Experienced heads of department, Femi Adeniran and Matt Findlay, join me for an epic conversation about leading a maths department. We cover everything from consistency versus autonomy, departmental meetings, handling parental complaints and allocating se

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under in the second of our monthly chats. We each share three things we have been thinking about from the world of education recently. In this episode, we discuss reaso

Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under in the first of our monthly chats. We each share three things we have been thinking about from the world of education recently. In this first episode, we discuss

Peps McCrea makes his third appearance on the podcast, this time to take a deep dive into how we can be more evidence-informed as teachers. We discuss his process for identifying and summarising key research finds, and then discuss some key pieces of rese

In this episode I talk to fellow maths teacher, Craig Latimir, about his process for planning a lesson... and it takes us 3 hours. But this is one of my favourite conversations I have had on the podcast. It should be useful whatever your level of teaching

Science teacher and author, Adam Boxer, joins me to discuss his process for observing colleagues teach and then giving them feedback. Adam's approach - which he calls the Hypoesis model - has been hugely influential on my own observation and coaching

Jamie Thom interviewed me for his excellent Beyond Survival podcast - a show aimed at supporting new teachers. Jamie asked me to share five tips that I thought would benefit those teachers new to the classroom. Here is what I came up with: The importanc

Here are the links to the things discussed in the show: Tips for Teachers website Tips for Teachers podcast Tips for Teachers newsletter Tips for Teachers book Online and face-to-face CPD and departmental supportThree Tips for Teachers episodes t

Ollie Lovell is a maths teacher from sunny Australia. He is also a head of department, blogger, research ravager, pioneering podcaster, and best-selling author. He joins me to discuss the key ideas from his book: Tools for Teachers. We focus on two key ar

This episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast is a taster of my new project: Tips for Teachers (check out the website here: tipsforteachers.co.uk )Each episode of the Tips for Teachers podcast features a guest sharing 5 tips to improve any aspect of teachi