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Good Morning!

This week’s podcast marks the start of a new monthly rhythm.

Rather than zooming in on one paper or one problem, I sat down with Elliot Morgan to take stock of the wider landscape. What’s changed. What’s being talked about. And what perhaps should be.

We discuss SEND funding announcements and the limits of headline figures, the National Year of Reading, emerging conversations about AI and assessment, and a striking rise in elective home education that feels like a signal the system can’t ignore. Alongside that, we introduce a segment celebrating long-form educational writing and share several pieces that genuinely made us stop and think this month.

It’s a reflective episode, shaped by curiosity rather than outrage, and an attempt to notice both progress and pressure at the same time.

Hope you enjoy…

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Elliot’s Recommendations

Why does thinking feel so hard - Carl Hendrick

What to do this month - Kate Owbridge

The promise and price of autonomy - David Didau

Parents Evening - Phil Salisbury

The Story of Maths

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That’s all for this week. I’d genuinely love to hear what resonated (or what you disagreed with) — leave a comment wherever you listen, or reply to this email with your thoughts.

Until next time — thanks for listening!