What I wish I knew as an NQT/ECT

Don't you just love experts! I do, and I'm talking to one in this podcast. Wendy Cobb has extensive experience working in a number of primary and secondary schools across Kent, London and Essex in a v...

9 Feb 202246min

Lucy Williams has just completed the first term of her teacher training. She has worked with children for the last 18 years, so she definitely started young. She studied child development at GCSE, the...

2 Feb 202234min

Graham Chatterley is a former SEMH school leader who recently started his own training company. Having experienced a huge range of behaviour as both a Primary and Secondary teacher, Graham then starte...

26 Jan 202257min

A 'friend' once told Lorraine she wasn't clever enough to be a teacher. What! This is the woman who worked full time as she did an Open University degree, studied and passed her English, Maths and Sci...

12 Jan 202229min

"Teaching is a great and noble profession and the sheer joy of changing lives and getting children to believe in themselves is magic. Great teachers are alchemists and have the power to turn something...

15 Des 202143min

Jean Crook is 90 years old. Can you learn much about teaching today from a 90 year old? You sure can! If you were a great teacher in any era you would be great today and Jean was as good as anyone. An...

8 Des 202131min

Hannah is just 3 months into her teaching career and is still smiling ... alot. She always enjoyed school and had the pleasure of being taught by some really great teachers who inspired her immensely....

1 Des 202131min

Alastair is the most positive person you will ever meet and in this podcast he shares the most important things he has learnt from his own teaching and from training hundreds of new teachers. He has h...

24 Nov 202135min