Found the @CheerfulPodcast on education with @XPschool @naomicfisher & @RethinkingJames very interesting and connected to our work @DivideClass We’ll be chatting to @gwynap on ep7 of our podcast series. https://overcast.fm/+MXLXSSKCM
How to fix our education system — Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd

Hello! New year, new term and this week Ed and Geoff are going back to school. Too little has changed about our education system since the Victorian times, and for too many young people it can seem an outdated and rigid system - geared simply towards passing exams - which is letting them down. We speak to three experts who tell us that it doesn’t have to be this way: Dr James Mannion, clinical psychologist Dr Naomi Fisher and to Andy Sprakes, the co-founder of Doncaster’s most oversubscribed school, about how they’re already doing things differently and why it’s beneficial for everyone involved.Plus: want a chance to live out your Geoffocracy dreams? We hear from Suzanne Heywood about a new prize looking for our listeners’ policy ideas!GuestsDr James Mannion, Director of Rethinking Education, a teacher training organisation (Visit his website or follow him on Twitter @RethinkingJames)Dr Naomi Fisher, Clinical Psychologist (Follow her on Twitter @naomicfisher or subscribe to her Substack)Andy Sprakes, Chief…

I think @XPschool will be pleased to know we are taking the @crewclub youth council to Ulswater @OutwardBoundUK for some adventures in the mountains next month. We are so excited about it.