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Rethinking Education — 121 episodes · page 1 of 2
It’s time to end the academic obsession – a conversation with Sugata Mitra
10 EDUCATION BOMBSHELLS FOR 2026/7 | #REPOD SEASON 6 (!) TRAILER
“We feel, therefore we learn!” Why education needs to get embodied - with Guy Claxton and Emily Poel
"We need revolution, not evolution!" - Education of the Head, Heart and Hand, with Sarah Seleznyov and Liz Robinson
The missing science of how we learn - and the “barefoot unschool” that’s already LIVING it
“Autonomy isn't ANARCHY!”: A conversation with Sophie Smith-Tong
"We NEED to talk about power dynamics in schools! " - with Dee Nic Sitric
Learning to be, learning to live together: The missing pillars of education with Sue Roffey
Education as expanding dialogue – Rethinking learning with Professor Rupert Wegerif
Teaching that grips: Hywel Roberts on the Pedagogy of Botheredness
Seven minutes out of every thirty are lost to low-level disruption. But why?
Generation to generation: Holocaust education in a changing world
Why ‘consistency’ isn’t enough: the implementation blind spot in school behaviour
Rebooting behaviour: the two missing pieces of the puzzle (with Tara Elie)
Why ‘belonging’ isn’t enough: The missing piece in behaviour, attendance and staff burnout (w/ Tara Elie)
"It’s choppy out there – but hope is happening...": Strap in for the 2025 end of year review!
Inside the Curriculum & Assessment Review: What Changed, What Didn’t – And Why
Dave Whitaker on relational practice, inclusive culture, and “battering them with kindness”
Boarding school trauma and "the myth of privilege” - a conversation with Chris Braitch
Nick Covington and Kate McAllister on Restoring Humanity to Education
"There is more to human development than learning about subjects" Repod Season 6 launch!
“We need a new language!" Jaz Ampaw-Farr on hope, trauma tourism and teachers as everyday heroes
What Are We Teaching? Powerful knowledge, capabilities, and teacher autonomy – with Richard Bustin
Fixing the SEND Crisis – with Amjad Ali
Rocking the system: Live songwriting, earworms and education reform with Rocktopus
"You can't afford not to!" Headteacher Kulvarn Atwal on the power of slice teams
The Schools Bill: Academies, Homeschooling & School Shaming (Warwick Mansell & Naomi Fisher)
John Tomsett & Mary Myatt on Alternative Provision and our splintering education system
Adolescence, masculinities and… Batman (with Lewis Wedlock)
The 4 nations of the UK: What can we learn from one another?
How to make classrooms feel warm and alive, with Hywel Roberts and Tim Taylor
Debra Kidd, Tina Farr and Clare Whyles on how to cultivate hope, joy and belonging
Introducing our new co-host, (The Real) David Cameron!
The Unfinished Business of Sir Tim Brighouse - with Mick Waters and David Cameron
“Talking Floats On A Sea Of Write”: Clare Sealy on Oracy and Literacy
Sir Anthony Seldon on oracy, agency and meditation
How to change the admissions code, with Curtis James from Class Divide
"Before 7? They have a childhood." Lessons from Estonia with Gunda Tire
Rupert Sheldrake on learning by doing, cancel culture and the moral vacuum at the heart of education
Meena Wood on curriculum reform, learning from other countries and flying the flag for FE
René Kneyber and Valentina Devid on the Power of Formative Action [#REPOD S4E13]
Ife Obasa on representation, work experience… and God!
Peter Higgin on the power of learning through immersive play
"Civilisation rests on our shoulders!": Peps Mccrea on motivated teaching
"It's an absolute shocker": Fiona Millar on the marketisation of education
S4E8: “We’ve lost the plot”: Ben Davis on creating schools that children want to go to
S4E7: Fixing the Attendance Crisis with Naomi Fisher, Ellie Costello and Ben Davis
S4E6: Eliza Fricker on parenting a child who can't - not won't - go to school
S4E5: Putting 'Beyond Ofsted' to the test with Lord Jim Knight
S4E4: Calvin Henry on Ofsted - “It was brutal. Really brutal and unnecessary.”
S4E3: Christian Bokhove on domain knowledge, generic skills and the maths wars
S4E2: Dave McPartlin - "It's not OK what Ofsted do to people"
S4E1: Ron Berger on 20 years of 'An ethic of excellence' - and ending the trad-prog debate!
S3E16: Dennis Sherwood on The Great Grading Scandal: 1 in 4 grades is WRONG!
S3E15: Cat Place & Ty Golding on the Curriculum for Wales
S3E14: "It needs to be broken up" - Frank Norris and Julie Grimshaw on the ongoing crisis at Ofsted
S3E13: Derry Hannam on becoming a democratic teacher in a state school
S3E12: David Phillips: “It has become a monster” [Heads talking about Ofsted #2]
S3E11: Martin Robinson on curriculum, community and the importance of anarchy
S3E10: Rebecca Leek: Straitjackets, ethics and inspectors' eyebrows [Heads talking about Ofsted #1]
S3E9: Melissa Benn on our divided education system
S3E8: Martin Robinson on creativity, character education - and why trads are the true radicals
S3E7: Fiona Cuthbertson on lobbying for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reform
S3E6: Dr Chris Bagley on the three invisible "shadow cultures" that shaped our education system
S3E5: Jaz Ampaw-Farr on the power of 'withness'
S3E4: David Price OBE on how to unleash the untold potential of people-powered innovation
S3E3: Sophie Christophy on consent-based education
S3E2: Ollie Lovell on visiting Michaela, XP School and the Self-Managed Learning College
S3E1: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore - The GCSE is misaligned with adolescent brain development
S2E19: Jonny Hunt on Sex Ed for grown-ups: porn, consent - and the origin of the c-word...
S2E18: Peter Gray on why coercive schooling is "immoral and unnecessary"
S2E17: Emma Hardy MP on mental health, teacher retention and the power of oracy education
S2E16: "We need to take the politics out of education": Rachel Sylvester on the Times Ed Commission
S2E15: Introducing ‘Implementation Science for Schools’: an interview with Kate Barry & Elaine Long
S2E14: Why we should all be profoundly concerned about the Schools Bill
S2E13: Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters on 45 years of schools reform, and moving into an age of hope
S2E12: Jon Hutchinson on knowledge, assessment - and how to disagree agreeably
S2E11: Andy Sprakes on XP school: crew, compassion and changing the world (ft. Dec and Guraaj, Y10)
S2E10: John Higgs on private schools, individualism and why the future starts here
S2E9: Jay McTighe on how to 'backward design' educational nirvana
S2E8: Warwick Mansell on academies, accountability and the absence of evidence in policymaking
S2E7: Geraldine Rowe on collaborative decision-making and why coercion is bad for kids
S2E6: Donald Clark on 2500 years of learning theory - from the Greeks to the Geeks
S2E5: Adele Bates on self-care, self-regulation and dealing with challenging behaviour
S2E4: Harry Fletcher-Wood on behavioural science, habit change and our failing public institutions
S2E3: Professor Michael F.D. Young: From 'Knowledge of the Powerful' to 'Powerful Knowledge'
S2E2: Yumna Hussen and Lottie Cooke on Pupil Power, mental health and ableist attendance awards
S2E1: Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on the neurobiological case for progressive education
Season 2 Trailer
S1E26: Rachel Lofthouse on exams, workload and the government's assault on ITT providers
S1E25: Dr Naomi Fisher on self-directed learning and how schools can do more harm than good
S1E24: James Mannion on Rethinking Education (Flourishing Education repost)
S1E23: Amelia Peterson on the purpose of schools in a changing world
S1E22: Fear is the Mind Killer on the 'From Page to Practice' podcast
Campfire Conversations #006 - Mental health and absenteeism: "Nobody ever asked me what I needed"
Campfire Conversations #005 - Self-directed learning: "Dare to give young people autonomy"
S1E21: Adam Boxer and Tom Sherrington on ‘bad trad and groovy prog’
S1E20: Fran Morgan and Ellie Costello on speaking up for young people who struggle to attend school
Campfire Conversations #004: Pupil Power: "Children are treated like economic commodities"
S1E19: Tom Sherrington on Rosenshine, behaviour and why we should stop grading schools