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Dr Lorna Smith is an associate professor in Education at the University of Bristol. A former Head of English, she has been involved in English initial teacher education (ITE) for 20 years and has led the secondary English PGCE course at Bristol since 2013. Her research focuses on secondary English education policy and practice past and present, particularly English as a humane discipline, creativity within the curriculum, and teacher agency. Lorna is a former chair of the NATE ITE working group and currently co-convenes the ½¿É«µ¼º½ English in Education special interest group.
The Common English Forum’s (CEF) Manifesto for English in England (2024) stated that subject English was an ‘eco-system’ that stretched from the Early Years and KS1 to KS5 and beyond....
