Sarah Tatham

Sarah has responsibilities for programme managing the BA (Hons) Children, Schools and Families (Graduate Practitioner) programme. Sarah teaches across the year groups on the Children, Schools and Families programme, with particular expertise in early childhood pedagogy and play, professional practice in the children and families work sector and examining the risks factors that impact on children in both education and social care. Sarah has experience of teaching, module leadership and course leadership at undergraduate level and supervising dissertations at both BA and MA.

Sarah is an experienced teacher educator, having taught and managed all sectors of education. Sarah has taught undergraduate programmes within our partner colleges since 2012 and at Preston since 2018, when she joined the School team as a Lecturer. Before moving to teach full-time here in 2018, Sarah worked initially as a primary teacher, deputy and headteacher within the primary school sector. This was before moving into post 16 education, where she was a Learning Services Manager, with responsibilities for managing SEND, where she looked after children and well-being provision across the college. This multi-professional and inter-agency industry experience, complements the modules Sarah teaches upon, enabling her to draw upon a wealth of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills.

Sarah is involved in several national and regional research projects associated with youth offending and violence. Her current research is focused on early childhood pedagogy and the development of trauma-informed practice with children and families.