The Surbiton High School Podcast

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The Surbiton High School Podcast

A podcast that gives a transparent look inside one of the UK's most successful independent schools. Episodes follow the day-to-day of students and include conversations between experienced teachers and senior leaders as they share their knowledge of what makes a successful learning environment.

  1. FEB 23

    ep. 61 Celebrating Founders’ Day 2025

    In this episode, we sit down with Polly Rumbold, Head of Development, Alumni Relations and Whole School Events, and talk about celebrating our 141st Founders’ Day. We talk about our church service at St Mark’s Church, our hymns, the traditional iced buns and the importance of marking Founders’ Day each year.

    7 min

  2. JAN 26

    ep. 60 Introducing Principal Matthew Shoults

    In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Surbiton High School’s new Principal, Matthew Shoults. We get to know a bit about his background, what brought him into teaching, his first impressions of Surbiton High School and his thoughts on what makes a worthwhile 21st century education.

    13 min

  3. 12/09/2024

    ep. 59 Charity Focus: The Cold Feet Foundation, Nepal

    In this episode, we sit down with the senior school librarian, Joe Humphreys, and we talk about one of our new charity focuses for the next few years: The Cold Feet Foundation, Nepal. The goal of this charitable endeavour is to support a school that has very little to its name. In the episode, Joe describes the lack of funding, lack of resources, and lack of suitable space for teaching & learning, including classrooms with mould growing up the walls and holes in the floor, a library with no books and a budget of 15p a day per person to feed hundreds of students. Joe has travelled to over 40 countries in his lifetime and often spends time volunteering when he travels. His connection to Nepal is a personal one and he speaks very movingly about why this is a worthwhile charity to support.

    12 min

  4. 12/01/2024

    ep. 58 Apprenticeships - the alternate route

    In this episode, we sit down with Jon White, Academic Mentor, and talk about degree apprenticeship schemes – an alternate route in higher education. Jon’s career prior to coming to work for us included 25 years at a major IT company, where one of his roles was overseeing young trainees and degree apprenticeships. In this episode we talk about why some students might be more suited to this style of learning, which is more hands-on and practical and away from traditional classroom methods, and also about how many of these opportunities are popping up across a wide range of professional careers today.

    17 min

  5. 09/25/2024

    ep. 57 Let's go on a trip with the MFL Department

    Fun fact: learning French, Spanish or German is a 100% applicable life skill if you go on a trip to Europe. So why don't we take our language skills in the classroom and put them to use on the continent! In this episode, we hear from Mme Paul and Señora Reyner about the importance of trips in the MFL department: what we offer at Surbiton, how these trips dovetail with other subjects, and we also share our blue-sky ideas for our perfect MFL trip.

    13 min

  6. 07/11/2024

    ep. 56 AI Series: Predictions for the Future

    In this third and final episode in our AI series, I sit down with Byron King (former VP from the Boy’s Prep, now working at Study Hall, an EdTech AI company), and we discuss our predictions for the future of education with AI. Some of these ideas are within grasp and others are a decade, if not more, away; but one thing is for sure, education is changing on the horizon and it is an exciting journey ahead.

    17 min

  7. 07/11/2024

    ep. 55 AI Series: Innovation at Classroom level

    In this episode, I sit down with Byron King - former VP for learning and teaching at the Boys’ Prep, now working at Study Hall, an AI EdTech company. In this episode we talk about the specifics of what we have been up to from 2023 to 2024 when it comes to AI innovation in the classroom and sharing knowledge and best practice amongst all staff.

    16 min

  8. 07/11/2024

    ep. 54 AI Series: looking back on our journey

    In this episode, we look back over the past 20 months (2022 to 2024) and we shine a spotlight on the early days of exploring AI solutions in the classroom. This is the first episode in a three-part series that showcases Surbiton High School’s practical research in AI.

    8 min
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A podcast that gives a transparent look inside one of the UK's most successful independent schools. Episodes follow the day-to-day of students and include conversations between experienced teachers and senior leaders as they share their knowledge of what makes a successful learning environment.

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