This episode looks at the principles of effective curriculum design, offering practical advice, ideas and guidance for primary school leaders.

As well as good practice, the discussion looks at curriculum design in light of Ofsted's Education Inspection Framework and its renewed focus on curriculum intent, implementation and impact. We discuss steps that school leaders can take to ensure an effective, relevant and coherent curriculum.

Other themes include ensuring the curriculum is relevant to your context, creating a vision, the hidden curriculum, achieving a broad and balanced curriculum, identifying end-points and threshold concepts, diversity and inclusion, supporting subject co-ordinators and more.

The reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) come into effect in September. The government's Development Matters non-statutory guidance has also been revised and 'rival' sector-created guidance entitled Birth to Five Matters has been published too.

This episode looks at the imminent reforms and how primary schools and early years settings can prepare. Themes include reducing teacher workload, the assessment cycle, and CPD and training.

We also consider general best practice for Reception/early years provision, touching upon themes of learning journals, parental/family engagement, useful resources, rough and tumble play, literacy, resources, and more.

This episode looks at how primary schools can support the good wellbeing of their staff and communities.

Our experts discuss how school leaders can develop a culture of wellbeing, including themes of workload, wellbeing initiatives, collaboration and teacher autonomy.

We discuss protective factors for staff, including mental health training, our sense of purpose and the links between pupil and staff wellbeing, overcoming imposter syndrome, self-care (especially as a headteacher), and how to say 'no'.

We signpost to resources to support schools and we round off by asking our guests what one change they would implement tomorrow to have immediate impact...

This episode dissects the secrets to great and effective teaching in the primary school classroom.

Host and former primary headteacher Helen Frostick and three expert guests look at some of the pedagogical elements that make for great lessons, the qualities that great teachers have and how we can support and develop our teachers to excel.

Topics and themes include supporting early career teachers in particular, mentoring/coaching, CPD, staff collaboration, developmental observations, using technology & developing edtech expertise, performance management, recruitment, engaging with educational research, growth mindset, metacognition and more.

The inaugural episode of the Headteacher Update Podcast looks at pupil wellbeing in the primary school. Our expert panel offer practical ideas & tips for supporting pupils during the summer term & beyond, including in the context of Covid-19.

We discuss key challenges & potential solutions and strategies, touching touch upon issues of staff wellbeing, managing the continuing Covid disruption in terms of pupil wellbeing, & supporting families.

We discuss wellbeing evaluations, how to teach mental health strategies including in PSHE, character curriculum approaches, attachment awareness, issues of SEN, attendance challenges, Ofsted inspection, mindfulness, the power of physical exercise & more.