All episodes

59 episodes. Each page has the show notes, sources, the audio and a full transcript.

• 2, 2, 2, 4 Weeks: The Four EHCP Review Deadlines Parents Are Owed
  Episode 58 · Parents · 6 Oct 2026 · 17 min
• Every Adult Has The Power: DfE's 4 Purposes For Reasonable Force
  Episode 56 · Staff · 2 Oct 2026 · 18 min
• Ofsted Toolkit v2.0: The 4 Changes Your August SEF Missed
  Episode 55 · Leaders · 1 Oct 2026 · 17 min
• 91% Sounds Like An A Grade: The Letter Still Says 'Persistent'
  Episode 54 · Parents · 30 Sept 2026 · 18 min
• The Dutch Banned Phones: Problems Fell From 62% To 29%
  Episode 53 · Global Pioneers · 29 Sept 2026 · 20 min
• A Nagging Doubt Is Enough: KCSiE's 23 Paragraphs On Staff Concerns
  Episode 52 · Staff · 28 Sept 2026 · 13 min
• Draft, Indicative, Likely To Change: DfE's Provision Packages
  Episode 51 · Leaders · 25 Sept 2026 · 20 min
• Zero First Aid Qualifications Needed For The 'Appointed Person'
  Episode 50 · Staff · 24 Sept 2026 · 17 min
• 90% Of £5bn SEND Deficits Already Written Off: What's Left For The Budget
  Episode 49 · Leaders · 23 Sept 2026 · 20 min
• 11.42% Absent On The Last Friday: DfE's Full-Year Attendance Data
  Episode 48 · Teachers · 22 Sept 2026 · 15 min
• No New SEND Code Before 2029, Whatever The Staffroom Says
  Episode 47 · Leaders · 21 Sept 2026 · 15 min
• New Zealand Copied Our Phonics Check: 26%, Then 35%
  Episode 57 · Global Pioneers · 19 Sept 2026 · 16 min
• EHCPs Unchanged Until At Least September 2030
  Episode 46 · Leaders · 18 Sept 2026 · 17 min
• 'We Are Analysing Your Feedback': The Still-Missing SEND Response
  Episode 45 · Leaders · 17 Sept 2026 · 16 min
• +5 Months, Just 1 Padlock: The Weakest Evidence We've Quoted
  Episode 44 · Teachers · 16 Sept 2026 · 17 min
• 'Fewer Problems, Greater Detail': EEF's Line Instead Of A Figure
  Episode 43 · Teachers · 15 Sept 2026 · 19 min
• No Single Number This Time: The 5 EEF Recommendations for Early Maths
  Episode 42 · Teachers · 14 Sept 2026 · 20 min
• 111 Shoulds, One Must: What KCSiE Part One Requires Of You
  Episode 69 · Staff · 12 Sept 2026 · 31 min
• Closed 18 May, Still No Response On SEND Reform
  Episode 41 · Leaders · 12 Sept 2026 · 19 min
• 15 February: The Statutory EHC Deadline Most Schools Track Too Late
  Episode 40 · Leaders · 11 Sept 2026 · 20 min
• Every Universal Credit Household Now Qualifies For FSM
  Episode 39 · Leaders · 10 Sept 2026 · 21 min
• 'One Set Is Likely Sufficient': Ofqual's Mock Exam Warning
  Episode 38 · Leaders · 9 Sept 2026 · 20 min
• No 'Plus X Months': Five Meta-Analyses On Maths Manipulatives
  Episode 37 · Teachers · 8 Sept 2026 · 16 min
• Zero Months: 58 EEF Studies On Setting And Streaming
  Episode 36 · Teachers · 7 Sept 2026 · 19 min
• +6 Months, 145 Studies: But Not If It's Just 'Kids Teaching Kids'
  Episode 35 · Teachers · 6 Sept 2026 · 22 min
• One Month Apart: 1:1 vs Small-Group Tuition's Budget Gap
  Episode 34 · Teachers · 5 Sept 2026 · 22 min
• The Five Techniques Diagnostic Assessment Actually Runs On
  Episode 33 · Teachers · 4 Sept 2026 · 19 min
• +3 Months On SEL Hides A +5 vs +2 Split By Phase
  Episode 32 · Teachers · 3 Sept 2026 · 17 min
• +2 Months, 136 Studies: Why Physical Activity Boosts Learning
  Episode 31 · Teachers · 2 Sept 2026 · 16 min
• 8.75 Hours A Week Judged Unnecessary: DfE's Workload Toolkit
  Episode 30 · Leaders · 1 Sept 2026 · 18 min
• No Holiday Clause: KCSiE Paragraph 59 On Safeguarding Cover
  Episode 29 · Leaders · 31 Aug 2026 · 16 min
• Draft, Not Law: 3 Package Categories, Zero Expert Panel
  Episode 28 · Global Pioneers · 30 Aug 2026 · 21 min
• 937 To 1,420: Ofsted's Own Annual Report
  Episode 27 · Leaders · 30 Aug 2026 · 15 min
• 4.02 vs 3.72: Suspensions Track The Calendar, Not Darkness
  Episode 26 · Leaders · 30 Aug 2026 · 20 min
• Arts Participation Is Worth +3 Months, Yet Cut For Maths
  Episode 25 · Teachers · 29 Aug 2026 · 17 min
• 0.4% Vacancy Rate, 38,600 Gone: The Workforce Census
  Episode 24 · Leaders · 29 Aug 2026 · 18 min
• £20 Billion A Year: What Low Literacy Really Costs
  Episode 23 · Teachers · 29 Aug 2026 · 18 min
• 5:1 Isn't Proven: The Small-Scale Study Behind The Ratio
  Episode 22 · Parents · 29 Aug 2026 · 20 min
• 188 Studies On Talk: Five Minutes A Pupil, Worth 6 Months
  Episode 21 · Teachers · 29 Aug 2026 · 16 min
• 937 Inspections, Just 4% Of Schools: Ofsted's First-Year Numbers
  Episode 20 · Leaders · 29 Aug 2026 · 19 min
• 228 Studies: The Case For Phonics Beyond Key Stage One
  Episode 19 · Teachers · 29 Aug 2026 · 12 min
• 10% And 50%: The Two Attendance Thresholds Behind Every Letter
  Episode 18 · Leaders · 29 Aug 2026 · 15 min
• 184 Studies, 7 Months: Reading Comprehension's Strongest Number
  Episode 17 · Teachers · 28 Aug 2026 · 18 min
• Closed Since 18 May: What's Actually True About SEND Reform
  Episode 16 · Leaders · 28 Aug 2026 · 14 min
• Homework Is Worth 5 Months In Secondary, Only 3 In Primary
  Episode 15 · Teachers · 28 Aug 2026 · 19 min
• One October Thursday Decides Four Funding Calculations
  Episode 14 · Leaders · 28 Aug 2026 · 17 min
• Mastery Learning's +5 Months Rests On An 80% Threshold
  Episode 13 · Teachers · 28 Aug 2026 · 17 min
• Called 'Secure' Until Someone Objected: Ofsted's Inclusion Scale
  Episode 12 · Leaders · 28 Aug 2026 · 19 min
• Feedback Is Worth 6 Months, Done Badly It Harms Progress
  Episode 11 · Teachers · 27 Aug 2026 · 19 min
• High Needs Funding Up 67% In The SEND White Paper
  Episode 2 · Leaders · 21 Aug 2026 · 21 min
• KCSiE 2026: Annex A Moved, And The 3-Day DBS Rule You Missed
  Episode 3 · Leaders · 21 Aug 2026 · 20 min
• EEF's 5:1 'Magic Ratio': Built On One Small-Scale Study
  Episode 4 · Teachers · 21 Aug 2026 · 24 min
• Parents Who Preview RSHE Materials Are 4x More Satisfied
  Episode 5 · Leaders · 21 Aug 2026 · 21 min
• FSM Pupils Excluded 5x More: The Behaviour Evidence Gap
  Episode 6 · Teachers · 21 Aug 2026 · 21 min
• Nine Areas, Five Grades, Zero Overall Score: Ofsted's Shake-Up
  Episode 7 · Leaders · 21 Aug 2026 · 23 min
• 16 Of 21 Results Went The Wrong Way For Teaching Assistants
  Episode 8 · Teachers · 21 Aug 2026 · 22 min
• Four Clocks, One Deadline: The 15 February Date SENCOs Miss
  Episode 9 · Leaders · 21 Aug 2026 · 23 min
• 3,740 Letters, 18 Replies: Your Parent Flyer Isn't Working
  Episode 10 · Global Pioneers · 21 Aug 2026 · 21 min
• 355 Studies, Eight Months' Progress: EEF's Metacognition Review
  Episode 1 · Teachers · 19 Aug 2026 · 21 min