Guests include Dr Amanda Gummer from www.fundamentallychildren.com and Professor Becky Francis from UCL, expert on gender and learning.

Professor Guy Claxton spoke about parental anxiety and children's education. Professor Claxton is an internationally renowned writer, consultant and academic specialising in creativity, education and the mind. He has a double first in Natural Science from Cambridge, a doctorate in cognitive psychology from Oxford and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. To follow [...]

What do they need from a school, from home and how we do keep them motivated? With guests Dame Alison Peacock, Head-teacher at Wroxham Primary School and Caroline Creaby, Assistant Headteacher, Sandringham School, St Albans.

The average time for a step family to blend is 4 years according to Dr Lisa Doodson, founder of HappySteps.co.uk. In this show we find out how to prepare for, and then parent, step children. We also hear from two step parents about their experiences of living with and caring for someone else's biological children

We spoke to the business manager of Gardenfields School, Al Green, about how his school goes about raising funds and his tips on the topic. Wayne Chow, founder of My School Lottery, explained an innovative new way for schools to raise funds and finally local PTA Chair of Fleetville Infants School Posy Parsons gives us [...]

Dani Zur, Director of the schoolrun.com talks to us about what she thought we should consider before choosing a secondary school. Deputy Heads of Verulam and Beaumont Schools, David Bullock and Morag McCrorie gave us the teachers perspective. Excellent insights into how primary to secondary transition might work and what to base your choices on.

Tonight we're tackling that difficult subject of children's sexuality - How do we support our children to talk about their bodies? Are you unsure what is PC language around this topic? Marilyn Hawes, founder of Enough Abuse and Catherine Knibbs, CEO of Peer Support UK talk to us about the experience and impact of sexual [...]

Are children philosophical thinkers? What value is there in having such conversations with our children and how to we have them? Tonight we hear from Peter Worley CEO of the Philosophy Foundation UK and discuss what parents can doing to extend their child's thinking and why it matters.

We all want our kids to do well at school, so how can we help them achieve this? A child’s time in education is like hopping stepping stones over a stream: from nursery they hop to reception class, then to primary school, secondary school and possibly college and university. No two stones are the same, [...]

Tonight we discuss how children make and unmake friendships at school. We are joined by Ulla Patni from the Herts CC educational psychology team and Professor Ros George from Goldsmiths University.