Sophie King-hill

Biography

Sophie has worked in education in a number of settings, ranging from work with adolescent ex-offenders and teenage parents to education management and the development and evaluation of educational courses. Sophie successfully developed and managed an award winning, accredited, teenage parent programme which ran across Birmingham and Solihull for many years. Sophie has also worked as an antenatal teacher specialising in antenatal education for people with low socio-economic status, running workshops for other teachers in working with disadvantaged groups within this setting. Within her career Sophie has developed SEN education based initiatives for local councils and has carried out large evaluations of educational programmes across these settings. Sophie has an interest in the impact that social research can have upon disadvantaged groups and previously worked as a National Impact Coordinator for a leading sexual health charity, in which she examined bridging the gap between theoretical and applied research. Sophie is also governor for a primary school and as part of her role involves a large input into the Sex and Relationships education curriculum. Sophie is passionate about the importance of a fair and accessible education system that embraces diversity and fosters growth.

Research Interest

Relationships and sex education, Teenage parents, education and links to social exclusion, Personal, Health and Social Education, Risky sexual behaviour and perceptions of consent in adolescence, Harmful sexual behaviour in adolescence, Concepts of childhood in Western culture, Interpretative phenomenological analysis.