History

Justine joined HIAS in June 2015. Her areas of responsibility include:

• professional support for RE, SMSC, British values and Prevent in primary schools
• training courses, networks and an annual conference for primary RE teachers and subject leaders
• editorship of RE Primary News and involvement in two RE websites.

Justine has a degree in Theology from Oxford University and a Masters in Religious Studies with Chester University. She has worked across education, both in primary schools and in adult further education. Prior to joining the team, she worked in a primary school, where she taught across the infant and junior classes. She held the post of RE, history and worship co-ordinator for several years, leading her school through a Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) inspection and has written the policies for collective worship and RE. She was also successful in gaining the National Quality Mark for History in 2015.

Justine has completed two programmes of study with the Woolf Institute at Cambridge University, exploring the history, culture and theology of Muslims and Jews and the experiences of Christians, Jews and Muslims in Europe. She also holds Levels 1 and 2 SAPERE Philosophy for children (P4C) qualifications. Justine is currently Joint Chair of the Association of RE Inspectors Advisers and Consultants (AREIAC) and a member of Culham St Gabriel Trust’s steering group for RE.

Sarah joined HIAS as the teaching and learning adviser for secondary history in 2017 and has since taken on roles focussed on whole school issues.

Her main roles are:

• inspection, advice and bespoke training of secondary history departments and history leaders to facilitate school improvement
• leading HTLC secondary history professional development courses
• leading the Secondary History Steering Group
• editing the HIAS history curriculum update History Matters
• quality assurance of ECT teachers and coaching ECT mentors
• investigating complaints to Ofsted concerning safeguarding in schools
• advising governors on inclusion and wellbeing.

Sarah is passionate about schools developing an ambitious and inclusive, research-based curriculum. She has extensive experience leading the development of teaching and learning across Hampshire, including her previous roles as Hampshire lead history teacher and Hampshire lead history Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) from 2009-2017.

As a history leader, NQT manager and AST within her last school, Sarah led a range of whole school improvement strategies. More recently, she developed the school alternative curriculum to include a personal development programme and led the teaching and learning drive team to implement a culture of whole school action research.