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Dave McPartlin: "It's not OK what Ofsted do to people" [#Repod S4E2]

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Dave McPartlin is the headteacher of Flakefleet Primary School in Lancashire. In this episode Dave speaks...

Ron Berger on 20 years of 'An ethic of excellence' - and ending the trad-prog debate!

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Ron Berger is Chief Program Officer for the non-profit school improvement network Expeditionary Learning,...

Dennis Sherwood on The Great Grading Scandal: 1 in 4 grades is WRONG!

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Dennis Sherwood is a management consultant who specialises in creativity, innovation, and systems...

Cat Place and Ty Golding on the Curriculum for Wales

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Ty Golding is the Headteacher of Holton Primary School, on Barry Island in South Wales. Ty has experience...

"It needs to be broken up" - Frank Norris and Julie Grimshaw on the ongoing crisis at Ofsted

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Frank Norris is a former headteacher and HMI (His Majesty’s Inspector) with decades of experience leading...

Derry Hannam on becoming a democratic teacher in a state school

TRAILER: AUDIO: VIDEO: SHOW NOTES: An astonishing conversation with Derry Hannam, a fascinating thinker and writer and practitioner of...

Metacognition will set you free

Here's a thought experiment. Close your eyes and try to not think of anything for the next ten seconds. Go! Whatever you noticed during...

David Phillips: “It has become a monster” [Heads talking about Ofsted #2]

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES This is the second in a series of episodes featuring headteachers and former heads talking about Ofsted....

Martin Robinson on curriculum, community and the importance of anarchy

AUDIO SHOW NOTES Martin Robinson is an educationalist, author, writer, consultant, orator and liberal artist. He worked in East London...

Rebecca Leek: Straitjackets, ethics and inspectors' eyebrows [Heads talking about Ofsted #1]

VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES This is the first in a series of interviews with headteachers and former heads talking about Ofsted (the Office...

Melissa Benn on our divided education system

VIDEO: AUDIO: INTRO: Melissa Benn comes from a long line of outspoken campaigners and prominent Parliamentarians. She was educated at...

Martin Robinson on creativity, character education - and why traditionalists are the true radicals

CLIP: FULL EPISODE: OVERVIEW: Martin Robinson is an educationalist, author, writer, consultant, orator and liberal artist. He worked in...

Fiona Cuthbertson on lobbying for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reform

CLIP: FULL EPISODE: Fiona Cuthbertson is a political lobbyist who has been involved in politics for many years. A former councillor and...

Dr Chris Bagley on the 3 invisible "shadow cultures" that shaped our education system

VIDEO: AUDIO: BLURB: Dr Chris Bagley is a man with a dazzling variety of hats. He is psychologist, writer and musician with an interest...

Jaz Ampaw-Farr on the power of 'withness'

Happy new year and welcome to the first podcast release of 2023. If you've come across Jaz Ampaw-Farr before, you'll know that you are in...

How can we decouple education policy from the electoral cycle?

Yesterday I was speaking with a lobbyist about Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). A green paper was published earlier...

How to change the world

This post includes: A TEDx talk The backstory An illustrated transcript (including the really good bit I forgot to say due to nerves) And...

David Price OBE on how to unleash the untold potential of people-powered innovation

2-MINUTE TRAILER: FULL VIDEO: FULL AUDIO - or wherever you get your podcasts: In this episode - the first to be released both as audio...

Sophie Christophy on Consent-Based Education

Sophie Christophy is a culture transformer, feminist, unschooling parent and activist. She works on deconstructing patriarchy, from...

Ollie Lovell on visiting Michaela, XP School and the Self-Managed Learning College

Ollie Lovell is a teacher and podcaster based in Melbourne, Australia, and the host of the Education Research Reading Room (ERRR)...