The School Leadership Podcast

The School Leadership Podcast


Latest Episodes

An election special
June 26, 2024

With the 4 July 2024 general election approaching, the School Leadership Podcast explores NAHT’s manifesto for education For Their Future with the union’s general secretary Paul Whiteman and assistant general secretary James Bowen. They talk through NAHT

Top of the class? Insights from some of the world’s highest-performing school systems
May 13, 2024

What can we learn from the worlds top-performing school systems? Join Geoff Masters, CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research, and NAHT assistant general secretary James Bowen as they discuss the findings of research into the worlds highes

Rethinking leadership development
April 09, 2024

Liz Robinson, CEO of multi-academy trust and charity Big Education, believes theres a significant gap between what national professional qualifications (NPQs) cover and what school leaders really need in order to be equipped with the knowledge and skills

What next for the school system?
March 06, 2024

It is more than two decades since academies were first introduced to the English education system, and around half of all state-funded pupils now attend one. Yet, in its new report 20 Years of Muddling Through, think-tank EDSK argues not only that the lan

Inspiring leadership in 2024
February 15, 2024

The Inspiring Leadership Conference is back in Birmingham this June for its tenth year, with another uplifting programme of speakers and sessions specifically for school leaders.Among the many new faces this year the line-up already includes Sir Andrew

Teacher Wellbeing Index 2023: a snapshot of the sector
December 20, 2023

Content warning: please note this podcast episode mentions suicide.Loneliness, stress, not-fit-for-purpose inspections and burnout: Education Supports latest research into the well-being of education staff reveals a stark picture of the day-to-day life

Will AI transform education?
November 21, 2023

Could AI reduce workload by cutting the time teachers spend on marking and lesson planning is it a time-saver or time-waster? What are hallucinations and why should educators be aware of them? And what about its use by students?In this episode of the

Learning with parents
September 15, 2023

Research suggests that by age 11, a disadvantaged child is on average nine months behind their peers in English and Maths and that only 14% of this is related to what happens at school, while 49% is related to what happens at home.But what can schools

The social model of disability
August 11, 2023

NAHT supports the social model of disability, which shifts the focus away from individuals, and onto the societal barriers that disable people. Through this approach the focus is on trying to remove those barriers, to ensure equality for disabled people

Inspiring Leadership in 2023
July 27, 2023

From demystifying mindfulness to rethinking resilience, hear thought-provoking conversations with key speakers at this years Inspiring Leadership Conference, which took place at the ICC in Birmingham last month.Best-selling author and former Twitter Eur

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