S3E2: Ollie Lovell on visiting Michaela, XP School and the Self-Managed Learning College Rethinking Education

Ollie Lovell is a teacher, author and podcaster based in Melbourne, Australia, and the host of the Education Research Reading Room (ERRR) podcast.

In summer 2022, Ollie visited the UK on a whirlwind tour of three fascinatingly different educational institutions: Michaela School in North London, often described as the strictest school in the country; XP School in Doncaster, which places great emphasis on pastoral care, beautiful work and expeditionary learning; and the Self-Managed Learning College in Brighton, where the students (age 9-16) literally manage their own learning - 100% of the time.

In this conversation, we explore Ollie's reflections on his visits to Michaela, XP and SMLC.

LINKS:

ERRR podcast: https://soundcloud.com/ollielovell

Ollie's website: https://www.ollielovell.com/

Michaela: https://michaela.education/

SMLC: https://smlcollege.org.uk/

XP: https://xpschool.org/

The Rethinking Ed online conference (88 videos): https://www.rethinking-ed.org/reconf22

Rethinking Education Mighty Network: https://rethinking-education.mn.co

James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RethinkingJames

Rethinking Ed Insta: https://www.instagram.com/rethinking.education/

James on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-mannion/

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The Rethinking Education podcast is hosted and produced by Dr James Mannion.

You can contact him at www.rethinking-ed.org/contact, or via @RethinkingJames on Twitter.