Does being funny make you a better teacher? Not necessarily but I reckon it keeps you in the job

Two thirds of teachers working the equivalent of an extra day a week! Another stat showing the ever

The government just made the smartphone ban in schools a legal requirement

Could more teacher strikes be on the way? The NEU have published the findings from their indicative

There’s a massive difference between gentle parenting and permissive parenting!

My biggest regret as a parent… Knowing what I know now, I wish I could go back and make better

This week was national offer day and the stats around children being prepared for school are stark

Teachers trying to keep on top of their workload like…

I really miss children being bored…

The latest research shows that only 63% of children are considered prepared when they start school

Be honest with me, as a member of staff in School do you report every single incident a violent

Unreasonable parents driving teachers out of the profession according to this TES article

When 3 in 5 people see teaching as unappealing as a career, it should make us really question what

How much of the issues around teaching becoming such an untenable job for so many are down to the

If you’re ever wondering why parenting feels so much harder now than it did… It’s because in many

Here’s a countdown of the negative impact student’s use of social media is having on the classroom

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts recently about how schools don’t prepare children for the world

Letting Ofsted reform themselves has led to a system that is worse

Seven in ten teachers say they’ve considered leaving teaching because of the impact the job has on

Will AI robots replace teachers?

For me, inclusion doesn’t work without support staff and there was little mention in the white paper

What are the biggest contributing factors to the behaviour crisis in schools? If you speak to anyone

A lot of you commented on my last video saying the roads are more dangerous now than when we were

As soon as the news about the government’s guidance on screentime, I started to see the comments,

The government just released its first ever screen time guidance for under-fives

A jury just confirmed what I’ve been saying in my training sessions for years

It seems it’s not just me who things the biggest challenge with reading is poor screentime

Ranking the months of the year as a teacher, agree with the list?

Schools are damned if they do, damned if they don’t

I asked teachers who’ve been in the classroom longer than 15 years what the biggest change has been

Why are schools getting more complaints than ever… over 5 million in the last year

As someone who travels the country working with schools to make better use of tech in their setting,

Imagine saying to a room full of school leaders that if you think the new inspection framework is

What’s something on the curriculum you’re finding harder to teach because of the way the world 🌎 is

A few thoughts after watching the Louis Theroux manosphere documentary.

Is the only way to survive teaching to accept that you will fail some students? It shouldn’t be

In today’s education news… another wellbeing survey this time from the TES shows how unmanageable

Is the 1,265 directed time limit for teachers under threat? Teachers in England currently have a cap

In today’s education news… guess how many hours a week schools spend managing phones

Travelling back 20 years to speak to myself when I first started teaching

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A year on from these shocking stats that more than 4 in 5 heads suffer abuse from parents, the

LO-To KNow Why You Should Never Bite Your Nails!

Just wanted to jump on and say a massive thank you to every single person who’s come to a live show

With all the talk of the white paper this week it’s made me ponder this question as to whether

Why hasn't PPA solved the workload issue?

If you ever wonder why there seems to be so much hatred towards teachers online, the explanation is

Lots of you have sent me the On the Beach campaign asking parents to email headteachers about INSET

So after the government released their white paper yesterday, I’ve taken some time to read and

Just a little video of thanks to everyone who has joined us on our podcast tour this week

Can anyone offer a compelling argument for staying in the teacher’s pension? Well, I’m going to try

Has to still be one of the most toxic things I've seen

Do you know how we see pictures of the not too distant past and parents smoking in cars with the

There seems to be two sides to the argument around a potential under-16 social media ban

When I was interviewed on the radio this morning about the rise in violence in schools, it felt like

I was asked onto LBC this morning to discuss with Nick Ferrari the article reporting that children

Ranking the school holidays…

With lots of talk of banning social media for under 16s, something which I’m sure every teacher

Examples of when time slows down as a teacher…