Liz is the principal of the Houstone School, a fascinating and probably unique case of being both a startup and a turnaround. Liz is extremely impressive and her thoughts on school leadership are incisive and practical. Not to be missed!
This week, Amy and Adam are joined by assessment maestro Dylan Wiliam. Dylan’s voice has been a mainstay of educational discourse for decades, and the episode is packed with insight and wisdom. Don’t miss out!
In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by Natasha Plaister, a statistician at the FFT Education Datalab. They discuss all sorts of nerdy things like women in STEM, disadvantaged attainment gaps and the impact of Covid.
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In this episode, Adam and Amy discuss their thoughts on Channel 4’s Educating Yorkshire. They try to pay tribute to the teachers involved whilst addressing some of the issues raised by the program.
In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by leadership maestro, Adam Robbins. They discuss the tensions between middle and senior leadership, and explore how to get ideas to spread through a school and effect change.
Adam and Amy discuss the Conservatives' latest suggestions around school phone policy, the difference and take a listener question on the difference between check for understanding and check for listening.
A shorter episode as Adam has some stuff going on. Him and Amy discuss how to manage behaviour in a classroom that is not setup to best support learning.
In this episode Adam flies solo but is joined by recruitment and retention expert Jack Worth. They nerd out on market forces and how demographic effects dictate teacher supply and demand. Not to be missed!
In light of the horrific attack at a synagogue in Manchester, Adam gives a 2000 year history of antisemitism, and explores how it has applied in England in the modern era. Following that, Amy takes on some attendance issues and explores some potential solutions.
Question time! In this episode, Adam and Amy take questions from the listeners on a range of things, including knowledge organisers and lesson observations. Tune in!
In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by guest (co-host?) Grainne to discuss all things data in schools. Is behaviour better in primaries or secondaries? Should schools ban skirts? And where are we up to with phones?
Unfortunately, Adam had a problem with his audio, but it should be fixed for next week!
In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by Becky Allen, co-founder of TeacherTapp. There's a lot on the agenda, including assessment, curriculum, data, retention and more! Not to be missed.
Join Amy and her co-host as they take questions from the listeners on a range of subjects, including whether booklets need to have school branding and how we encourage a sense of resilience in our students as they begin to do independent practice.
Adam and Amy are joined by the fantastic Carl Hendrick to discuss retrieval practice, whether we should teach kids about the reasons we are teaching them in certain ways and much more
Adam and Amy chat to Nick Gibb about his new book, the impact of his time in the department of education, and whether schools like Michaela are replicable country wide.
Christine is one of the leading voices in education discourse, and has been at the heart of the curriculum revolution in schools and at Ousted .Tune in for a wide ranging discussion on knowledge, cognitive science, curriculum and the future of education discourse.
Adam and Amy are joined by Bill Wikinson who, after a varied career across education, has just spent his first year as SENco. They discuss the life of a SENco and why the system currently isn't working well enough.
Amy and Adam take more questions from listeners, looking at the role of the lead practitioner, school inductions and a terrifying example of negative culture in schools.
In this episode, Adam and Amy take questions from the audience, covering topics as diverse as oracy, concrete behaviour strategies, getting promotions and how to do a full digital detox.
In this episode, Amy and Adam are joined by Neil Butler. Neil has dedicated his life to teachers' workload and conditions as a veteran activist for the NASUWT. Tune in for a discussion that spans half a century of union activism and changes in the professionalism and standards in schools