Sue graduated with a degree in English Literature from the University of Sussex in 1987 and spent 16 years teaching English Language and Literature to secondary students in Sussex, also serving as Key Stage Three coordinator and mentoring PGCE trainees. She later became a Professional Tutor, overseeing teacher training, before joining the University of Sussex’s School of Education in 2014 as Secondary Schools Partnership Leader. Since 2016, she has led the English ITE course, supporting around 30 trainees annually across Sussex, Surrey, and Kent, and also oversees the English Subject Knowledge Enhancement Course. Sue chairs NATE’s ITE Working Group and will become vice chair in 2025. She earned a Masters in Education in 2020, focusing on mentoring trainee teachers, and is now pursuing a PhD on drama-based pedagogy in English classrooms.
