Sue Meeke-Smith

Before joining the Primary Education with QTS team at Wrexham, Sue taught for 15 years in various Shropshire and Gwynedd primary schools, teaching across age phases but latterly focusing on Reception. Despite having swapped the smallest people in primary school for fully fledged adults at university, Sue remains a passionate advocate for the joy of teaching and learning with Early Years aged children. Focuses in school were Music across the curriculum and the introduction of Systematic Synthetic Phonics programmes. These are now features of Sue's expertise as she supports Trainee Teachers through their QTS studies.

Sue gained a Masters in Education in Society at Chester in 2020, focusing on educational inequality pertaining to economic differences, with a specific emphasis on exploring the word gap which exists for some children as they begin school. Having moved into the sphere of Higher Education, Sue is now similarly interested in how to best support students within widening participation settings, and how education providers may enhance inclusive working practices for students. This is forming the core of her doctoral studies as she examines the lived experience of supporting students as they strive to become teachers in the current climate of education in both England and Wales.

Living in North Wales with her husband, three rapidly aging children (youngest just finishing primary school) and a dog, Sue generally has a loud house but relaxes by crocheting blankets and appreciating the green spaces that North Wales has to offer.