Head of School of Education

Having 20 years in Education as a Middle and Senior Leader, I have taught across contexts in secondary, all-through and special education.

To date, I have been part of a Senior Leadership Team within a new birth to 19 Academy, and more recently a 7-19 52 week residential school for young people with a primary diagnosis of Autism.

In addition, I have provided consultancy for primary schools transitioning into new Academies, early years, and strategies for working with children with ASD.

My PhD, awarded in 2014, considered different contexts of children's transition from primary to secondary education.

Qualifications

• PhD Education – University of Bath
• MA Education Studies – Open University
• PGCE (Music) – Middlesex University
• BA (Hons) Music – Bath Spa University
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Teaching Expertise

• Early Years
• Music and Expressive Arts
• Special Education Needs and Disability
• Leadership and Management

Research Interests

• Learning Transitions
• Language demands placed on learners
• Language development in the Early Years

Publications

• Knight, P.B (2014) Understanding the contexts of children's transition from primary to secondary education, Thesis: University of Bath
• Cousins, S. and Knight, P. (2016) Quality experiences for babies and very young children in Quality in the Early Years, Carmichael, P. and Slaughter, E. (eds) Maidenhead: McCraw Publishers
• Knight, P. (2016) Quality Curriculum in Quality in the Early Years, in Quality in the Early Years, Carmichael, P. and Slaughter, E. (eds) Maidenhead: McCraw Publishers
• Knight, P. (2021) How can forest school education enhance children’s curricular experiences? in Bringing the Curriculum to Life: engaging learners in the English education system, Janice Wearmouth and Karen Lindley (eds), London: Open University Press

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1234 793392
E: perry.knight@beds.ac.uk