Staff profile

Angela worked in Primary Education for more than 20 years, in County Durham and Bath & North East Somerset, before joining the School of Education in 2016. She has a BEd, and whilst working as a primary teacher has been subject leader of phonics, school library provision and the English curriculum. 

Angela is an Assistant Professor (Teaching) and works as part of the Primary English team, teaching on both the BA and PGCE Primary Education courses. She is module convenor of BA English for Primary Teaching 2. She supports student in their academic writing through her roles in the PGCE SDS module and as an Academic Advisor for both BA and PGCE students. Angela has recently worked with colleagues from the Foundation Centre and English Language Centre, engaging with the FOCUS corpus (an online data driven learning tool) and developing bespoke, online academic writing support for PGCE students.

Angela has a particular interest in phonics and early reading, and in engaging students in assessment feedback. She is currently studying for her MA.

• Initial Teacher Training (ITT)
• Primary English
• Phonics and Early Reading
• Supporting students with academic writing

Authored book

• Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics in the Primary School
  
  Gill, A., Jolliffe, W., & Waugh, D. (2022). Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics in the Primary School. Learning Matters.
• Mastering Deeper Writing in Primary Schools
  
  Bushnell, A., Gill, A., & Waugh, D. (2019). Mastering Deeper Writing in Primary Schools. SAGE Publications.
• Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics in the Primary School 3rd edition
  
  Gill, A., Jolliffe, W., & Waugh, D. (2019). Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics in the Primary School 3rd edition. Learning Matters.
• Phonics: Getting it Right in a Week.
  
  Gill, A., & Waugh, D. (2017). Phonics: Getting it Right in a Week. Critical Publishing.
• Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics in Primary Schools (Transforming Primary QTS Series)(2nd Revised Edition)
  
  Jolliffe, W., Waugh, D., & Carss, A. (2016). Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics in Primary Schools (Transforming Primary QTS Series)(2nd Revised Edition). Learning Matters.

Chapter in book

• Marrying word recognition with comprehension and pleasure
  
  Gill, A., & Waugh, D. (2018). Marrying word recognition withcomprehension and pleasure. In T. Cremin & J. Arthur (Eds.), Learning to Teach in the Primary School.. Routledge.
• Writing in Geography
  
  Gill, A. (2017). Writing in Geography. In A. Bushnell. & D. Waugh (Eds.), Inviting Writing. SAGE Publications.
• Phonics and Reading
  
  Gill, A., & Waugh, D. (2017). Phonics and Reading. In C. Walker-Gleaves & D. Waugh (Eds.), Looking After Literacy. SAGE Publications.

Edited book

• Training to be a Primary School Teacher: ITT and Beyond
  
  Stephenson, M., & Gill, A. (Eds.). (2024). Training to be a Primary School Teacher: ITT and Beyond. Sage.
• Developing an Love of Reading and Books: Teaching and nurturing readers in primary schools
  
  Gill, A., Stephenson, M., & Waugh, D. (Eds.). (2021). Developing an Love of Reading and Books: Teaching and nurturing readers in primary schools. Sage.

Journal Article

• Development of online activities to support PGCE students’ academic writing
  
  Sequera, J., Bruce, M., Gill, A., & Simpson, R. (2020). Development of online activities to support PGCE students’ academic writing. Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 14(1), 18-36.
• Teaching Common Exception Words in KS1 – Is It Really That Tricky?
  
  Gill, A., & Waugh, D. (n.d.). Teaching Common Exception Words in KS1 – Is It Really That Tricky?. Teach Primary!. Advance online publication.

Newspaper/Magazine Article

• Learning to Spell Tricky Words at KS2
  
  Waugh, D., & Gill, A. (2016). Learning to Spell Tricky Words at KS2. Teach Reading & Writing.