Teachers Talk Radio

Still male, pale and stale? Literature study in 2025: The Morning Break with Liz Webb and Kate Tully

Now back in the swing of term, Liz and Kate debate the lack of diversity in the English Literature curriculum, citing research that reveals a startling bias, particularly at GCSE, to the “male, pale and stale”.

Teacher Online Harassment: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

How should teachers manage online harassment? What is the answer? is there one? Darren explores. 

Back to school blues? No thanks: The Twilight Show with Phin

Phin helps you get set for the new school year! 

The teacher standards - How do we help our ECT's succeed?: The Late Show with Claire Bills and Beejesh Deva

Claire and Beejesh explore the teacher standards, effectiveness of the ECT programs and give their top tips for mentoring and succeeding in an ECT year. Essential listening for mentors, ECTs and anyone involved in training the next generation of teachers!

Exit tickets - Life after teaching: The Twilight Show with Louise Pickering

Louise Pickering talks to Mike Leaman about why teachers leave and what comes next.

Authentic Assessment in Action: The Twilight Show with Timea Kadar

What does it mean to really know something? In this show, Timea and her guests, Dr Kevin Campbell-Karn and Dr Tom Ritchie, dive into assessments that mirror professional practice, sharing innovations and provocations from across the sector.

Building belonging - Partnering with students to help them succeed: The Twilight Show with Timea Kadar

Timea discusses the importance of Student belonging with guests Dr Tom Ritchie and Inca Hide-Wright, and looks at examples of good practice in this area.

The sweet spot for using AI in education: The Tuesday Morning Break with Khanh-Duc Kuttig

In this show, Khanh-Duc Kuttig and Robert Stroud unpack the following questions on AI in the classroom: What can AI do for learning—and what it shouldn’t replace, how to support thinking, not shortcut it. If you think you’ve already heard it all… think again. This isn’t about tech trends—it’s about pedagogical integrity in an age of automation.

Reform UK want 'crackdown' on 'brainwashing' in schools: Points of View

Join Lucy Trimnell, Yasmin Omar and Carl Smith for this weeks points of view as they discuss the latest report via Schoolsweek that claims a Reform government would “root out” teachers who are “brainwashing” children, MP Lee Anderson told the party’s annual conference. Speaking at a fringe event at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on Friday night Anderson, MP for Ashfield and chief whip for Reform UK, said: “Whether you like it or not, there are some teachers in our schools [who] are brainwashing our kids into their way of thinking".

Using Language to Construct Identity: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

Darren opens the show talking about identity construction for new teachers but, through chatting with commenters, demonstrates how we use language specifically to construct a type of identity.