The SecEd Podcast interviews secondary education experts and focuses on best practice, policy and research in the classroom and across the school, offering practical advice, insights and examples from professionals working in and with UK secondary schools. Each episode features a panel of teachers, school leaders and other experts and tackles topics relevant to secondary teaching and learning and wider education practice.
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This episode looks at how school leaders – especially headteachers – can thrive and survive in their role, including wellbeing and work/life balance advice, tips for leading from the front, handling the biggest challenges of leadership, and advice for those new to leadership roles.
In this episode, three experienced teachers discuss how to start and end our lessons in the secondary school classroom, focusing on getting the first and last 10 minutes right – from the point of view of both behaviour and learning.
Good questioning is at the heart of great teaching. This very practical episode looks at how teachers can plan and ask effective questions to support student participation, learning and progress, including lots of tips, ideas and techniques to try in your classroom
This episode of the podcast asks how classroom teachers and teaching staff can best support the learning, progress, and wellbeing of their neurodiverse students, offering practical insights and ideas.
This episode looks at the role of the classroom teacher and teaching staff when it comes to effective safeguarding practice, offering insights, tips and practical dos and don’ts – especially when it comes to spotting the signs and handling student disclosures.
This episode focuses on subject and curriculum reviews – or “deep dives” – in the secondary school, asking what they are, how we can conduct them effectively without burdening staff, and what information we can and cannot expect to gather accurately.
Three experienced teachers discuss tips and advice for how we can foster student curiosity and motivation in the secondary school classroom, with lots of examples and ideas for your teaching.
This episode offers practical tips and insights about how secondary schools can plan and implement flexible working practices to boost teacher recruitment and retention
What is “calm leadership” and how can this philosophy help middle and senior leaders in schools to be effective and inspiring in their roles? We chat to Patrick Cozier, the long-serving headteacher of Highgate Wood School, about his philosophy of calm leadership and how it has enabled him to thrive and survive during the trials of headship.
This episode discusses how we can build strong connections and relationships with our students – especially those who are vulnerable or 'hard to reach' – in order that they have the best chance of overcoming barriers and making progress in our classrooms.
In this episode we speak with Rachel W – an abuse survivor who disclosed to staff at school when aged 14 after suffering years of abuse. Rachel talks powerfully about her story and the lessons schools and school staff can learn from her experience of disclosure in order to improve safeguarding practice.
This episode focuses on how we can teach oracy and speaking skills in the classroom and across the school, with lots of practical tips, ideas, resources and advice as well as examples from the work of two secondary schools.
This episode of the SecEd Podcast offers best practice and tips for effectively managing Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs) and supporting students with SEND in the mainstream secondary school.
This episode looks at how we can best develop the literacy skills of our students, offering whole-school, cross-curricular and classroom-specific ideas, interventions and tips.
This episode discusses the role of the secondary school form tutor – what the role entails, how teachers can become effective form tutors, key expectations and obligations, ideas for running your form day-to-day, general dos & don'ts, and much more.
