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Teach Sleep Repeat

Teach Sleep Repeat is the podcast for teachers who need a laugh, a rant, and a reminder they are not alone. Dylan and Hayden dive into the real highs and lows of school life from classroom chaos to staffroom gossip.

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Oct. 7, 2025

Ep 141: Answering Your Questions: Careers After Teaching, The Homeschooling Boom & Teacher Training Improvements

Leave us a review and share this episode with someone you think might enjoy it! It really helps us out.Join our free WhatsApp community for Q&A submissions, polls on future episodes & links to the podcast first: https://chat....
Oct. 5, 2025

Ep 140: Learning Through Play & Continuous Provision: Why Child-Led Learning Is So Powerful!

We are joined by Ruth (MyMummyTeacher) to discuss the power of learning through play and why continuous provision can benefit children of all ages.Follow Ruth here: https://www.instagram.com/mymummyteacher/Sign the petition t...
Sept. 30, 2025

Ep 139: Answering Your Questions: Male Role Models, Wellbeing Initiatives & Fidget Toy

Thank you to our wonderful WhatsApp community for all of the quesitons. You can join the team for free https://chat.whatsapp.com/HB7n1PNGdGL5STACssEH1s Leave us a review and share this episode with someone you think might enj...
Sept. 28, 2025

Ep 138: The Biggest Waste Of Time Teacher Jobs & Why They Can Be Binned!

There are a LOT of things teachers do that are, realistically, a waste of time. How many of these do you agree with? Leave us a review and share this episode with someone you think might enjoy it! It really helps us out.Join ...
Sept. 23, 2025

Ep 137: Answering Your Questions: Targeting Union Reps, Best School Trips & Parents Taking Children Out Of Lessons

We are back answering your listener questions! - Best school trips we've ever been on- Does being a union rep put a target on your back- Best holiday ever- How to become a good leader- Should parents be allowed to opt-out of ...
Sept. 21, 2025

Ep 136: The Most TOXIC School Policies Ever! Massive Red Flags!

We trawl through the most unhinged, red flag teacher rules our listeners sent into us... Some of these are not just ridiculous - they are probably illegal!Leave us a review and share this episode with someone you think might ...

Recent Blog Posts

Oct. 6, 2025

The Power of Play: Why Continuous Provision Matters for Every Child

If you spend any time in an Early Years classroom you will quickly see that learning does not always happen at a desk. It happens in the role play corner where children negotiate who is the shopkeeper. It happens in the sand tray where pouring and m…

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Oct. 1, 2025

The Biggest Time-Wasting Teacher Jobs and Why They Should Be Scrapped

Every teacher knows the feeling of spending hours on something that makes no difference to the children in front of them. In Episode 138 of Teach Sleep Repeat we dived into the biggest time-wasting jobs in schools and asked why they still exist. Th…

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Sept. 17, 2025

We Are Quitting Teaching – Here’s Why

The UK education system is at a crossroads. Across staffrooms and social media feeds, conversations about teacher burnout, Ofsted pressure and impossible workloads are louder than ever. In Episode 117 of Teach Sleep Repeat we shared openly and hones…

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Reviews

Wonderful!

"I listen to this podcast every morning on my way to work and it never fails to make me laugh and genuinely ponder and reflect on my own practice! As a teacher of 7 years, it has helped me to identify…"

Jade-AMP | March 17, 2025

The shocking facts and truth

"This podcast is a true insight to all the fun and difficulties a teacher goes through. I’ve been teaching unqualified for 10 years but will finally be an ECT this September. Every episode is like li…"

Oafishcub | March 21, 2025

What we are all thinking!

"I LOVE listening to Hayden and Dylan on the way into work in the mornings - it has become my new morning routine! Open, honest, funny podcast that is brave enough to say what we are all thinking as t…"

Rgarg89 | March 28, 2025

Just brilliant.

"I have very recently discovered this podcast and as someone who has worked in different roles in education over 25 years there is so much I can relate to! Dylan and Hayden are refreshing, honest and …"

Jessica Jay Corvidae | March 29, 2025

The best guys

"Dylan and Hayden are down to earth and no nonsense. Not only do they talk about the world of teaching they are just lovely humans! 🩶"

Flowerpower11-2 | June 17, 2025