All Episodes
They Behave For Me — 103 episodes
Can you measure great teaching? With professor Rob Coe
What's changed across FORTY YEARS in the classroom? With Sarah Ledger
Is behaviour worse in primary schools? With Cathie Lock
Are time out passes a good idea? Question time!
What is school culture? With Ruth Ashbee
How do I get buy in for change? Question Time!
What's changed in education, and what's still to come? With Laura McInerneyM
What's the deal with belonging? Question Time!
Do the "best" schools take their fair share of disadvantaged students? With Charley O'Regan
What do you say to a teacher who does rubbish activities? Question Time!
Why are teachers still putting up displays? With Grainne Hallahan
Should we ban merits and reward points? Question time!
Can AI give teachers quality feedback? With Raj Chande
Should every removal result in a restorative conversation? Question Time!
What does it mean to be a school leader in 2026? With Matt Evans
Is it ever too soon to remove a student? Question Time!
How do I have an effective lesson start if I go from classroom to classroom? Question Time!
What are the quickest wins in improving teaching? With Craig Barton
What have we got wrong about behaviour? With Tom Bennett
Does anyone still care about curriculum? With Jon Hutchinson
What do you get if you cross a startup with a turnaround? With guest Liz English
What is formative assessment, and why should anybody care? With professor Dylan Wiliam
What can educational statistics tell us about the classroom and policy? With Natasha Plaister
Are we Educating Yorkshire?
What's the key to unlocking teacher development? With Adam Robbins
Should one student with one phone mean you fail OFSTED?
How can you build consistent routines in a badly setup classroom?
What's going on with recruitment and retention? With Jack Worth
Why do Jewish schools need security? Adam opens up about antisemitism
Are knowledge organisers worth it, and how to observe and be observed
Is behaviour better in primaries or secondaries? With Grainne Hallahan
What do teachers actually need to know about assessment? With Becky Allen
What's the deal with booklets, and do they need to have the school's branding on them?
What three things from cognitive science should every teacher know? With Dr Carl Hendrick
Did Nick Gibb get it right?
What is genericism, and why is it so important? With Christine Councsell
Can Amy and Bill Wilkinson explain the SEN crisis to Adam?
How to observe non-subject-specialists and what can a lead practitioner do?
Is oracy a fad, and how do we actually improve behaviour?
What have the unions ever done for us?
Is safeguarding training enough, and how to provide instructional coaching if someone's already a great teacher?
How do I get students to work quietly?
Should we ditch exam results day and what is dialogic teaching?
Why is CPD broken, and what can be done to fix it?
What's in the curriculum review so far?
How does the teacher experience compare between the UK and US, and more with Grainne Hallahan from Teacher Tapp
Should we show Adolescence in schools?
How can lessons from the school system be helpful in prisons?
What is evidence based practice? With special guest Alex Quigley
Mobile phones, private schools, and the need for long term memory strategies
Are there too many education books, and should we dress up for world book day?
How do I ask for more pay, and what's the best way to run line management meetings?
Why don't schools improve? With Dr James Mannion
Have Ofsted big listened to teachers?
Is bad behaviour my fault, and how to recruit and be recruited
Everyone's Ill
What's Labour's massive education bill going to change?
What's your teaching new year's resolution and should your lessons be fun?
Are we doing safeguarding training wrong?
Why have complaints and allegations against teachers increased? With special guest Alistair Wood, CEO of Edapt.
How are Ofsted managing to make things even worse?
Why is everything broken, and how do we fix it? With special guest Sam Freedman
I think my school is getting things wrong. What should I do?
Should we ditch Shakespeare?
What does one of the country's leading CEOs have to say about curriculum, attendance, and more?
Exploring the Legacy of Tim Brighouse
Should it be illegal to use a phone on school grounds?
Do teachers need to stop moaning?
What are Ofsted going to do next?
How do you narrow the disadvantaged gap, and where does job satisfaction come from?
Seven Fishes
What are Ofsted planning?
Back to school!
Episode 30: How should we reflect on the year, and improve for next year?
Episode 29: What are the biggest education myths and why are they so pervasive?
Episode 28: I'm not getting better at teaching - what should I do?
Episode 27: Should we be scared of Labour's education manifesto?
Episode 26: Have our schools improved in the last 14 years?
How can you build a positive culture around observations?
Episode 24: Why does CPD suck, and who wants to do National Service?
Episode 23: The legendary Paul Kirschner is in the house!
Episode 22: do we care too much about students' haircuts?
Episode 21: What can we learn from the best schools in New York?
Episode 20: What can schools to do combat societal disadvantage?
Episode 19: What the hell is going on with behaviour?
Episode 18: Do children naturally want to learn?
Episode 17: Should I apply to be a head of department?
Episode 16: What are parents saying about attendance?
Episode 15: What should you do if your school sucks?
Episode 14: Why you should ban phones in schools
Ep 13: Top tips for job applications, and how to use YOUR VOICE
Episode 12: What's going on with behaviour and how do you feel about brushing children's teeth?
Episode 11: What's going on at Michaela Community School?
Episode 10: Should teachers put their qualifications on the door?
Episode 9: Moments matter - how do we fix the attendance crisis?
Episode 8: How do you get INSET to work?
Episode 7: Should poorly behaved students represent the school at sport?
Episode 6: Amanda Spielman, Ofsted accountability and learning walks
Episode 5: Workload Tennis
Episode 4: Active listening, and looking after your head
Episode 3: Nick Gibb's education legacy
Episode 2 - Difficult parents, Educating Essex and the Social Contract
Episode 1 - Wilshaw, curriculum and having high standards