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The School Leadership Podcast
In NAHT's podcast series, you'll hear interviews with some of the leading voices in education and conversations about issues at the heart of leadership and learning.
Episodes
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Mental health, well-being and school leadership: tips and tools in covid times
After a year that has seen school leaders “carrying the community” as they steer schools through the pandemic, Sinéad Mc Brearty, CEO of Education Support…
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Championing equality, diversity and inclusion in schools
Closing gaps, inclusivity and redressing imbalance wherever it may be is at the very core of the Global Equality Collective (GEC). Co-CEO and founder of the…
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From little acorns mighty oak trees grow
Oak National Academy is the online classroom made for teachers by teachers. Created in April 2020 as a rapid response to the coronavirus outbreak, Oak Academy…
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Lockdown, learning and the great outdoors
One of the unavoidable effects of the pandemic has meant that we have been forced to almost renegotiate our relationship with outdoor spaces. For leaders, it's…
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What does effective remote learning look like?
When the national lockdown took place earlier this year, many schools quickly turned to technology to bridge the gap and continue learning outside of the…
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Reducing academic anxiety and supporting young people’s mental health
Campaigner, activist and speaker; Natasha Devon MBE talks to James Bowen about the relationship between exam stress and mental health in children and young…
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Planning for a full return to school this September – James Bowen answers your FAQs
The past few months have been a rapidly changing picture for schools which hasn’t always been easy to interpret and then act on. It’s been our aim all along to…
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Schools and covid-19: your questions answered with Dr Matt Butler
How can we minimise infection in schools and in the wider community? How can we protect the most at-risk groups? Should staff be wearing PPE? How often should…
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Technology in the classroom: a tool for learning or an enormous distraction?
In this episode, NAHT head of policy James Bowen talks to education author and former teacher Daisy Christodoulou about technology in schools. We consider what…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 28 - Social mobility with Professor Sonia Blandford
Professor Sonia Blandford is one of the country's foremost experts on improving the education and aspirations of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. She…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 27 - Reconsidering resilience and its role in school leadership.
We hear from Andy Wolfe, deputy chief education officer for the Church of England, about why it’s time to rethink resilience and what it means for school…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 26 - What can we expect from the new inspection framework? (Part 2)
It's the much awaited second part of our chart with Matthew Purves from Ofsted. Matthew gets into the specifics of what the new framework means for schools and…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 25 - ‘What can we expect from the new inspection framework?’
Deep dives and cultural capital. Ofsted is always an intense talking point and both this and next month, the School Leadership Podcast will keep you fully up…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 24 - Graham Frost and Lord Redesdale
This month, we’re talking about climate change and how schools are supporting their pupils to take an active interest in one of the most pressing issues facing…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 23 - The Difference
School exclusions is an issue right at the top of the government’s agenda currently, and it’s no wonder why. After a period of steady decline in the number of…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 22 - Winston's Wish
We discuss a difficult, but vitally important topic – childhood bereavement. Shockingly, around 1 in 29 children will be bereaved of a parent or sibling during…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 21 - David Weston : Attaining the highest quality CPD in schools
How effective is the professional development in your school? Are you confident that the CPD your teachers are engaging in is having a positive impact on…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 20 - H is for Harry - Edward Owles, Jamie Taylor and Ed Vainker
As a profession, we've become accustomed to seeing school leaders, teachers and pupils becoming unexpected stars of the small screen. Documentaries like…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 19 - The Shared Headship Network
The Shared Headship network is run by a group of committed school leaders who aspire to be head teachers one day in the future. Their aim is straightforward…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 18 - Panel debate, Edtech Festival.
Earlier this year, Edge Director James Bowen joined a panel at the inaugural Edtech Podcast festival in London to discuss the vital issue of teacher workload…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 17 - Rob Webster
Rob Webster is this months guest and is an Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Education. Rob has worked on a number of research projects focusing on…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 16 - Laura Mcinnerney, Becky Allen and Fiona Millar
Once again this year we will bring you influential and interesting guests from the world of education. Whether it’s leadership experts, subject specialists…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 15 - Dr Jill Berry and the characteristics of effective middle leaders.
Jill is the former Head of Dame Alice Harpur School in Bedford. Since leaving headship in 2010, she has worked as an Associate for the National College for…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 13 - Speakers for Schools : Jimmy Wales, Fiona Miller and Ashley Hodges
This month, our podcast is brought to you in partnership with our friends at ‘Speakers for Schools’ and in this episode we’ll speak with some very interesting…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 14 - Professor Sonia Blandford; closing the attainment gap, the importance of Early Years and self-belief.
Our guest is Professor Sonia Blandford. Sonia is the Chief Executive of education charity Achievement for All and the author of the book, ‘Born to Fail’…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 12 - High challenge / Low threat - Mary Myatt.
Education adviser, writer and speaker - that's Mary Myatt. Hear Mary talk fluidly about high challenge / low threat, the often difficult subject of…
The School Leadership PodcastFeb 2018 - a Leadership Podcast update
A quick steer on what you can expect from the podcast very soon; thanks for subscribing!
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 11 - From Ofsted to teacher workload : In conversation with Dr Becky Allen.
This year in the podcast, we are looking forward to bringing you some of the most influential and interesting voices from the world of education, and this…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 10 - The Chartered College of Teaching at a year old
In this podcast we hear from Dame Alison Peacock on how the Chartered College of Teaching as it comes up for its one year anniversary. Edge director James…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 9 - Effective literacy training and a school funding update
In this first podcast of the new school year we discuss effective literacy teaching, and find out what the evidence really tells us about this crucial topic…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 8 - In partnership with Ambition School Leadership
In this episode we focus on the crucial role middle leaders play in school improvement. We hear from a panel of middle leaders who reflect on what they most…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 7 - Maths mastery and fluency and data protection - what schools need to know.
This month’s podcast is a maths special. We’ll get to grips with big ideas such as mastery and fluency, and also discuss the government’s proposed times tables…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 6 - Nicky Morgan and Ambition School Leadership
Nicky Morgan was the secretary of state for education up until July of last year. In this episode we ask her what it’s really like to be the minister in charge…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 4 - Daisy Christodoulou and an Early Years update
Hello and Happy New Year. Welcome to the latest school leadership podcast brought to you by NAHT Edge and NAHT. In this first episode of 2017 we find out more…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 5 - The new Head of Ofsted
Amanda Spielman succeeded Sir Michael Wilshaw as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector at the start of the year. Prior to becoming the new Ofsted chief, Amanda was…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 3 - Fair Education Alliance, CPD, Progress 8 and Ebacc
It's a very Merry Christmas from us here at NAHT and NAHT Edge, we're joined by Lewis Iwu, Director of the Fair Education Alliance. Lewis tells James Bowen…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 2 - The English Special with Pie Corbett
James Bowen hears from author, former Head teacher and Ofsted inspector Pie to get his views on the current English primary curriculum. Find out what he would…
The School Leadership PodcastEpisode 1 - Professor Dame Alison Peacock
James Bowen, Director of NAHT Edge helps to launch this brand new, sector - leading podcast with an exclusive chat with the newly appointed CEO of the…