History

e: justine.ball@hants.gov.uk

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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.

e: sarah.herrity@hants.gov.uk

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Sarah Herrity is a General Inspector/Adviser with Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service (HIAS). She supports secondary schools through inspection, coaching, professional development and strategic consultancy, with particular expertise in teaching and learning, curriculum development and history education.

Before joining HIAS in 2017, Sarah was Hampshire's Lead History Advanced Skills Teacher, leading whole-school improvements in teaching and learning within school and supporting schools across Hampshire to strengthen history provision through her experience as a history leader. She leads Hampshire's Secondary History Steering Group and continues to work with history leaders and departments to develop ambitious, inclusive curricula, evidence-informed practice and effective disciplinary approaches.

Sarah is passionate about teacher development and helps shape and deliver the ECT curriculum through ECT Align as a Visiting Fellow of the Ambition Institute, alongside coaching ECT mentors. She also provides governor training and undertakes quality assurance work across Hampshire, with a commitment to helping schools deliver ambitious, inclusive and high-quality education for all young people.