The Staffroom
What teachers notice that nobody else sees
A conversation about the small signals, unfinished thoughts and quiet decisions that shape a school day long before they appear in a plan.
Staffroom Review · Podcast
Podcasts
Conversations and close listening about the work of teaching, the life of schools and the questions that stay with us after the bell.
Episodes
A growing collection of conversations about teaching, schools and the life around them.
Episode 02
The first ten minutes
Before teaching begins, teachers are already reading the room. What can those opening minutes tell us about attention, belonging and readiness?
Episode 03
When the plan stops working
A practical conversation about improvisation, judgement and what teachers learn when the classroom changes the lesson in front of them.
Episode 04
What a timetable cannot hold
Schools run on schedules, but some of the most important work happens outside the grid: relationships, pauses, questions and care.
Episode 05
The unofficial curriculum
Every school teaches more than it intends. We look at the routines, language and expectations that quietly become lessons of their own.
A Staffroom Review audio series
Longer conversations for the questions that deserve more time.
The podcast extends Staffroom Review's editorial proposition into audio: fewer hot takes, more context, lived experience and room to think.
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A conversation worth staying with.
Audio that leaves enough space for a thought to develop.
The formats
Different ways of listening, depending on the question.
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The Staffroom
A recurring conversation with teachers and practitioners about the work as it is actually lived.
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After the Bell
A quieter interview format about the ideas, choices and experiences that remain after the school day ends.
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Close Reading
One Staffroom Review story, revisited in conversation with its author, subject or reader.
Keep listening
The best conversations leave you with a better question.
New episodes will be announced through The Staffroom Letter, alongside stories and ideas worth carrying into the week.
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