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Sarah Guest

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

BIOGRAPHY

Sarah Guest is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the MA SEND with SpLD at the University of Chester, UK. She is a fully qualified dyslexia teacher and assessor with a current Assessment Practicing Certificate (APC). She works part time in her local secondary school, overseeing the Exam Access Arrangements provision, and carries out private diagnostic assessments. Sarah works with colleagues on the MA SEND to design and implement innovative programmes of study that engage students in current pedagogical thinking and are grounded in practice.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Chester, School of Education, Chester, United Kingdom1 Sep 2021

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Dyslexia Teacher & Assessor
    Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom1 Dec 2015

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Founder
    Dyslexic Stars, Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom1 Sep 2015

DEGREES

  • BA Theology & Religious Studies with German
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom1 Sep 2003 - 31 Jul 2006
  • MA Education (Dyslexia)
    Edge Hill University, Liverpool, United Kingdom1 Sep 2011 - 31 Jul 2014

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education
    Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, United Kingdom1 Sep 2006 - 31 Jul 2007
    PGCE and QTS teaching Secondary Religious Studies
  • AMBDA
    British Dyslexia Association, United Kingdom29 Jan 2013
    Specialist Dyslexia teacher and assessor
  • SpLD Assessment Practicing Certificate
    PATOSS, United Kingdom5 Jul 2022 - 4 Jul 2025
    Specialist Dyslexia Assessor
  • AMBDA Dyscalculia
    British Dyslexia Association, United Kingdom19 Oct 2023 - 18 Oct 2026
    Specialist Dyscalculia assessor
  • Fellow (FHEA)
    Advance HE, United Kingdom4 Aug 2022

SCHOOL

  • Chester School of Education

AVAILABILITY

  • Collaborative projects
  • Industry Projects
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee
  • Teaching provision