Two Heads Podcast

Two Heads

Headteachers Jonathan Rice & Sarah Shirras discuss the week’s news in: Education ○ Leadership ○ Politics

Episodes

  1. 17/09/2025

    S6E01 Things Can Only Get Better

    Sarah & Jonathan kick off the new school year by looking at the big issues ahead in Education, Leadership & Politics.

    30 min

  2. 16/07/2025

    S5E24 Where are the children?

    How do we tackle the problem of falling rolls in our schools. Laura McInerney joins Sarah & Jonathan to discuss our changing demographics and the challenges they bring.

    42 min

  3. 08/07/2025

    S5E23 The Festival of Education 2025

    Live from The Festival of Education, Sarah is joined by co-founder of Teacher Tapp, Laura McInerney & member of the Headteacher Roundtable, Duncan Spalding, to reflect on the Festival and a year of the Labour Government.

    40 min

  4. 27/06/2025

    S5E22 Kicking the can down the road

    Desperately needed reform of both SEND & Ofsted have been kicked in tot he autumn long grass. Sarah & Jonathan raise an eyebrow, as well as looking ahead to next week's Festival of Education.

    30 min

  5. 06/06/2025

    S5E21: Too tight to mention

    Sarah & Jonathan tuck into the implications of the government's free school meals announcement , and the wider implications for school funding.

    46 min

  6. 27/03/2025

    S5E19 Dr Mary Bousted

    The former NEU Joint Secretary joins us to review the week's educations news and tell us about her new project The Teaching Commission.

    36 min

  7. 19/03/2025

    S5E18 Ouch!

    In the current gloomy economic climate, is the DfE just keeping us entertained by having a stand up row with the former HMCI! Sarah & Jonathan look back at the week.

    27 min

  8. 07/02/2025

    S5E17 Ed Finch

    Blogger and Storyteller Ed Finch joins Jonathan & Sarah to reflect on Bridget Phillipson's big speech and Ofsted's report car proposals.

    40 min
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About

Headteachers Jonathan Rice & Sarah Shirras discuss the week’s news in: Education ○ Leadership ○ Politics

Information

  • Creator
    Two Heads
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2022 All rights reserved.
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    Two Heads Podcast