Tamsin Grimmer

Personal statement

Tamsin Grimmer teaches on the Primary and Early Years Initial Teacher Training PGCE programmes. She has a wealth of experience supporting Early Years Teachers and previously supporting Early Years Professional Status.

Tamsin is an author, consultant and trainer and has improved outcomes for children and families as an Early Years Consultant for two local authorities.

Tamsin is passionate about young children’s learning and development and is fascinated by how very young children think. She has a keen interest in the different ways that children learn and how practitioners can support them. She is particularly interested in schematic play, active learning, promoting positive behaviour and children’s emotional development. Her dissertation for her Masters Degree was entitled: "Is there a place for love in an early years setting?" and she continues to research how educators can develop a loving pedagogy in schools and settings.

Tamsin believes that all children deserve practitioners who are loving, inspiring, dynamic, reflective and passionate about their learning. When children have the very best start in their early years, they adopt positive dispositions and attitudes to learning. The main way that Tamsin assists with this is through inspiring and motivating those who teach them. Children should be at the heart of professional practice and, in this environment, will thrive and grow.

In her time as a teacher and later as a childminder, Tamsin underwent three very positive Ofsted inspections and demonstrated that she was an outstanding practitioner.
She has written several books aimed at practitioners and enjoys discussing putting theory into practice.

Academic qualifications

• PGCHE
• MA Early Childhood Education
• PGCE Early Years (with QTS)
• Early Years Professional Status (EYPS)
• Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)
• BA (Hons) Humanities (Geography)

Professional memberships

• Early Education
• EY Matters

Other external roles

• Early Years Director, Linden Learning
• Early Education Associate.

Areas of expertise

• Early childhood studies.