The School Leadership Podcast
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The School Leadership Podcast
In NAHT's podcast series, you'll hear interviews with some of the leading voices in education and conversations about issues at the heart of leadership and learning.
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Putting well-being first: the school that changed children’s education by prioritising mental health
Four years ago, Car Mill Primary School in St Helens, Merseyside, embarked on a new whole-school approach to mental health that has delivered some rem...
Allergies in schools: supporting leaders, teachers and students
In the wake of the tragic death of 15-year-old Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died in 2016 from an allergic reaction to sesame seeds in the dough of a b...
Inspiring Leadership – part two
How can you effectively manage conflict? What qualities define great leadership? In what ways should schools implement artificial intelligence? In thi...
Inspiring Leadership – part one
In this episode, we explore the art of decision-making, the importance of ‘botheredness’, the dynamics of people-pleasing, and much more. Join us to h...
Rethinking teacher appraisal
The removal of performance-related pay in 2024 marked a turning point in how schools approach teacher appraisal. But why was performance-related pay a...
Cybersecurity for school leaders
How do you keep your school’s IT systems and data safe? From ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ backups and the cloud to patching, passwords and multi-factor authentica...
Lessons in negotiation: tools to help school leaders build better relationships and calm a crisis
In this episode, former Metropolitan Police hostage and crisis negotiator Nicky Perfect shares strategies to help school leaders deal with difficult e...
The future of school inspection: what school leaders need to know about Ofsted’s plans for reform
Plans to change the way schools in England will be inspected were unveiled by Ofsted earlier this month. These would see schools graded on a five-step...
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: what school leaders need to know
Published in December and currently making its way through parliament, the government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill would bring about change...
How can we make school leadership sustainable?
What does being a leader in a primary or secondary school today really involve? How does the role vary across the UK? And how can we make it more sust...
So far, so good? What impact has the new government had on schools?
A little more than four months on since the general election, NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman reflects on working with the new government so far,...
Reducing workload and improving well-being: one trust’s journey
From ditching performance targets to allowing teachers time off – hear how a multi-academy trust is overhauling its policies in a bid to tackle worklo...
Extra episode: exploring staff absence protection for schools
What does a really good school staff absence insurance policy look like? How can schools support staff well-being and lower absenteeism? What does hav...
How do we improve education policymaking?
Whether it's synthetic phonics, the curriculum or school inspection, how are our education policies actually made? Why do they often fail the sector t...
Rethinking the curriculum: creating an inclusive primary education
Where do you start to if you want to diversify the primary curriculum? Based on her experience as a primary head teacher, Sarah Wordlaw shares ideas a...
An election special
With the 4 July 2024 general election approaching, the School Leadership Podcast explores NAHT’s manifesto for education For Their Future with the uni...
Top of the class? Insights from some of the world’s highest-performing school systems
What can we learn from the world’s top-performing school systems? Join Geoff Masters, CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research, and NAHT...
Rethinking leadership development
Liz Robinson, CEO of multi-academy trust and charity Big Education, believes there’s a significant gap between what national professional qualificatio...
What next for the school system?
It is more than two decades since academies were first introduced to the English education system, and around half of all state-funded pupils now atte...
Inspiring leadership in 2024
The Inspiring Leadership Conference is back in Birmingham this June for its tenth year, with another uplifting programme of speakers and sessions spec...
Teacher Wellbeing Index 2023: a snapshot of the sector
Content warning: please note this podcast episode mentions suicide.
Loneliness, stress, not-fit-for-purpose inspections and burnout: Education S...
Will AI transform education?
Could AI reduce workload by cutting the time teachers spend on marking and lesson planning – is it a time-saver or time-waster? What are ‘hallucinatio...
Learning with parents
Research suggests that by age 11, a disadvantaged child is on average nine months behind their peers in English and Maths – and that only 14% of this...
The social model of disability
NAHT supports the social model of disability, which shifts the focus away from individuals, and onto the societal barriers that ‘disable’ people. Thro...
Inspiring Leadership in 2023
From demystifying mindfulness to rethinking resilience, hear thought-provoking conversations with key speakers at this year’s Inspiring Leadership Con...
Talking technology: edtech in schools
How can schools decide what education technology (edtech) to invest in? Has the edtech agenda been overrun by technologists – and if so, how can it be...
An industrial action special
In this special episode of the School Leadership Podcast, NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman talks about the upcoming industrial action ballot and w...
Life-friendly leadership
What does life-friendly leadership look like in schools? And why do so many women aged 30 to 39 – more than any other group – leave teaching every yea...
The picture on pay
NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman gives his analysis of the current dispute over pay for teachers and school leaders, and explains why the governme...
Talking about transition
Experienced school leader and education advisor Dave Harris talks about what good school transition looks like, why it’s the elephant in the room and...
Schools and sustainability
How can schools help tackle climate change? Are solar panels, heat pumps and retrofitting realistic solutions – particularly for older school building...
A Black History Month special: the anti-racist journey of a Manchester school
Hear Laura Morris, head of religious studies and citizenship at a secondary school in Manchester, reflect honestly on her school’s anti-racist journey...
Closing the writing gap
How is writing like a game of chess? What difference does improved writing make, and how can teachers be supported to achieve this? Is reading the key...
Leading on assessment
Effective assessment remains one of the most crucial aspects of high-quality teaching and learning. In this episode, three school leaders speak to NAH...
An Inspiring Leadership special
This episode of NAHT’s School Leadership Podcast brings you conversations with some of the key speakers at Inspiring Leadership Conference 2022, which...
Coaching for the classroom
History teacher and coach Sam Moinet speaks to the School Leadership Podcast about his experiences in the classroom and of the mental health challenge...
Making sense of the metrics
Husham Khan, author of the best-selling book Financial Intelligence for School Business Leaders, speaks to NAHT’s Natalie Arnett about the pressures f...
In conversation with Ed Balls
Former secretary of state for education and cabinet minister Ed Balls reflects on his experiences of – and views on – leadership in this April 2022 ep...
Ventilation in schools
What is the best way to ventilate a classroom, what do you need to know about CO2 monitors and are air-cleaning machines worth the investment? NAHT’s...
Just Like Us
As part of LGBT+ History Month in 2022, hear Dominic Arnall, chief executive at LGBT+ young people's charity Just Like Us, in conversation with NAHT’s...