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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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200. A Chat With Bridget Phillipson: The SEND White Paper, Maternity Pay & School Budgets
May 31, 2026

200. A Chat With Bridget Phillipson: The SEND White Paper, Maternity Pay & School Budgets

Two hundred episodes in, and somehow we ended up across the table from the person who runs the whole system. For the TSR 200th, Dylan and Hayden sit down with Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, and waste none of it on sm...
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199. Unpopular Opinions, Draconian Policies, and a SATs Week Rant
May 17, 2026

199. Unpopular Opinions, Draconian Policies, and a SATs Week Rant

"What's the biggest thing you two actually disagree on?" One listener has clocked the I agree, I agree tic and wants a proper scrap, so Dylan and Hayden dig into the teaching vs non-teaching divide and find it's spikier than ...
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198. Should Teachers Model Healthy Eating? Plus Quickest ECT Quits, Ethical Issues & Zombie Outbreaks
May 10, 2026

198. Should Teachers Model Healthy Eating? Plus Quickest ECT Quits, Ethical Issues & Zombie Outbreaks

🔢 Sign up for a free Maths Zoo demo right now and get your school using it before the end of term. Boost maths fluency and arithmetic across every year group, completely free trial, no strings. Book it at www.mathszoo.org A t...
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197. Is Setting In Maths Actually A Good Thing?
May 5, 2026

197. Is Setting In Maths Actually A Good Thing?

For about twenty-five years, the dominant message in teacher training has been clear. The research says mixed attainment is better. Setting damages confidence, harms low attainers, and widens the gap. Then in April 2026, the ...
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196. Q&A: Unannounced Learning Stalks, Parent Emails & Are SATs Pointless?
May 3, 2026

196. Q&A: Unannounced Learning Stalks, Parent Emails & Are SATs Pointless?

A teacher is getting emails from a parent at 10pm most nights with an expectation of a reply before school the next morning. Their SLT's advice? Just manage the relationship. Dylan and Hayden have slightly stronger thoughts o...
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195. Will The Smartphone Ban In Schools Actually Change Anything?
April 28, 2026

195. Will The Smartphone Ban In Schools Actually Change Anything?

England just made the school phone ban statutory. From this autumn, banning phones during the school day is not just guidance schools can choose to follow. It is the law. So why are so many headteachers saying it does not rea...
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Recent Blog Posts

The Power of Play: Why Continuous Provision Matters for Every Child
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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The Biggest Time-Wasting Teacher Jobs and Why They Should Be Scrapped
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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We Are Quitting Teaching – Here’s Why
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
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