking the beginning a series of promotions in university management in 1993, she became Head of the Graduate School of Education and Dean of the FacultyofSocial Sciences. These appointments ended in 1997 and 1998 respectively, before, in 2002, she became a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, with particular responsibilities in the teaching and learning aspects of the university.[7]
Richards, C.; Broadfoot, P. (December 1983). Selection, Certification and Control: Social Issues in Educational Assessment. Taylor & Francis. ISBN0-905273-77-X.
Broadfoot, P. (Editor) (April 1986). Profiles and Records of Achievement: A Review of Issues and Practice. Open University Press. ISBN0-03-910679-9. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
Broadfoot, P. (4 September 1987). Introducing Profiling. Nelson Thornes. ISBN0-333-39788-6.
Broadfoot, P.; Murphy, R.; Torrance, H. (January 1991). Changing Educational Assessment: International Perspectives and Trends. Routledge. ISBN0-415-05293-9.
Broadfoot, P. (31 December 1991). Records of Achievement: Report of the National Evaluation of Extension Work in Pilot Schemes. The Stationery Office Books. ISBN0-11-270740-8.
Broadfoot, P.; Nuttal, D.; Dockrell, B.; Gipps, C. (February 1993). Policy Issues in National Assessment (Bera Dialogues 7). Multilingual Matters Limited. ISBN1-85359-170-X.
Broadfoot, P.; Osborn, M.; Gilly, M.; Bucher, A. (December 1993). Perceptions of Teaching: Primary School Teachers in England and France. Cassell. ISBN0-304-32773-5.
Murphy, R.; Broadfoot, P.; Nuttal, D. L. (February 1995). Effective Assessment and the Improvement of Education: A Tribute to Desmond Nuttall. Falmer Press. ISBN0-7507-0375-X.
Broadfoot, P. (April 1996). Education, Assessment and Society: A Sociological Analysis (Assessing Assessment). Open University Press. ISBN0-335-19602-0.
Alexander, R.; Broadfoot, P.; Phillips, D. (1999). Learning from Comparing: New Directives in Comparative Research: Policy, Professionals and Development. Symposium Books. ISBN1-873927-63-0.
Pollard, A.; Triggs, P.; Broadfoot, P.; McNess, E.; Osborn, M. (December 2000). What Pupils Say: Changing Policy and Practice in Primary Education. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN0-8264-5062-8.
Osborn, M.; McNess, E.; Broadfoot, P.; Pollard, A.; Triggs, P. (December 2000). What Teachers Do: Changing Policy and Practice in Primary Education. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN0-8264-5073-3.
Osborn, M.; Broadfoot, P.; McNess, E.; Ravn, B.; Planel, C.; Triggs, P. (1 October 2003). A World of Difference?. Open University Press. ISBN978-0-335-21101-2.