Wow, what a year for Teachers Talk Radio – We hope you have enjoyed listening as much as we have hosting you!
Here is the list you’ve been waiting for – the top 10 most downloaded Teachers Talk Radio podcasts of 2024. This list doesn't include live listeners so thanks to everyone who has enaged live with TTR this year. What have you been listening to? Let’s find out…
10) Lead like a champion - Are you an influencer or a disabler? (June 2024)
In this episode, Michelle Hinds is joined by special guest Olly Lewis, they discuss the importance of leaders creating learning organisations through ongoing personal and professional development for themselves and their staff. We explored: The challenges and rewards; the barriers and ways to overcome them. Listen and share your thoughts!
9) School exclusions and behaviour (October 2024)
In a bumper 2.5 hour wide ranging conversation, Tom discusses the thorny issue of exclusions in schools with special guests Andrew Old and David Urwin.
Andrew is a renowned teacher and blogger, David is experienced working in AP settings. Both share some contrasting views about exclusions in UK schools:
Why do exclusions happen? Have exclusions actually been increasing? What are the myths around exclusions? How should exclusions be reduced? Should they be? What is good prac and bad prac when it comes to exclusions? And so much more!
The video version of this show is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLPIIi6oaQ8&lc=Ugx4OcIJOHU29d6d3854AaABAg
8) The 9 day fortnight – One schools radical flexible working journey (May 2024)
Tom Rogers is joined by HOD for Science, Joel Kenyon, whose school (Dixons Academies) is due to introduce a 9 day a fortnight working pattern, providing teachers with a full extra day off every 2 week cycle. How will this work? How will this be timetabled? What other innovative strategies is the school introducing to retain staff? Find out in this incredibly interested and revealing conversation that has implications for schools across the UK and the world.
7) The Learning Walkthrus for Students and Parents with Tom Sherrington (March 2024, with John Catt Educational)
Hannah Wilson interviews author, blogger, speaker and Walkthrus creator Tom Sherrington about the latest book his Walkthrus series - Learning Walkthrus. Hear what the key messages and takeaways from the book are in this bumper interview. You can get 20% off the book on the John Catt Website by using the code JCTTR2425.
6) Flexi Timetables and Mental Health (March 2024)
Hannah Wilson talks to Steve Bladon, a former headteacher, who has enjoyed a 24 year career in primary education. In 2023 when one of his own children fell unwell with anxiety, and, temporarily, falling out of school, completely change the way he viewed school attendance and how we support students re-entering education.
5) Why has there been a decline in student behaviour? (March 2024)
Tom Rogers is joined by a range of guests to discuss the key reasons for the decline in behaviour in schools. This show was driven by the evidence base around this - including surveys by the UK Government, NASUWT, Teacher Tapp and more that all cite increased levels of poor behaviour in schools. Amongst the reasons discussed are; Social Media, Phones, Parenting, Lack of support from parents, entitlement, lack of SEND support, curriculum, mental health crisis, increase in trauma, super strict schools, covid, lack of special schools and lower societal expectations. Guest callers include Katie Waissel, Adam Woodward, James Bickerstaff, Gulcin Sesli and many more!
4) The School Trip Debate (June 2024)
Lucy Neuburger and Nathan Gynn talk to clinical psychologist Naomi Fisher and teacher Nathan Burns about the Twitter/X storm currently blowing around school trips. Do you exclude ...? Do you include ...? Listen in as passions rage and debate rumbles.
And now the top 3!
3) Making EHCP applications a whole lot easier (May 2024)
Claire Cannon talks EHCP applications. Got lots of EHCP applications to do? Needs assessment requests taking hours (or even days) of your time? Join me as I share some tips to help you reduce your workload around needs assessment requests and also how you can use the law to help you get your LA to agree them. I also bust some of the myths around what you 'should' do before applying and unlawful reasons for refusing to assess. Share with your SENCO colleagues to help their wellbeing.
2) Bill Rogers on Classroom Behaviour - TTR Special Episode (April 2024)
Tom Rogers talks to Australian behaviour expert Bill Rogers about all things behaviour in schools - what's going wrong? What needs to change? What strategies should teachers implement in the classroom? What about restorative conversations? Sanctions? Impact? School leadership support? All this and more covered in this 90 minute conversation - enjoy! The video version of this interview can be found here.
And in at number 1!
1) The psychology of attendance (March 2024)
Nathan Gynn is joined by clinical psychologist and author Doctor Naomi Fisher for an extensive discussion about attendance in schools. They discuss the psychology of attendance:
Does attendance matter?
What are the barriers to attendance?
Have young people changed?
How do young people feel about school?
Fines for non-attendance?
What powers to individual teachers have?
What should schools do more or less of to improve attendance?
All of this and more in a show supported by John Catt Educational.
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Happy New Year from everyone at Teachers Talk Radio!
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