Sophie Longney
Sophie Longney joined Lincoln Bishop University in February 2021 as a Senior Lecturer in Initial Primary Education. She had previously visited the university as a guest lecturer for many years, where she contributed to the Education Studies undergraduate programme.
Prior to joining the university academic team, Sophie was the Vice Principal of a large primary school located in a deprived area of Nottinghamshire. As part of this role, she was Head of Teaching and Learning, English and Key Stage Two Lead while continuing to teach daily English lessons in Year 6. She was also the English and Year 6 Lead for a multi-academy trust.
Sophie completed her Master's in Education in 2019 and focussed on improving the teaching of reading within Key Stage Two. The findings from this research had a very positive impact and significantly improved end of KS2 reading outcomes. Sophie has also been awarded Chartered Teacher Status (CTeach) and is a trained KS2 writing moderator for Nottinghamshire County Council.
Sophie primarily teaches and contributes to the Primary PGCE programme where she is a group tutor and leads the first of the two PGCE academic modules: Significant Incidents in Professional Development. She also teaches on the BA in Primary Education programme where she is a research tutor. Her particular areas of specialism are the teaching of English, planning and assessment.
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