The SecEd Podcast: Teaching year 7

This episode offers insights, ideas and approaches for teaching year 7 classes effectively – including practical ways of preventing the infamous year 7 dip. Our expert panel of three experienced teachers discuss strategies for the year 7 classroom and consider the differences between excellent tea…

The SecEd Podcast: New to leadership?

This episode offers practical advice to those taking on new leadership roles in the secondary school, with dos and don'ts, useful tips, and lessons learned from our experienced panel. If you are a teacher taking on a new leadership role in school – whether that be a headteacher, senior leadership …

The SecEd Podcast: Teaching high-attaining students

This episode offers practical insights for teachers on how best we can support our high-attaining students in the secondary school classroom. Our panel discusses the language we use when referring to this cohort of students and how we might define what "high-attaining" means. We then move on to o…

The SecEd Podcast: Communication needs in the year 7 classroom

In this episode we offer practical tips and ideas for how teachers can support the communication skills of students as they make the step-up to the year 7 classroom and key stage 3 study. An experienced panel – including a speech and language therapist – discuss how we can help those students who …

The SecEd Podcast: Supply teachers

This episode talks everything supply teaching – with practical advice for schools on how to enable your supply teachers to excel as well as a range of tips for supply teachers themselves. In the first half of our discussion, our expert panel focus on how secondary schools can set their supply teac…

The SecEd Podcast: The perfect classroom environment

This episode discusses how teachers can create the perfect classroom environment for their students, offering a range of practical tips and quick wins. Our expert panel discuss four core aspects – the physical classroom environment, the social environment, the emotional environment, and the learni…

The SecEd Podcast: Teaching Shakespeare Effectively: Practical tips and classroom ideas

This episode offers a range of practical ideas, advice and teaching techniques for engaging students in the work of William Shakespeare – both in the English classroom and across the school. Produced in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the episode features a panel of experts and edu…

The SecEd Podcast: Preparing for the new Ofsted school inspection framework

This episode dissects the revised Ofsted inspection framework, setting out actions that school leaders can take now to prepare and offering expert insights and tips. Our panel has extensive experience of Ofsted inspection, and they break down the key changes that schools should be focused on and h…

The SecEd Podcast: Do your students belong? Inclusion and participation in school life

This episode focuses on belonging and inclusion in the secondary school – namely how can we ensure that every student can take part in school life. Our panel of experienced school leaders define what "belonging" means in the context of a busy secondary school. We talk school culture: what does a …

The SecEd Podcast: The secrets to adaptive teaching

In this episode we break-down the secrets to effective adaptive teaching approaches in the secondary classroom. Our experts define what exactly adaptive teaching is and offer insights to help teachers to know when we should adapt our teaching, how we can adapt teaching, and who we should be adapti…