Welcome to Episode 15 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh.In this week's bumper episode we discuss Damian Hinds and Amanda Spielman's 'solutions' to the teacher workload issue, Donald Trump and arming teachers, performance-related pay, Pupil Premium funding, the Practical Pedagogies conference, Teachmeet…

Welcome to Episode 14 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh.This week we apologise for our lengthy absence, describe Chris's change in circumstances and then discuss Tom Bennett's report on behaviour in English schools (and specifically how the data is reported by headteachers), and the demands of being a …

Welcome to Episode 13 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh.This week we talk about Ofsted's attack on Swindon's 'failing' teachers, the Practical Pedagogies Conference in Toulouse, consistency of approach to managing students' behaviour, and we point out some other education podcasts that might be of inte…

Welcome to Episode 12 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh.This week we keep it relatively short and discuss the GCSE Results Day and the impact on teachers, positively and negatively.Links to articles we discussed this week can be found here:Tom's TES article about the pressures of GCSE Results Day: http…