Season 3
March 2, 2025
Ep 102: Deep Diving The 'School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document': Know Your Rights!
It's not the most interesting or riveting read, but many teachers simply are not aware what is in the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document and this leads to many teachers not knowing their rights. Whether it's directed...
Feb. 23, 2025
Ep 101: Why Do So Many People Hate Teachers?
This episode was inspired by a recent string of not-so-nice comments on social media from people who clearly have something against teachers... So we wondered... Why?! Who are the main groups? Where do they get their ideas fr...
Feb. 16, 2025
Ep 100: How We Would Lead A School: Planning, Marking, Play & Wellbeing
We have reached 100 episodes! We look back at our favourite parts of the podcast (including one of the most genuinely funny moments of our lives...), talk about some key shocking figures from teaching and then dive into how w...
Feb. 9, 2025
Ep 99: Have Ofsted Completely Lost Their Minds?
Have you seen the recent announcements from Ofsted and the government that explain how schools will be judged in the future? The general consensus is in...... It's not good. Join us as we chat about it and much more in this w...
Feb. 2, 2025
Ep 98: Have We Overcomplicated Teaching? Why Simplicity Is Key
This week, we dive into why teaching has become SO much more complicated, the role has evolved, and we are asking more than ever from out children.... But is it for a good reason? Are we prioritising the right things? We woul...
Jan. 26, 2025
Ep 97: The Harsh Realities of Teaching: 7 Things We Need To Talk About
This week, we reflect on our trip to BETT! We met loads of amazing people & companies, but also felt a bit overwhelmed by the choise and size of the event. So, it inspired this week's episode. Yes, there are SO many cool edte...
Jan. 19, 2025
Ep 96: 15 Amazing Classroom Tools Every Teacher Should Try Out!
In this episode, we breakdown some of the best tools / schemes we use in the classroom. With about 20 years teaching experience between us, we talk about what works for us, as well as how they could be implemented in a classr...
Jan. 12, 2025
Ep 95: Why Do So Many Teachers Feel Trapped In The Job?
We've all either felt this way or had a conversation with a teacher that goes like this... "I would leave but I just feel like I can't" It's a widespread thought and this week we dive into WHY it is the case. What are the pro...
Jan. 5, 2025
Ep 94: The Ultimate New Year Teacher Guide: 7 Things You Need To Do In 2025!
Happy 2025! What better way to start off the year than with a brand new episode of Teach Sleep Repeat. This week, we talk through 7 things that will help teachers smash the new year. Let us know what you think & follow us on....
Dec. 29, 2024
Ep 93: Reading for Pleasure, Fining Bad Behaviour & 2025 Goals
Our LAST episode of 2024 is packed! We reflect on the best things from the last year, talk about the recent suggestion parents should be FINED for their children's bad behaviour & set some goals for 2025. We hope you enjoy an...
Dec. 22, 2024
Ep 92: Teacher This or That: Rows or Groups? iPads or Sheets? Pupil Gifts or Not?
Yes... We are releasing an episode on Christmas week! This episode covers a whole medley of teacher topics, so there's bound to be something here for anyone. Should year 6 abandon maths and English after SATs? Would you rathe...
Dec. 15, 2024
Ep 91: The Ultimate Guide To Teaching Maths: Conceptual Understanding, Problem Solving & Manipulatives
In this episode, we spill everything we know about teaching maths. Having qualified as primary maths experts and lead maths in school for many years, we hope this episode is something all teachers new and old can get somethin...
Dec. 8, 2024
Ep 90: 9 Things We Would Implement In Every School Immediately: Marking, Dress Codes & Play
We aren't afraid of talking about the big issues in education, which means we also like to think of as many solutions as possible. Here are 9 policies we think every school should immediately introduce. What do you think? Fol...
Dec. 1, 2024
Ep 89: Beating Burnout, Boosting Health & Putting Yourself First: Top Tips with Charlie Burley (The Teachers' Health Coach)
Teaching, especially in the manic term before Christmas, can cause your health and looking after yourself to take a backseat. Charlie, the teachers' health coach, joins us this week to explain why that doesn't have to be the ...
Nov. 24, 2024
Ep 88: The New Proposed OFSTED Reform: Will It Finally 'Raise Standards In Education'?
Ofsted have been back in the news and they've caused quite a bit of controversy in the education / teaching world! New frameworks for how inspections will be carried out and how schools will be judged have been release to.......
Nov. 17, 2024
Ep 87: What Is A Teacher Martyr & Why Are They So Harmful To Education?
Prepare yourselves for this one... Join us as we discuss 'teacher martyrs' - a modern term that we define early on in the episode. It's a pretty wild ride as Hayden gets rather angry at the state of education. Is there anythi...
Nov. 10, 2024
Ep 86: Workplace Bullying, Toxic SLT & Teacher Martyrs: Omar Akbar (The Unofficial Teacher's Manual)
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Omar, author and secondary school teacher, for an honest and open chat about his experience of workplace bullying in a toxic school. Omar candidly talks about his experience as a young...
Nov. 3, 2024
Ep 85: How To Survive The Christmas Term (8 Top Tips)
Half-term is over & we are back for CHRISTMAS TERM! This term is a lot of teachers' favourite, but it also extremely busy and jam-packed with things to get done. Here are our top 8 tips for teachers to survive the Christmas t...
Oct. 27, 2024
Ep 84: Did The Teacher Strikes Change Anything? (Why Education Is STILL Broken)
Nearly 2 years ago, thousands of teachers went on strike because of the broken, underfunded education system. So, has education been fixed? Did the strikes achieve anything? The short answer is, no. Education Is still broken....
Oct. 20, 2024
Ep 83: A Teacher's Guide To Prioritising: Which Tasks Can We Bin Off?
Prioritising tasks as a teacher is essential to avoiding burn out. A teacher's list is NEVER-ENDING and you will always find something else to do. So what actually needs doing? What can we bin off, and still not affect your c...
Oct. 13, 2024
Ep 82: The Best Parts of Teaching: Fulfillment, Fun & Making a Difference
Full positive mode this week! Quite simply, we reflect on all of the best bits of the job. What keeps so many teachers going, despite the issues in the profession? Let us know what your favourite parts are 🙌🏻 Instagram: @teac...
Oct. 6, 2024
Ep 81: Why Is Education So Obsessed With 'Reinventing The Wheel'?
You've probably heard someone not in teaching say it before.... "Why can't you use what you've already planned?" So teachers REALLY need to re-plan things for every single new class? To what extent does buying into a scheme a...
Sept. 29, 2024
Ep 80: Is Teaching A Job For Life Anymore?
When we were at school, it felt like teaching was a job for life. Teachers were a broad range of ages, even being older more often than not. What changed? Why are so many teachers saying they can't see themselves doing the jo...
Sept. 22, 2024
Ep 79: Is Becoming A Middle Leader In School Ever Worth It?
Is being a classroom teacher enough? Should we always strive to work our way up the ladder in school? What is the boost in money like? Is it *really* a stepping-stone? Is your time just exploited? We look at the pros and cons...