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The internet is aflame with discussions around oracy. In this episode, Adam and Amy give their take on the hottest new (!) trend. Tune in and please share!

This week, Adam and Amy are joined by Alistair, the CEO of Edapt to discuss all things HR, AI complaints, national policy, and how to avoid getting sacked.

In this episode, Adam is joined by guest host Jon Hutchinson to take questions from the listeners. They cover lesson objectives, curriculum planning, being a dad and Kahoot. Tune in and share!

In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by the brilliant Paul and Nidhi to talk all things teacher development and expertise, in honour of the launch of their new book.

Here's the link to the book from Routledge and the 20% discount code: 26AFLY3

This week, Adam and Amy take questions from the listeners and look at effort/attainment grades, CPD over time, boarding schools and more. Tune in!

In this episode, Adam and Amy take questions from the listeners on a range of topics, including inclusion, interview lessons, CPD and teaching difficult classes. Tune in and share!

This week, Adam and Amy are joined by professor Candice Odgers, a world-renowned expert in young people's mental health and the impact of technology. It's a fascinating and challenging conversation, and you can watch Candice's Ted talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzbz--aPQLE

In this episode, Adam and Amy look at recent news stories including the release of PISA data and the dissolution of the Athena trust following complaints about behaviour policies. They also take a range of questions from listeners about AI in the classroom.

We are back! In this episode, Adam and Amy talk through the big news stories of the summer, including NEETs, GCSE results and Alpha Schools. They also squeeze in a cracking listener questions about colleagues interrupting your lessons for a "quick chat."

This week, Adam and Amy are joined by one of education's most influential figures: Professor Becky Francis. Together, they discuss the impact of the EEF, whether summaries and posters are a good idea, mixed ability teaching, and what inclusive teaching means. A huge way to end the year!

Question time is back, and this week Adam and Amy tackle toilet passes, behaviour policies, lateness, micromanagement, exam feedback and more.

In this episode, Amy and Adam are joined by one of their absolute heroes: Professor Rob Coe. They cover a lot of ground, from assesment and grade inflation, right the way up to Rob's scepticism around cooaching. Tune in and share!

In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by "veteran" Sarah Ledger. Recorded just weeks before she is due to retire, Adam and Amy grill her on what's changed over the 40 years she's been teaching. We're in awe of Sarah's service, and try to honour her and all veteran teachers.

In this episode, Amy and Adam are joined by primary expert Cathie to look at behaviour, reading for pleasure, AI assisted lesson planning and much more. Not to be missed!

Unfortunately, Amy is unwell again this week, so Adam is joined by Grainne! They discuss questions from the listeners, including:

Should Do Nows be done on mini-whiteboards?

Is it hard to deliver instructions well?

Do I need to send my lesson resources to SEND students in advance?

How do I get my kids started with independent practice?

Ruth is one of Amy and Adam's favourite people, and is the author of the lengendary E. Coli blog. In this wide ranging conversation, she covers inclusion, staff culture, feminism, curriculum, and more. Not to be missed.

Amy's back! In this episode Amy and Adam return and take questions from the listeners on a range of topics including leading CPD, autonomy, student behaviour, and fire alarms.

Laura is one of education's great communicators and commentators. In this episode, we look back at the three things that have changed the most over the last ten years, and look ahead to the three things that will dominate education in the ten years to come. Not to be missed!

This week, Adam is joined by guest host and belonging expert Jon Hutchinson to discuss belonging, T&L, and various leadership issues like how to deal with hecklers. Tune in and share!

In this episode, we are joined by Charley from the Sutton Trust to explore whether and if the "best" schools take their fair share of students on free school meals or with SEND. Not to be missed!

Adam and Amy take questions on a range of subjects, including whether we should invite parents into lessons, how to manage behaviour in drama, should we teach boys differently to girls, how to find time for coaching, and what to do if colleagues keep interrupting our lessons.

Jo is THE expert when it comes to homework, and in this episode talks through the common mistakes that people make when it comes to homework policies. Not to be missed!

In this episode, Adam and Amy and Amy take questions from the listeners on all sorts of topics: private school heads of year, mini-whoteboards and extended writing, curriculum time for science, how to observe lessons and the differences between SENCOs and heads of year. Tune in and share!

This week, we are joined by Teacher Tapp's Grainne to explore her favourite facts:

How has teacher workload changed over time?

Should heads of year have teaching timetables?

To what extent do senior leaders consult the research evidence before making decisions?

All this and more, tune in and share!

In this week's question time, Adam and Amy deal with:

How to motivated the unmotivated

How does CPD work in your schools

Is providing colleagues with resources deskilling them?

How should I prepare to be a head of year?

Is imposter syndrome real?

All this and more!

Raj is a teacher and researcher working on teacher expertise. In this episode, he tries to convince a skeptical Adam and Amy that AI might have a role to play in helping teachers get better at teaching. It's a fascinating debate - tune in and share!

In this episode, Adam and Amy get in a little tiff about English teaching, and take questions from the listeners on behaviour, oracy, retrieval, restoratives and more!

In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by one of the most experienced and respected school leaders out there. Matt has a lot to say about leadership and the struggles facing leadership teams in schools today.

In this episode, Adam and Amy take questions from the listeners, including how early is too early to remove a student, circulating, managing your bosses, and weaning colleagues off marking. Tune in and share!

In this episode, Adam and Amy take questions from the listeners on a range of topics: AI and safeguarding, questioning, lesson starts and behaviour support for supply teachers. Please share if you can!

This week, Adam is joined by the GOAT and OG of education podcasts: Craig Barton. In a wide ranging interview, they discuss Craig's experiences visiting hundreds of schools, seeing thousands of lessons, and codifying everything in 16 remarkable books. Not to be missed!

In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by behaviour czar, Tom Bennett, to talk behaviour, research and more. Tune in and share.

This week Adam and Amy are joined by friend of the show, Jon Hutchinson and they discuss his role at reach and on the curriculum assesment review. They also take some time to answer some questions from listeners on social media and polarisation.

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. 

Link to Carousel Teaching webinars: tinyurl.com/CTWeb26

 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!

In light of the horrific attack at a synagogue in Manchester, Adam gives a 2000 year history of antisemitism, and explores how it has applied in England in the modern era. Following that, Amy takes on some attendance issues and explores some potential solutions.

Question time! In this episode, Adam and Amy take questions from the listeners on a range of things, including knowledge organisers and lesson observations. Tune in!

In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by guest (co-host?) Grainne to discuss all things data in schools. Is behaviour better in primaries or secondaries? Should schools ban skirts? And where are we up to with phones?

Unfortunately, Adam had a problem with his audio, but it should be fixed for next week!

In this episode, Adam and Amy are joined by Becky Allen, co-founder of TeacherTapp. There's a lot on the agenda, including assessment, curriculum, data, retention and more! Not to be missed.

Join Amy and her co-host as they take questions from the listeners on a range of subjects, including whether booklets need to have school branding and how we encourage a sense of resilience in our students as they begin to do independent practice.

Adam and Amy are joined by the fantastic Carl Hendrick to discuss retrieval practice, whether we should teach kids about the reasons we are teaching them in certain ways and much more

Adam and Amy chat to Nick Gibb about his new book, the impact of his time in the department of education, and whether schools like Michaela are replicable country wide.

Christine is one of the leading voices in education discourse, and has been at the heart of the curriculum revolution in schools and at Ousted .Tune in for a wide ranging discussion on knowledge, cognitive science, curriculum and the future of education discourse.

Adam and Amy are joined by Bill Wikinson who, after a varied career across education, has just spent his first year as SENco. They discuss the life of a SENco and why the system currently isn't working well enough.