Femi and Matt are excited to be back after the summer break and kicking off season 2 with an interview with Phil Naylor.  

Phil was the long-standing host of the most excellent Naylor’s Natter podcast and he has recently relinquished his seat behind the microphone in order to make time to pursue his writing and his work – he is a full time deputy head in blackpool.  His first book, also called Naylor’s natter, brings this wisdom to the page using a cleverly blended format whereby QR codes throughout the book can be scanned to go directly to related podcast episodes, thus allowing the listener in on the original interview.

In this episode we discuss professional development: spending more time in subjects with subject leads leading training, utilising the expertise that is already in schools, building CPD time into the school day, performance management and the appraisal process, behaviour and relationships, behaviour as a curriculum, fake SLT, and having a vision as you move into leadership.  We discuss rules and routines – and what it means to live them as opposed to laminating them, Phil’s plans for his next book and much much more.

As always we welcome your comments and questions: you can contact us through twitter - @beyondgoodpod.