Liz is the principal of the Houstone School, a fascinating and probably unique case of being both a startup and a turnaround. Liz is extremely impressive and her thoughts on school leadership are incisive and practical. Not to be missed!

This week, Amy and Adam are joined by assessment maestro Dylan Wiliam. Dylan’s voice has been a mainstay of educational discourse for decades, and the episode is packed with insight and wisdom. Don’t miss out!

In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by Natasha Plaister, a statistician at the FFT Education Datalab. They discuss all sorts of nerdy things like women in STEM, disadvantaged attainment gaps and the impact of Covid.

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In this episode, Adam and Amy discuss their thoughts on Channel 4’s Educating Yorkshire. They try to pay tribute to the teachers involved whilst addressing some of the issues raised by the program.

In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by leadership maestro, Adam Robbins. They discuss the tensions between middle and senior leadership, and explore how to get ideas to spread through a school and effect change.

Adam and Amy discuss the Conservatives' latest suggestions around school phone policy, the difference and take a listener question on the difference between check for understanding and check for listening.

A shorter episode as Adam has some stuff going on. Him and Amy discuss how to manage behaviour in a classroom that is not setup to best support learning.

In this episode Adam flies solo but is joined by recruitment and retention expert Jack Worth. They nerd out on market forces and how demographic effects dictate teacher supply and demand. Not to be missed!