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"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 ...

🔢 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...

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 ...

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...

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...

A wellbeing lead has introduced a shout-out wall and free fruit in the staffroom. The teacher who wrote in knows exactly why staff morale is low, and it has nothing to do with bananas. Dylan and Hayden are firmly on their sid...

The government just announced the biggest shake-up of school food standards in over a decade. Ice cream is gone. Fruit juice is gone. Deep-frying is banned outright. And every single main meal now has to come with vegetables....

A teacher writes in saying she had to be talked out of going into work while ill by her own partner. Not because she wanted to be there, but because calling in sick felt worse than just turning up. Dylan and Hayden know exact...

It's the summer term in school and that means one thing if you're working in primary... The SATs take over! Teachers forced to do booster sessions, afternoon lessons ruined, cheating galore... It all goes on. Join us for a ch...

It's a new term (for most of you!) and we are back with another Q&A! Join our free WhatsApp community for Q&A submissions, polls on future episodes & links to the podcast first: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HB7n1PNGdGL5STACssEH1...

Join our free WhatsApp community for Q&A submissions,polls on future episodes & links to the podcast first: ⁠https://chat.whatsapp.com/HB7n1PNGdGL5STACssEH1s Leave us a review and share this episode with someone youthink migh...

You've probably heard all of the most common teacher hate comments out there... Let's dive into them and why they are complete nonsense! Join our free WhatsApp community for Q&A submissions, polls on future episodes & links t...

Another unhinged Q&A with your teacher / education / school questions for us to dive into! Book a free demo for MathsZoo now and see how we can help your school smash maths! www.mathszoo.org Join our free WhatsApp community f...

This week, we chat to Mr Hobbs, an English teacher in secondary school based in Cardiff. We talk about secondary teaching, decline in reading, positive masculinity and much more! Follow Mr Hobbs here: https://www.instagram.co...

We are back answering listener questions on all things teaching! Book a free demo for MathsZoo now and see how we can help your school smash maths! https://mathszoo.org/ Join our free WhatsApp community for Q&A submissions, p...

Levi is on a mission to get kids reading. If you are a teacher or school leader, you can get hundreds of free ebooks for your students right now. 👉 Sign up today at www.storyzoo.org In this episode, we sit down with Chelsea a...

We are back answering listener questions on all things teaching! This week we cover residentials, TA exploitation and behaviour charts, amongs lots of other things! Book a free demo for MathsZoo now and see how we can help yo...

With another unfunded pay rise on the horizon and school leaders saying they are running out of things to cut back on, are schools actually at breaking point now? Book a free demo for MathsZoo now and see how we can help your...

We are back answering listener questions. Influencers working with government, filming in school, favourite teachers and delivering CPD! Enjoy it! Book a free demo for MathsZoo now and see how we can help your school smash ma...

This week, we dive into our journey through teaching. From training, being newly qualified, taking on extra responsibilties, leading subjects, moving school and eventually deciding to leave the classroom, we discuss it all! W...

We are back with another listener Q+A episode and we cover quite the range of topics this week! Should politics ever enter the classroom? What lesson would we teach at Hogwarts? Should I lead a subject for no pay or time? Boo...

Book a free demo for MathsZoo now and see how we can help your school smash maths! www.mathszoo.orgJoin our free WhatsApp community for Q&A submissions, polls on future episodes & links to the podcast first: https://chat.what...

Book a free demo for MathsZoo now and see how we can help your school smash maths! www.mathszoo.org Join our free WhatsApp community for Q&A submissions, polls on future episodes & links to the podcast first: https://chat.wha...

Enjoy your half-term Q&A episode lovely people! Come and join us for a live webinar on primary maths fluency on Tuesday 24th February at 3:45 and see what Maths Zoo can do for your school! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teach-s...