Latest Ofsted Podcast Episodes
When the penny drops
We Are In Beta Podcast - May 09, 2021 13:07 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThere have been people working on decolonizing the curriculum for a very long time now. In early 2020 after George Floyd’s death decolonizing the curriculum came to the forefront of the discussion. People who had never considered it, or even understood what it meant, had to grapple with its im...
The First 30
We Are In Beta Podcast - May 01, 2021 13:03 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA few years ago Solihull was a small, relatively affluent borough in Southeast Birmingham, but they had one big problem. Many factors had aligned to create a situation where Solihull had more permanent exclusions than 90% of the country. This is when Stephen Steinhaus, the soon-to-be principal...
Intrinsic Motivation
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 22, 2021 14:43 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOne of the fundamental lessons teachers learn is ‘how to motivate their class’. Historically, For many, this comes down to the Skinnerian model of behaviorism, which is essentially positive and negative reinforcement. John Camp (the Lead of the Compass trust) was taught this too. He began to see...
Teaching, Teaching
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 15, 2021 14:48 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsClassically, CPD brings all the staff together to learn about a single subject of improvement. By contrast, Instructional coaching has aspects that make bespoke to what each teacher needs at the moment. So this all sounds good in theory but how does it work? Where do you start? What do you do ...
Ma-tour-nity
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 08, 2021 13:02 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDuring Lucy’s first maternity leave, she felt alienated from her profession. People would tell her that she would lose interest in working full time but she didn’t. In her second MAT leave, she was determined not to be on the outside looking. While attending an event put on by the MPTP project...
Risk and Reward
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 01, 2021 17:16 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMany teachers who gravitate towards schools that have fallen on hard times, have been taught in similar schools, and in this way, Sajid Gulzar isn’t very different. As a headteacher, Sajid has continued to be interested in the schools that require a lot of care; but doing this can eventually ...
UN-Sustainable
We Are In Beta Podcast - March 25, 2021 11:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEducation should prepare students for the world they are going to live in. That world will require more awareness of the impact humans have on the planet and each other. In 2015 the United Nation set out 17 sustainable development goals, with their mission statement being, “A blueprint to achiev...
Through The Blackwall
We Are In Beta Podcast - March 18, 2021 13:02 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsYamina grew up in the majority Bangladeshi area of Tower Hamlets. When her family moved to Canary Wharf things changed; 9/11 happened and the overt racism began. When she became a teacher years later, she didn’t go back to Tower Hamlets, she went to teach in Lewisham. It was in Lewisham where th...
Season 4 Starting March 18th
We Are In Beta Podcast - March 17, 2021 11:59 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe We Are In Beta podcast is back. We -schools, Are In Beta- Always learning. Over the past year, we have done a lot of that learning very quickly and through our own trial and error. The WAIB podcast shares stories from the experience of teachers in schools, so we can learn from them, chal...
Roadmap to Renewal
We Are In Beta Podcast - July 06, 2020 14:55 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak with Kiran Mahil - History and politics teacher in East London. Obviously, things have changed a lot due to covid19, but what might not be obvious is how we will regain the things we’ve lost over this period. Kiran and friend (and fellow teacher) Hannah Dalton, have com...
So how's it been?
We Are In Beta Podcast - June 29, 2020 14:57 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak with Sharifah Lee- The Deputy Headteacher of Dorney School in Windsor. We spoke to Sharifah in a previous episode and she mentioned that they're opening their school to more students. That was a couple of weeks ago... We wanted to see what worked, what hasn't and how it...
Activism takes action
We Are In Beta Podcast - June 22, 2020 06:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak with Chantelle Clarke -Head of Department at Frederick Bremer School, Waltham Forest. We talked about how recent events have led to more support of Black Lives Matter and similar movements. But what do we do with that support? Learn more about our guests, their schoo...
Attendance
We Are In Beta Podcast - June 15, 2020 06:11 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak with Anita Woodward-Benn about her role as the trust attendance manager at the University of Brighton Academies Trust. You could say attendance officers have a reputation for being the rule keepers. But Anita thinks about it differently. She thinks attendance practition...
What's good online CPD?
We Are In Beta Podcast - June 08, 2020 07:12 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we do something a little different. During lockdown, there's been a lot of online CPD happening. There's plenty of research about what good CPD and good online learning look like. But what do teachers who've been attending these sessions have to say? We spoke to three teachers a...
Moving on Up
We Are In Beta Podcast - May 25, 2020 06:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak to Emily Reynard - Headteacher of MEA Central - about year 7 transition. Emily talks about why transition is so important and how it's not an isolated incident; a transition is felt by every year group. Learn more about the school, roles they are recruiting for, and a...
Between the equal sign
We Are In Beta Podcast - May 18, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak to David Sammels - Headteacher of Mayflower Community Academy - about how the lockdown has sparked David's change from a linear way of working to a non-linear way. We also speak about how David has been feeling more connected to parents, despite the distance and maybe b...
Fund the lot
We Are In Beta Podcast - May 11, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak to Mike Wilson - Headteacher of St. Edmund's Catholic School in Dover, Kent - about an issue we discussed in a previous episode, the 'digital divide': the gap between students who have access to data and devices at home and those who don't. St. Edmund's Catholic Schoo...
Grading: a three step process
We Are In Beta Podcast - May 04, 2020 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak to Amit Hathi - Headteacher of Wembley High Technology College, London. In the wake of the pandemic, school closures and the cancellation of exams, teachers are being asked to provide centred assessed grades for their students. Grades which they believe their students...
Remote Recruiting
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 27, 2020 06:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we are speaking to Will Mackintosh and Nat Nabarro - Headteacher and Vice-Principal of Ark John Keats in North London Since we've been working remotely we have had to change the way we do a lot of things. One of them is recruitment. Without being able to visit schools or meet ...
The most important thing is to listen
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 23, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we are speaking to Nicole Fowles - Headteacher at Coleshill Heath School, Birmingham. During the COVID19 crisis Nicole, like many other school leaders., has been dealing with fragments of information and sometimes conflicting messages. She’s been dealing with bereavement, supp...
Data and Devices
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 20, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we speak with Seb Chapleau - Director of Big Education Conversation. We spoke about an initiative he's supporting to help kids have access to the data and devices necessary to ensure the can access remote learning from home. Join the conversation here: www.weareinbeta.community
Building the plane while flying it
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 13, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis episode we speak with Shonogh Pilgrim - Principal of Ansford Academy - about how, without knowing it, her school has been preparing her students for school closure. She reveals how their recent school ski trip and the culmination of their 4 year programme of work to increase student indepen...
Tutor reading programme
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 09, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode, we speak with Josie Mingay - School Improvement Lead, Greenshaw Learning Trust. We spoke about the decision between live or recorded remote teaching and their tutor reading programme. Join the conversation here: www.weareinbeta.community
Skype-y days
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 06, 2020 06:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis episode, we speak with Ben Layzell - Head of Atherton Community School, Wigan. We talk about taking care of staff first just before closing the school, the current generation of students being more socially conscious and missing the structure of a school day. Join the conversation here: w...
Touching Base
We Are In Beta Podcast - April 02, 2020 06:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis episode, we speak with Cassie Young - SENCO and Head of School of Brenzett Primary School in Kent. We talk about some of the expectations put on parents at this moment as well the importance of staying connected with the students while they're home. Join the conversation here: www.wearei...
Getting meals to students
We Are In Beta Podcast - March 30, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAfter 3 months of research and prep for Series 3, all our in person interviews were understandably postponed due to coronavirus. In times like these, it’s important we stay connected. So, Niall (host and founder of We Are In Beta) and Jay (Producer) will be making calls to teachers around the ...
White Ally
We Are In Beta Podcast - December 22, 2019 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPicking up from the last episode on BAME leadership, 'Critical Mass' featuring Allana Gay, which you should listen to first, we’re talking about what it means to be a good ally to your BAME colleagues, what the purpose is and what it looks like when it’s not easy. We speak to Patrick Ottley O’...
Critical Mass
We Are In Beta Podcast - December 22, 2019 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis is an episode on BAME leadership in education. BAME stands for Black Asian Minority Ethnic. According to the Swan Report (1985) and a recent report by the Runnymede Trust (2017), BAME educators have more difficulty progressing to leadership in the English education system. We went out t...
He For She
We Are In Beta Podcast - December 15, 2019 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsVivienne Porritt, amongst many things is one of the founders of the social equity group called #WomenEd. Vivienne set us a challenge. She asked us to take a message to every man in education. Chris Hildrew is a contributor to the WomenEd book '10% Braver', and Headteacher at Churchill Academy....
Blind Recruitment.
We Are In Beta Podcast - December 08, 2019 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThese days things are going well for Claire Cuthbert. She always knew she wanted to be a teacher. When she became one, she progressed quickly. The time soon came for her to apply for headship - one at a start up school in a mining community. Both the interviewers and applicants for the positio...
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