Podcasts
Bullying or Counter Connecting – Two inclusive definitions for schools
About 40% of children and young people are exposed to bullying, but this rate has been reported to be as high as 69% for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
25 June 2026
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The Confident Questioner’s Guide – Assessing Claims in Education
Schools, teachers and parents are regularly introduced to new measures designed to improve education.
25 June 2026
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A classroom perspective – Lauren Mittell
Lauren shares her insights from teaching and her wider work in Southend-on-Sea.
25 June 2026
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The benefits of coaching as part of Early Years Continued Professional Development
The ‘Expert and Mentors’ programme, which was funded by the Department for Education’s £180 million Early Years’ Recovery initiative, provided on-site coaching for up to six hours per term to Early Years’ settings, with a focus on improving the way the setting supported personal, social, and emotional development (PSED) and communication and language skills.
25 June 2026
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Runnymede Trust
In Hackney (listen out for the Overground trains!) they discuss curriculum, reparatory justice and how the wider political climate impacts schools.
25 June 2026
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Episode 3 – Sara Ratner
Sara is currently the Principal Investigator on the AI in Education at Oxford University (AIEOU) Hub.
25 June 2026
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Addressing educational disadvantage
Informed by her career as a teacher and her work at the Educational Endowment Foundation, Charlotte shares some of the statistics around children in receipt of free school meals and the strategies that schools are using to support them.
25 June 2026
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Raised by Relatives – Kinship Carers from Black and Asian Communities
More than one in five of the 120,000 kinship children in England live with minority ethnic kinship carers.
25 June 2026
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Neurodivergence and education – Jodie Clarke
Claire and Jodie touch on autistic burnout, the harm that schools cause, parental experiences and the challenges in navigating the system.
25 June 2026
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Chatting with Geoff Stetson on faculty development, feedback and MedEdMentor (and practicing what you preach)
In episode seven we chat with Dr Geoff Stetson, an internal medicine clinician, Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education and Director of Clinical Faculty Development at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine.
25 June 2026
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