Programme 345, School Culture & More (12-12-18)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

Theme music composed and arranged by David Vesey.

On this week's programme I speak to Katie Ashford who is Deputy Head and Director of Inclusion at Michaela Community School in Wembley Park London. Her blog is called Tabula Rasa. We talk about school culture and other aspects of teaching. In the course of our discussion Katie mentions how she is inspired by people such as Rafe Esquith and Erin Gruwell.

• Different kinds of school culture
• Identifying problems in a school
• Changing School Culture
• Why teaching is tiring
• The kind of records UK teachers need to keep
• Marking children’s work
• The approach used by teachers in Michaela Community School: teacher as authority