Beyond Good

By Matt Findlay and Femi Adeniran

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Episodes: 151

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A podcast about teaching. We discuss teaching and learning, pedagogy, lessons and classroom practise, management and leadership, teaching of mathematics, training and trainees, mentors and mentoring, behaviour management, being a head of department and running a faculty, SLT and much much more!

Episode Date
More practice needed!
May 16, 2026
Class Reset
May 09, 2026
Economy of language
Apr 25, 2026
When the new knowledge enters the room
Apr 18, 2026
This class doesn't retain things!
Apr 11, 2026
Humanities Teaching with James Gisby
Apr 04, 2026
Effective often looks boring!
Mar 28, 2026
Ruck speed!
Mar 21, 2026
Group PD vs Coaching
Mar 14, 2026
Copying / Sticking in, and 'There isn't enough curriculum time'
Feb 21, 2026
Go back and check your answers!
Feb 14, 2026
Femi is a convert to MWBs!
Feb 07, 2026
Video for Coaching
Jan 24, 2026
My daughter's drum lessons
Dec 15, 2025
My Visit To The Totteridge Academy
Nov 22, 2025
If you were a new T&L lead...
Nov 08, 2025
What's the single most important thing teachers should know?
Oct 25, 2025
How do I improve teaching as KS3 lead or second in department?
Oct 18, 2025
Some Reflections!
Oct 11, 2025
Are we overcomplicating teaching?
Oct 04, 2025
Class discussions...!
Sep 27, 2025
Attention, Participation, Thought
Sep 20, 2025
Getting Independent Working Happening in Lessons
Sep 13, 2025
Rachael Southern - Reading!
Sep 06, 2025
Sarah Cottinghatt - Meaningful Learning & Coaching
Aug 16, 2025
Rows v Groups & Detentions v Conversations
Aug 09, 2025
Characteristics of Poor Leadership
Aug 02, 2025
"There's too much content to get through..."
Jul 26, 2025
Great Teaching Unpacked - Episode 3 Review
Jul 12, 2025
High Frequency Teaching Errors
Jun 21, 2025
Respect for the Learners
Jun 14, 2025
Coachability!
Jun 07, 2025
Great Teaching, Unpacked Documentary - Episode 2 Review
May 31, 2025
First Success!
May 24, 2025
Great Teaching, Unpacked Documentary - Episode 1 Review
May 10, 2025
"A dog with a bone"
May 03, 2025
Policies
Apr 26, 2025
Micro Interactions
Apr 19, 2025
'Holding To Account' & 'Won't, Can't, Forgot'
Apr 05, 2025
Starting A School From Scratch - Michaela Khatib
Mar 29, 2025
Teacher Knowledge
Mar 22, 2025
Private vs State Schools
Mar 15, 2025
Accountability Culture AND Power of Video
Mar 08, 2025
Improving is Hard!
Mar 01, 2025
My team are not doing what I asked!
Feb 15, 2025
Disagree then Commit
Feb 08, 2025
Peter Lee - Headteacher at Q3 Academy Langley
Feb 01, 2025
Reflections on 6 months of Coaching
Jan 25, 2025
Drop-in Culture
Jan 18, 2025
Refusal
Jan 11, 2025
The Lost Art of Planning
Jan 04, 2025
Front-loading Your Explanations
Dec 28, 2024
Katharine Birbalsingh
Nov 30, 2024
Barry Smith on Classroom Teaching
Nov 23, 2024
Metacognition with Nathan Burns
Nov 16, 2024
The Enactment Gap & Developing Teachers
Nov 09, 2024
Q3 Academy Langley & Participation Ratio
Nov 02, 2024
Thinking about Professional Development
Oct 05, 2024
Duties and Interactions with Students
Sep 28, 2024
Lesson Analysis: Barry Smith Teaching French
Sep 21, 2024
Miriam Hussain on Behaviour and Whole-School Systems
Sep 14, 2024
Reflections and Plans
Sep 07, 2024
Responsive Coaching - Josh Goodrich
Aug 31, 2024
A Student Perspective - with Lily
Aug 17, 2024
Checking For Understanding
Aug 10, 2024
What Have You Seen Working Well?
Aug 03, 2024
'Booklets' with Matt Burnage
Jul 27, 2024
My Visit to Michaela!
Jul 20, 2024
Barry Smith! Part 2
Jul 13, 2024
Barry Smith! Part 1
Jul 06, 2024
Coaching!
Jun 29, 2024
Pritesh Raichura: Academic Success, Character and Culture
Jun 22, 2024
3 Ways I Would Improve My Teaching
Jun 14, 2024
Season 3 Announcement!
Jun 10, 2024
Changes are afoot!
Apr 21, 2024
Late To Lessons
Apr 14, 2024
My Visit to Ark Soane Academy
Mar 31, 2024
The Warning System
Mar 24, 2024
Homework!
Mar 10, 2024
Modelling
Mar 03, 2024
Bottom Set
Feb 25, 2024
Directions of Travel
Feb 17, 2024
Mocks
Jan 21, 2024
Dave Taylor - Maths Curriculum
Jan 14, 2024
Where We Are Going Wrong on Behaviour - reflections on the Bill Rogers interview
Jan 07, 2024
Tackling Passivity
Dec 10, 2023
Teaching and Coaching in US Public Schools: Dr Zach Groshell
Nov 19, 2023
Maths Teachers and Whole School Literacy
Nov 12, 2023
Differentiation
Nov 05, 2023
Culture
Oct 29, 2023
Lesson Observations
Oct 01, 2023
Dealing with Failure
Sep 17, 2023
Hit and Run CPD (Inset!)
Sep 10, 2023
The Person In Front Of The Kids
Sep 03, 2023
Textbooks, Locking the toilets, Group work and Moving schools!
Aug 27, 2023
Line Management
Aug 20, 2023
Mastery and Conceptual Understanding
Jul 30, 2023
Bonus Episode: Behind the Scenes!
Jul 26, 2023
Wellbeing
Jul 23, 2023
Setting and De-escalation
Jul 09, 2023
Reflections on the National Behaviour Survey
Jun 25, 2023
'Experience'
Jun 11, 2023
Homework
Jun 04, 2023
Handling Complaints
May 21, 2023
Teacher Quality: A discussion of Dylan Wiliam's Article
May 14, 2023
CPD!
May 07, 2023
Tom Bennett
Apr 30, 2023
They're not listening!
Apr 23, 2023
Ofsted!
Apr 17, 2023
Centrally Planned Lessons
Apr 09, 2023
Checking for Understanding
Mar 26, 2023
Return To Teaching!
Feb 19, 2023
People vs Systems
Feb 12, 2023
Outliers
Feb 05, 2023
Department Development Plans
Jan 29, 2023
Teaching Low Ability Students
Jan 22, 2023
SLT
Jan 15, 2023
Resilience
Jan 08, 2023
Things Schools Could Stop Doing!
Jan 02, 2023
How Has Your Teaching Evolved?
Dec 11, 2022
Making the Most of Your Training Year
Dec 04, 2022
Meetings!
Nov 27, 2022
A Performance Mindset for Teaching - with Sam Roberts
Nov 20, 2022
Developing Teachers
Nov 13, 2022
Running A Year Group - Mike Stuart
Nov 06, 2022
Discussing 5 Damaging Educational Myths
Oct 30, 2022
Beyond Good in Science - Rob Newman
Oct 23, 2022
Tips for Cover Lessons!
Oct 16, 2022
Phil Naylor - Wisdom From 170+ Interviews!
Oct 09, 2022
E22 - Education Over The Years - Patrick Ottley-O'Connor
Aug 19, 2022
E21 A Pupil Perspective - Part 2
Aug 12, 2022
E20 A Pupil Perspective - Part 1
Aug 05, 2022
E19 - September!
Jul 29, 2022
E18 Sam Strickland - The Behaviour Manual
Jul 22, 2022
E17 Sonia Gill: Successful Difficult Conversations in School
Jul 15, 2022
E16 New To Leadership (Part 2)
Jul 08, 2022
E15 New To Middle Leadership
Jul 01, 2022
E14 - Assessment
Jun 24, 2022
E13 - Head of Year, Champion For Pupils - With Helen Sydenham
Jun 17, 2022
E12 - Pupil Discussion In The Classroom
Jun 10, 2022
E11 - Beyond Good in English with Amy Green
Jun 03, 2022
E10 - No Such Thing as an A-level Specialist, with Simon King
May 27, 2022
E09 - Walking the Shop Floor
May 20, 2022
E08 - 'Set Zero' Students with guest Simon King
May 13, 2022
E07 - Starters!
May 06, 2022
E06 - 'The Blue Memo' - Part 3
Apr 29, 2022
E05 - What Makes A Successful Department?
Apr 22, 2022
E04 - 'The Blue Memo' - Part 2
Apr 14, 2022
E03 - 'The Blue Memo' - Part 1
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 2 - Mentors, Golden Rules and Lesson One
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 1 - Raw Materials
Mar 19, 2022