Episodes

  • Managing money
    Feb 13 2025

    This podcast features Tamara Priestman, a functional skills tutor with a passion for supporting practical life skills. The conversation with Tamara focuses on steps you can take to manage your money, including practical budgeting tips and strategies to make money stretch further.

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    47 mins
  • Mental health & wellbeing for School Leaders
    Feb 4 2025

    Discover practical strategies and heartfelt insights in our latest podcast, "Mental Health & Well-Being for School Leaders." Join our hosts as they explore the unique challenges leaders face, including burnout, isolation and imposter syndrome.

    Consider how to personalise self-care, build resilience and create supportive networks while fostering a culture of well-being for your team. This conversation is a reminder that prioritising your mental health isn't selfish—it's essential for effective leadership.

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    23 mins
  • Physical Health
    Jan 24 2025

    This podcast features Jo Martin - a dedicated personal trainer with 17 years of experience. Jo specialises in empowering people to lead healthier lives by mastering the fundamentals of movement, sleep, hydration, and nutrition. The conversation with Jo focuses on how to take simple, achievable steps towards improving your health. This podcast is well suited for those working in early years or education settings.

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    41 mins
  • Regulatory and Legislative Requirements
    Jan 21 2025

    This podcast features David Twambley, the Deputy CEO of the Learning Partnership Trust based in Crewe. The conversation with David focuses on the legislative requirements on schools and how school leaders can ensure safe and supportive environments for their school communities.

    For newly appointed school leaders, areas such as Health and Safety or GDPR can be a daunting prospect, and David sets out some useful ways of engaging with legislation. This is aimed in particular at those in leadership roles in schools.

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    26 mins
  • Future Focus with Evelyn Forde
    Jan 6 2025

    This podcast features Evelyn Forde MBE. Evelyn won the TES Headteacher of the Year award in 2020 and her services to education were awarded an MBE in 2021. Evelyn has recently published a book entitled: "Her Story - a leadership manifesto" which looks at systemic racism in the education sector.

    This conversation with Evelyn focuses on how we can build a brighter future in education and Early Years that addresses a number of crises and issues facing the sector today. This is suitable for all in early years and education but particularly those in leadership roles.

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    38 mins
  • Building resilience in Early Years and Education
    Jan 6 2025

    This podcast features counsellor Sarah Patterson talking about all things resilience and the importance of managing stress as an Early Years or education professional.

    Sarah discusses resilience building strategies, such as learning when to say no, setting healthy boundaries and prioritising self-care.

    This podcast is well suited for those working in early years or education settings.

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    45 mins