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Naylor's Natter Podcast 'Just talking to Teachers'

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"Naylor's natter...just talking to teachers"

Naylor's Natter is the brainchild of Phil Naylor , created initially to share musings on evidence, research and CPD. The podcast has grown significantly since its first episode in early 2019 and is now proudly independent. We have no sponsorship or affiliation.

As the podcast has evolved so has its reach, we feel passionately about diversity of opinion and representation of our profession. To ensure we better reflect teaching , we are now proud to add more hosts to the podcast. Opinions are guests and hosts alone.

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Supporting Staff Mental Health in Your School- Amy Sayer with Jo Jukes

October 02, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

About Amy Amy Sayer has been a secondary school teacher for the past 12 years. She has completed her NPQSL qualification on supporting disadvantaged students in her school. She is a trained Mental Health First Aider and has previously been her school’s mental health and wellbeing lead, helping them to achieve the prestigious Carnegie Centre of Excellence in Mental Health Award in 2019. She has also led a roundtable discussion at the Annual Mental Health Conference run by Leeds Beckett ...

The return of the Strickomaster with Emma Turner - Education Exposed 2

September 25, 2020 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

.Education Exposed 2 follows on from Sam Strickland's first book, Education Exposed. The book is a pacy, punchy and forthright critique of how to drive the curriculum, behaviour and teaching within a school and the pivotal role that leadership plays in pursuing the halcyon dream. The book is neatly laid out, with each chapter identifying common curricular misconceptions, posing lots of key questions to consider and offering multiple practical ideas that you can take away. Every chapter ends ...

Elizabeth Bowling on writing across the curriculum with Nimish Lad

September 18, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 42.3 MB

Elisabeth Bowling is Assistant Principal and Head of English at Hethersett Academy, Norwich. She studied English literature and language at the University of Oxford and started teaching English as a foreign language in academies in Spain, before teaching in secondary schools in London and Norwich. As part of her Master’s degree, she focused on literacy and oracy and now writes about education at https://medium.com/@awildsurmise. She has spoken at Team English National Conference 2019 and at...

Running the Room with Tom Bennett

September 11, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

About Tom  Tom Bennett was a teacher in the East End of London for thirteen years. Currently he is the Director and founder of researchED, a grass-roots, teacher-led project that aims to make teachers research-literate and pseudo-science proof. Since 2013 researchED has grown from a tweet to an international conference movement that so far has spanned three continents and six countries. In 2009 he was made a Teacher Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. From 2008-2016 h...

Teaching Rebooted- Jon Tait @teamtait with Bernie Kaye

September 04, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

About Jon Jon is an experienced senior leader and current deputy headteacher working in a large and diverse secondary school in Middlesbrough. As a classroom teacher he has experience of working in 3 different North East schools for over 15 years. Trained as a Physical Education teacher, Jon taught both boys and girls PE for over 10 years as well as more recently teaching Computer Science. Jon is an expert in teaching and learning and is responsible for the strategic leadership of the qual...

Educating with Purpose with Stephen Tierney @leadinglearner

August 28, 2020 04:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

In this week's interview, Phil is in conversation with Stephen Tierney @leadinglearner about his new John Catt book 'Educating with Purpose'  About the book: The past decade in education focused on what works. The decade ahead must focus on what matters. In his second book, Stephen Tierney argues that it is time for the purpose of education to move to the centre of the debate. Why we educate is a question from which all else evolves. A question for all times, it will resonate deeply with ...

Toria Bono on TVT with Abby Bayford and Kat Howard and Claire Hill on their book Symbiosis with Jo Jukes

August 21, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 108 MB

‘Empowering Tiny Voices’ with Torio Bono In this podcast Abby Bayford, Director of Institute at the Academy Transformation Trust, interviews Toria Bono about Tiny Voice Tuesday Unites: a Twitter community established by Toria to help educators be heard from around the world. Toria also discusses the importance of growing our professional learning network; helping people find their voice and her commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity. Our TDT section sees Michelle Barker, Communi...

Richard Gerver interviewed by Emma Turner plus Neil Reynolds with Phil Naylor

August 14, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB

Richard Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation. He is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author and world-renowned thinker. Richard began his career in education, most notably as headmaster of the failing Grange Primary School. In just two years, he famously transformed the school into one of the most acclaimed learning environments in the world. He was celebrated by UNESCO and the UK Government for its incredible turnaround. ​Richard has si...

Nimish Lad with Flávia Belham -Chief Scientist @SenecaLearn

August 07, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MB

This week sees the addition of Nimish Lad to the Naylor’s Natter team. Nimish is Vice Principal for Curriculum and Assessment at Wrenn school in Wellingborough. He is also a teacher of science and enjoys engaging with educational research. Nimish is interviewing Dr Flavia Belham. Flavia is chief scientific officer for Seneca Learn, a social enterprise that provides free online learning resources for students created with the aid of cognitive science. As part of her role, Flavia has attended ...

Botheredness and much more- Abby Bayford interviews Hywel Roberts

July 31, 2020 07:05 - 1 hour - 64.8 MB

.Botherdness’ with Hywel Roberts….listed out for our competition to win a copy of Hywel’s book ‘Oops! Helping children learn accidentally.’ In this podcast Abby Bayford, Director of Institute at the Academy Transformation Trust, interviews Hywel and asks him what he means by the neologism ‘botherdness.’ He discusses the importance of serving a warm curriculum by cultivating a ‘botherdness’ that leaves children and young people eager for more. Hywel also talks about his own experience as an ea...

The rED guide to the curriculum with Clare Sealy

July 24, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

researchED is an educator-led organisation with the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice. This accessible and punchy series, overseen by founder Tom Bennett, tackles the most important topics in education, with a range of experienced contributors exploring the latest evidence and research and how it can apply in a variety of classroom settings. In this edition, Clare Sealy explores how schools can get the most out of a rich curriculum, editing contributions from a wide ra...

Jo Jukes debut interview with 'The Researcher Teacher' Nimish Lad.........Its a Nimish Natter!

July 17, 2020 04:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB

This week sees the addition of Jo Jukes to the Naylor's Natter team . Jo is the Trust Curriculum Research Lead @TEAL_Trust and @ResearchWolds. Jo is a Teacher of Business and will be contributing interviews regularly to the podcast. Jo is interviewing Nimish Lad Nimish is a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced senior leader in the education sector. A passionate education leader, Nimish had a high level of experience and expertise gained from nearly a decade in educational leaders...

The Godfather of podcasting Craig Barton interviewed by Simon Cox

July 10, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 115 MB

This week Simon Cox is in the presenting chair interviewing my hero , the godfather of podcasting Mr Craig Barton . In the podcast pedagogy, Rachel Ball joins me to have a look at the rise of the education podcasts . We navigate the best podcasts in other genres and signpost you to Rachel's picks. Next week we have another new podcasting dream team , Nimish Lad and Joanna Jukes who will be interviewing each other.

Aziza Ajak on venturing into school leadership

July 03, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MB

Aziza Ajak is a Science teacher and a Vice Principal   @durham_uni BSc |@imperialcollege MSc |@UCL MA |@teachfirst2014 | NPQSL | Science teacher & Vice Principal @GoresbrookSc @teachfirst trustee 1)Could you start by telling listeners about your career journey to this point including your 10% braver more like 100% braver on your journey to assistant headship ?   2) Your March 2018 blog ‘is it as simple as just saying thank you - how to value and develop individuals in resource limited sch...

A Sage on the Stage with Michael Zwaagstra

June 26, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MB

This week I am joined by Michael Zwaagstra to discuss his John Catt book - A Sage on the Stage Our discussion Could you start by giving us a brief history of your career to this point?  Chapter one-  foolish educational fads is a fantastic read and one which will chime with many of our listeners , Could you outline some of those educational fads and gimmicks and tell us why education fads do teachers and kids no favours ?  • A big question in chapter 2 raising academic standards- why sho...

'When the adults change, everything changes' with Paul Dix

June 12, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 97.5 MB

Welcome to this weeks Naylor’s Natter . This week is a special episode that I have been sitting on for some time. As you will all know , I was due to help host with my colleague Mr Simon Cox the behemoth that is rED Blackpool. At this conference , I was due to speak about behaviour , not because I am some kind of expert but because I am a student of behaviour . I would like to think that after years of honing my own behaviour management that I am stronger in this area than at any stage of my...

The CRAFT of Assessment with Michael Chiles

June 05, 2020 06:35 - 1 hour - 93.2 MB

This week I am in conversation with Michael Chiles on his book 'The CRAFT of Assessment' .  About Michael https://twitter.com/m_chiles Principal Examiner • HOD • Trainer • Author of CRAFT with @johncatt @SenecaLearn Ambassador • Border Collie Owner • Michael's career began as a Geography teacher in a secondary school in the West Midlands where he became head of department and then a senior leader with responsibility for teaching and learning . He then relocated to the north-west, taking a sho...

The Power of Culture with Katie Ashford and Pritesh Raichura AND BBC Bitesize with Jordan Firth................CONTAINS DISCOUNT CODE INSIDE

May 29, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours - 215 MB

A special podcast this week to mark the release of  'The Power of Culture' .We have interviews with authors from the ensemble cast of Michaela Teachers , namely Katie Ashford and friend of the show Pritesh Raichura. We also have an exclusive discount code for Naylor's Natter listeners embedded within.  We are also delighted to be teaming up with BBC Bitesize to bring you interviews with their class of 2020 and we start this week with Jordan Firth. We talk about his teacher talks, his podcas...

The Difference with Kiran Gill and Putting Staff First with John Tomsett -discount code on PSF available inside

May 22, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours - 172 MB

We are spoiling you with another double issue! This week we have interviews with The Difference founder and CEO Kiran Gill and Headteacher and author John Tomsett.  WE ALSO HAVE A DISCOUNT CODE FOR PSF, LISTEN CAREFULLY! https://www.johncattbookshop.com/putting-staff-first About Kiran  Kiran is Founder and CEO of The Difference – an organisation which is creating a new generation of school leaders, specialist in improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children.Kiran began her career in ...

The Teaching Delusion with Bruce Robertson AND Kathryn Morgan interviews Chloe Woodhouse and Caroline Spalding

May 15, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 157 MB

This week sees another double-header which are proving very popular during Lockdown. We have Bruce Robertson in conversation with Phil about his John Catt book 'The Teaching Delusion' and Kathryn Morgan in conversation with Chloe Woodhouse and Caroline Spalding. We also have Michelle chatting to Maria in our TDT section on the use of expert knowledge.  About Bruce  Senior Leader of Teaching & Learning in the Scottish Borders | Author of 'The Teaching Delusion': https://amzn.to/2JnKPOa & ht...

'Closing the Reading Gap' with Alex Quigley and 'Courage in The Classroom' with Dr Catherine Lee

May 08, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 160 MB

This week we are treating you the listeners to another bumper double edition. We are delighted to have interviews with the authors of 2 new education books , namely Alex Quigley and Dr Catherine Lee . Alex is interviewed by Bernie Kaye, a fantastic new addition to our NN team , Bernie is an English teaching uber geek with a passion for cooking, reading and festival going. AHT - ITT, research & literacy. We have all our usual features including  our TDT section http://tdtrust.org/and Lockdown...

Bumper double edition #teacher5aday with Martyn Reah AND education and culture blogger @mimmerr Molly

May 01, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 125 MB

A special double edition this week featuring Martyn and Molly . Martyn's natter is PRE lockdown (Feb half-term) and Molly's is a lockdown recording Martyn Reah : about Martyn in his own words:https://martynreah.wordpress.com/about/ After 20 years of working as a teacher I have decided to put pen to paper and record the things which interest me and hopefully others. Born in Chester and brought up in Sunderland I now call Petersfield home. After starting my career in the East Midlands promot...

Leadership with Neil Gilbride interviewed by Emma Turner

April 24, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 94.3 MB

This week sees a welcome return to the interviewers chair for Emma Turner . This week she is in conversation with Neil Gilbride and they are discussing all things leadership. This interview was recorded on 16th March in a pre-lockdown UK so please be aware of that when listening.  About Neil in his own words: I am currently a PhD student at the University of Bath, Lecturer in Education at the University of Gloucestershire and consultant with Neil Gilbride Consultancy. I have a unique, mul...

How Learning Happens- with Dr. Carl Hendrick and Prof. Dr. Paul Kirschner

April 17, 2020 06:50 - 1 hour - 89.4 MB

This week I am back in the interviewers chair to have a natter with 2 titans of education namely: Paul A. Kirschner is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands as well as Guest Professor at the Thomas More University of Applied Science in Belgium. Carl Hendrick teaches at Wellington College, UK, and holds a PhD in Education from King’s College London. We are discussing their new book 'How Learning Happens- Seminal Works in Educational Psychology a...

Sir David Carter interviewed by Kathryn Morgan

April 10, 2020 07:16 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Welcome to this week's Naylor's Natter, hopefully capturing the Zeitgeist of the continuing school 'closures' and lockdown. This script is being written over lunch during one of my days in school , can I add my thanks to all teaching colleagues going over and above throughout the world.  On this weeks natter , we have the marvellous Kathryn Morgan again in the interviewers chair. Kathryn is nattering with Sir David Carter. Sir David is a former National Schools Commissioner, the first Regiona...

Putting Staff First part 1 - Kathryn Morgan interviews Jonny Uttley . Promo code of PSF40 for listeners to get 40% off Putting Staff First.

April 03, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MB

Update - promo code of PSF40 for listeners to get 40% off Putting Staff First. Visit https://www.johncattbookshop.com/titles In this weeks natter , Kathryn is in conversation with Jonny on leadership and how it is vital at times like this. Podcast Pedagogy Music- 'Mixing Colours' - Roger Eno and Brian Eno Books- 'A Clergyman's Daughter' by George Orwell Streaming Services- 'Sunderland 'till I die' and The Body Coach Next week Sir David Carter  Stay in and stay safe everyone . Massive...

Ethical Leadership- Kathryn Morgan interviews Jonny Uttley

April 03, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MB

In this weeks natter , Kathryn is in conversation with Jonny on leadership and how it is vital at times like this. Podcast Pedagogy Music- 'Mixing Colours' - Roger Eno and Brian Eno Books- 'A Clergyman's Daughter' by George Orwell Streaming Services- 'Sunderland 'till I die' and The Body Coach Next week Sir David Carter  Stay in and stay safe everyone . Massive thank you to all educators, continuing to safeguard, provide and care for our pupils! #proudtoteach  www.naylorsnatter.co.uk...

The case for an ed tech revolution with Daisy Christodoulou

March 27, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 97.4 MB

*******This week's interview was recorded some weeks ago so please bear that in mind when listening******* This week I am in conversation with Daisy Christodoulou . Daisy is  the Director of Education at No More Marking, a provider of online Comparative Judgement software for schools. Comparative Judgement is an innovative, reliable and quick way to assess essays. You can find out more about how it works on the No More Marking website. Before joining No More Marking, Daisy was Head of Asse...

Tom Sherrington on Teaching Walkthrus - book available on John Catt Bookshop

March 20, 2020 08:04 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MB

This week sees the welcome return of Tom Sherrington to talk through his new book (with Oliver Caviglioli) entitled Teaching Walkthrus. Teaching Walkthrus are 5 step guides for instructional coaching. The natter: The first question is why? What are the reasons for the walkthrus? Secondly , what areas have you covered in the walkthru series? Into behaviour , how important are routines and how do the walkthrus and Oliver’s work help here?   With curriculum , How do you walkthru designing a know...

Tom Bennett on Behaviour and ResearchED

March 13, 2020 05:00 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MB

This week Teacher Development Trust CEO David Weston interviews Tom Bennett on behaviour, his work with the DfE on behaviour hubs, creating a culture and the mighty ResearchEd movement . Tom Bennett is the founder of researchED, a grass-roots organisation that raises research literacy in education. Since 2013 researchED has visited three continents and six countries, attracting thousands of followers. In 2015 he became the UK government’s school ‘Behaviour Czar’, advising on behaviour polic...

Bad School Leadership with Omar Akbar (aka Teacher's Manual)

March 06, 2020 05:00 - 47 minutes - 65 MB

This weeks I am in conversation with Omar Akbar; Teacher, Author- The Unofficial Teacher's Manual: What they don't teach you in training; Bad School Leadership (and what to do about it) .  We are nattering about  school leadership, the good and the bad! This is a very positive podcast with some great takeaways. The natter From the introduction of the book , tell us a little bit about you and your 15 years teaching across 4 schools?   You say this book is about the mismanagement of the sys...

Cath Murray on Alternative Provision and John Catt sponsorship announcement! POD30.

February 28, 2020 05:00 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MB

Cath Murray  now slays dragons for @csjthinktank leading on alternative provision. Content producer for @EducationFest. Formerly@SchoolsWeek&@FEWeek . We are in conversation about alternative provision and exclusions.  What is IntegratED? The IntegratED programme aims to reduce preventable school exclusions and improve the quality of alternative provision (AP) for pupils being educated outside of mainstream schools. Our work is broadly divided into two areas: Raising the profile of AP an...

Half-term bonanza with Emma Turner interviewing Sam Twiselton AND Jude Hunton interviewing Christine Counsell

February 21, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

In this week's extended half-term special, we have Emma Turner interviewing Sam Twiselton OBE on Early Career Framework and much more. We also have Jude Hunton 'live' from Educating Lincs which took place earlier this month. TDT Section We have Maria and David in discussion about the Education Policy Institute's new research, commissioned by Wellcome,  The effects of high-quality professional development on teachers and students is published today. The report can be found at https://epi.or...

GROWING GREAT TEACHERS: IMPROVE NOT PROVE with Chris Moyse

February 14, 2020 05:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MB

Chris Moyse is a nationally acclaimed trainer and consultant with over 30 years of experience in education. A teacher for 18 years, he was a successful Head of Physical Education and went on to become a Teaching and Learning consultant for Somerset Local Authority. He was then a senior leader in a highly successful all-through 3-16 school for 7 years and is now Head of Staff Development for Bridgwater College Trust – a 3-19 multi academy trust in Somerset. He is also managing director of a ...

Tom Rogers on Leadership, CPD , blogging, podcasting and teachmeet icons.

February 07, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MB

Tom Rogers is an experienced teacher and middle leader, having worked at schools in the UK for 9 years and internationally for 4 as a history teacher, head of history and latterly assistant headteacher. He is now back in the UK. Toms passion is in making schools better places for teachers to work in. This passion has inspired him to write more than 100 blogs for the TES and share with the profession through his own twitter account; @rogershistory. Tom has also produced videos for his youtub...

Jack Worth from NFER on Teacher autonomy: how does it relate to job satisfaction and retention?

January 31, 2020 05:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

This weeks special edition is presented by the Chief Executive of (our friends and podcast partners) The Teacher Development Trust, David Weston. David is in conversation with Jack Worth, Jack is an education economist at the NFER. Jack is the School Workforce Lead and is researching how to improve teacher recruitment, retention and development. David and Jack are discussing NFER’s new research on teacher autonomy, developed in partnership with the Teacher Development Trust (TDT),  which wi...

Education Exposed with Sam Strickland aka Strickomaster

January 24, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MB

This week I am joined by Sam Strickland, Principal of The Duston School . Sam describes himself as:Principal, martial artist, historian, believer in knowledge. Organiser of ResearchED Northampton.  In this weeks podcast we chat about Sam's new book 'Education exposed' . The book is described as: The ultimate guide to understanding how a school can be led, managed and run, written by an author with extensive experience, and drawing heavily on research around knowledge-based curricula. Clea...

Boys don't try? With Matt Pinkett

January 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 88.1 MB

There is a significant problem in our schools: too many boys are struggling. The list of things to concern teachers is long. Disappointing academic results, a lack of interest in studying, higher exclusion rates, increasing mental health issues, sexist attitudes, an inability to express emotions.... Traditional ideas about masculinity are having a negative impact, not only on males, but females too. In this ground-breaking book, Matt Pinkett and Mark Roberts argue that schools must rethink t...

Matthew Evans-Leaders With Substance: An Antidote to Leadership Genericism in Schools

January 10, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 86 MB

Matthew Evans is a headteacher, author and blogger. Leaders With Substance: An Antidote to Leadership Genericism in Schools is available now on Amazon. Follow @head_teach on Twitter. Gentle introduction- tell us about your journey to this point and how you came to write this book .   As you say at the start , despite the millions of words written on the subject , is leadership even a thing?    What remains of leadership and where does that leave this book?    Does a belief in generic ...

#WomenEd and #10% braver with Vivienne Porritt interviewed by Kathryn Morgan

January 03, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

Welcome to the first Naylor's Natter of 2020. This is also our 1 year anniversary so a great opportunity to thank those of you that have been on the journey since 4th January 2019 and to welcome those of you new to the podcast. This weeks sees the introduction of our new format to sustain the podcast moving forwards.  We will still have the excellent valued input from the team at TDT to kick off the show each week (once they are back in the office) . This will be followed up with our main i...

Mentally Healthy Schools and the work of a Teaching School with Lisa Fathers ***STOP PRESS-PLUS BIG NEWS***

December 27, 2019 05:00 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MB

This week I am in conversation with Director of Teaching School partnerships at the Alliance for Learning Lisa Fathers. Lisa has taught English and Drama for a number of years in several schools and was a middle leader, senior leader and Deputy Headteacher then Associate Headteacher. In this wide ranging interview , we talk about my favourite subjects namely professional learning and culture . We also have a a natter about the huge importance of mental health and Lisa's work in this area. ...

Curriculum- from Gallimaufry to coherence with Mary Myatt

December 20, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 94.4 MB

This week I am in conversation with Mary Myatt on her book Curriculum- From Gallimaufry to coherence Mary Myatt is an education adviser, writer and speaker. She works in schools talking to pupils, teachers and leaders about learning, leadership and the curriculum. She maintains that there are no quick fixes and that great outcomes for pupils are not achieved through tick boxes. She writes and speaks at conferences about leadership, curriculum and school improvement. 'Mary Myatt combines en...

Chart Countdown- Most listened to Naylor's Natter's of 2019

December 15, 2019 15:39 - 2 minutes - 4.02 MB

A homage to Top of the Pops , its a lighthearted chart rundown of this years most listened to podcasts. No offence meant , only huge gratitude!  I do not own the music - credit to Paul Hardcastle and his track 'The Wizard' which just happened to be on the radio in the background. All episodes available here.

Nuts about teaching with Neil Almond

December 13, 2019 05:00 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MB

This week I am in conversation with Primary research and evidence guru Neil Almond . Neil has been on a journey of discovery , from incorporating research into his own teaching through to presenting at rED events . We discuss this journey and the challenges of incorporating evidence into the primary curriculum. As Neil describes on his blog: "I’m starting my 5th year of teaching and those years have lead to varying degrees of success and lessons that I needed to learn. It’s only in the last...

The Educated Guess with Warwick Sharp

December 06, 2019 05:00 - 42 minutes - 57.7 MB

This week I am in conversation with Warwick Sharp on his book 'The Educated Guess'  Warwick Sharp has a decade of experience in education policy. Before that, Warwick taught in a secondary school and had responsibility for careers provision. He has been both a school and college governor, and has visited nurseries, schools, colleges and universities up and down the country. Warwick studied economics at Cambridge and has a masters in public policy management. He lives in London with his wife...

#teacher5aday week and teacher wellbeing with Bukky Yusuf

November 29, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MB

This weeks natter is with Bukky Yusuf and is timed to coincide with the eve of #teacher5aday week starting 2nd December. Bukky Yusuf is a Secondary Science Teacher, Consultant and Qualified Coach. Bukky has worked in education for over two decades and teaches secondary sciences to A level. She has undertaken a number of leadership roles within mainstream and special schools, centring around professional development programmes, quality first teaching and learning and effective implementatio...

Inclusive practice with Jules Daulby

November 22, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 97.1 MB

Jules Daulby is a literacy and inclusion expert, podcaster of The Inclusive Classroom and co-founder and national leader of #WomenEd, a grassroots organisation created to support existing and aspiring women leaders. She started out her teaching career as an English and Drama teacher and until December, 2018 was Director of Education for literacy charity, Driver Youth Trust.  Jules’ quest is to find a way to make classrooms inclusive and allow all children to thrive.  She has a particular fas...

Wholesome Leadership with Tom Rees

November 15, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 99.9 MB

Tom is the Executive Headteacher of Simon de Senlis Primary School and currently work across eleven primary schools as the Education Director of Northampton Primary Academy Trust.  Tom is a former Advanced Skills Teacher who has spent the last 17 years leading in schools across different contexts, counties and countries.  He has spent the last 10 years as a Headteacher in Northamptonshire. In between Headships, Tom experienced life in industry via an 18 month secondment in the EdTech indust...

Curriculum-Athena versus the Machine with Martin Robinson

November 08, 2019 05:00 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MB

This week I am in conversation with Educationalist, Author, Writer,Consultant, Orator and Liberal Artist Mr Martin Robinson. Martin is a Teacher with 20 years experience working in state schools in London. Martin was an AST,Head of Department,Head of Faculty and an Assistant Headteacher. Martin is interested in developing teaching and learning building on the tradition of grammar, dialectic and rhetoric.  We are nattering this week about Martin's latest book which I consider to be an essent...

VESPA mindset with Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin

November 01, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

This week I am joined by Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin and we are discussing their VESPA system looking at the importance of non-cognitive skills in educational success . This episode really helped me get back to the roots of what this podcast is all about, talking to teachers about evidence and research. Martin and Steve draw on 40 years of combined experience and a great knowledge of educational research. They pull together current thinking from psychology, business and sport to inspire, ...

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