Sarah Hannafin is Head of Policy (Practice and Research) at NAHT, the school leaders’ union, where her policy remit includes curriculum, statutory assessment, qualifications, performance data, pupil mental wellbeing, and safeguarding. Before joining NAHT in 2015, Sarah spent 18 years working in schools, starting as a learning support assistant before qualifying as a teacher of Religious Education. She spent eight years of her teaching career on the senior leadership team where her responsibilities included teaching, learning, pastoral support, and safeguarding.