The Impact Podcast

A quick message to explain why there’s no podcast this week. Fin and Jane will be back next week, but until then, why not delve into our back catalogue of episodes?Social media:* Facebook page: https:...

4 Juni 20251min

In this episode Fin and Jane return to the topic of the middle tier and look at how schools are being supported to improve. Social media:* Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/impactwales123* Priva...

21 Maj 202547min

With a year to go until the Senedd elections, Fin and Jane set out the five key education issues in Wales and look at what each of the main political parties has said about them. Social media:* Facebo...

14 Maj 20251h 12min

Having a wide vocabulary at a young age is an early indicator of later academic success. In this episode, Jane and Fin discuss how broadening pupils’ vocabulary can have an impact in the classroom, an...

7 Maj 202546min

For five years, the Impact podcast has been saying things about education in Wales that others won’t, or can’t - truths that others can’t admit and opinions that others wouldn’t dare to share.In this ...

30 Apr 20251h

The expertise reversal effect suggests that teaching methods that work with pupils with little prior knowledge may be less effective for those with more knowledge. In this episode, Jane and Finola dis...

9 Apr 202541min

Fin’s new book - Closing the Disadvantage Gap in Schools: A Visual Workbook - is being published later this month. In this episode she speaks to Jane about the book and four practical ideas to close t...

2 Apr 202539min

It’s one of the most important things a teacher needs to know, but often one of the most difficult to do - teaching reading. In this episode Fin and Jane are joined by Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham of Jo...

26 Mars 202533min