Sara Alston

Sara Alston has over 38 years teaching experience in classroom and leadership roles. As an Education Consultant and Trainer for SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding, Sara specialises in SEND and Safeguarding providing support and training to schools ranging from conference presentations to bespoke work with individual staff including SEN and safeguarding training, SEN and Safeguarding Reviews and DSL supervision.

Sara is the co-author of The Inclusive Classroom: A New Approach to Differentiation and author of Working Effectively with Your TA. Her next book Questions …. On Safeguarding (Routledge) is due out in November 2026. She writes regular articles for SecEd and Headteacher Update.