Primary podcast

In our series of Primary podcasts, ASCL Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris speaks with leaders around the country on leadership in the primary phase.

In this edition of the podcast, Tiffnie Harris talks to Carwyn Guy, Principal of Portrush Primary School in Northern Ireland, about his primary school leadership career.

ASCL’s Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Alison Tarrant, CEO, School Library Association, about whether your school library is doing what you want it to do.

ASCL’s Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Alice Coates, Head of Marketing and Customer Experience and Mark Langley, STEM CPD Lead, The National STEM Learning Centre regarding how to lead STEM.

www.ascl.org.uk/partners/STEM-Learning

 

ASCL’s Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Holly Harding, CFO of Education Mutual regarding staff absence and solutions.

www.ascl.org.uk/partners/education-mutual

ASCL’s Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Dr Tony Eaude, academic and former primary headteacher, about the importance of the Humanities in the primary curriculum. Tony is the author of many books and education journal articles and also the founder of the organisation Humanities 20:20.

Interested in knowing more? Click here for more information from Dr Tony Eaude.
 

ASCL’s Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Annette Montague, Interim Chief Education Officer at Greenwood Academies Trust, and newly elected ASCL Council Primary representative.

ASCL’s Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Michael Wilkinson, Managing Director of ClickView UK on issues (and solutions) related to accessing and using online content and videos in primary schools.

ASCL’s Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to colleagues from GL Assessment about what 2023 has in store - covering everything from getting the most from your data to the complexities of learning to read and supporting children with SEND. Join Tiff as she chats to Helen Robinson (Head of Customer Experience), Georgina Cook (Assessment Owner for the New Group Reading Test and Progress Test Series) and Emma Dibden (Assessment Owner for CAT4 and the Pupil Attitudes to Self and School).
 
Additional information:

  • To find out more about GL Assessment, visit their website
  • If you’re already using tests from GL Assessment, visit their Support website for more detailed training and support
  • To access the SEND assessment training Emma mentions, visit our SEND training area
  • If you would like to arrange a free one-to-one data consultation with our Assessment Insights team, register here

December 2022

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Rebecca Leek, Executive Director of the Suffolk Heads Primary Association, about Christmas, Collaboration, Calibration...and Compost!
 

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Helen Robinson, Head of Training and Assessment Insights, GL Assessment, regarding the importance of effective transition - what can be done now, and what schools can plan ahead for.

Additional information
Top 10 tips for a smooth transition
The full ‘The Transition Conversation’ webinar
TES pedagogy transition podcast

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Dr Liz Durden-Myers, Managing Director, PE Scholar, regarding the importance of physical literacy in primary (health and wellbeing).

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Veejay Lingiah, CEO and Founder of FlashAcademy, regarding EAL/ESOL/Free resources to support Ukrainian pupils.

March 2022
ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Martin Blain, Principal, Canary Wharf College, Glenworth regarding intervention strategies.

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Matt Koster Marcon, Primary Teacher and Founding CEO of Learning Ladders about how to unlock parent power. Find out more about Learning Ladders at www.learningladders.info
 

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Rob Robson, ASCL Trust Leadership Consultant

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Rob Carpenter, CEO, Inspire Partnership Academy Trust

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks to Lilian Taylor-Bell, Headteacher, Leyland St James Church of England Primary School

ASCL's Primary Specialist Tiffnie Harris talks Denham Kite, Headteacher, Krishna Avanti Primary School