TEACHERS

Penny Huntsman has taught A-Level Art History alongside A-Level Sociology for over 14 years and currently teaches both subjects together with the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). She has also taught A-level Media Studies, A-level Critical Thinking and GCSE Philosophy and Ethics. With a BA (hons) in Art History and an MA in Cultural and Critical Theory, she takes a characteristically interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of art history.  She is currently writing a Ph.D. on education and social justice. She is passionate about providing art-history tasters in state schools and champions the subject’s wider inclusivity.  Penny joined the schools’ committee of The Association of Art Historians, and wrote the first dedicated AS-level textbook: Thinking about Art. The textbook’s publication was the fruition of plans the Schools’ Group had hatched years earlier in a bid to make the subject accessible to all.

Sarah Phillips is a graduate of the Courtauld Institute and has been a teacher of A Level Art History and English Literature for more than ten years. She has worked in both the private and state sectors and has considerable experience with a wide range of students in both small and large classes most recently at Godalming Sixth Form College. Sarah has worked extensively with AQA on the new A Level Art History specification and is eagerly looking forward to the introduction of art from beyond the European tradition and hopefully to the widening participation in this endlessly fascinating and absorbing subject.