They Behave For Me

By Adam Boxer and Amy Forrester

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Welcome to They Behave For Me, a podcast brought to you by Adam Boxer and Amy Forrester covering all things education: politics, curriculum, Teaching and Learning and much more. Join us for thought provoking ideas, concrete strategies and plenty of jokes. Press subscribe to get TBFM every Friday! TBFM is powered by Carousel Learning

Episode Date
What's changed in education, and what's still to come? With Laura McInerneyM
May 14, 2026
What's the deal with belonging? Question Time!
May 08, 2026
Do the "best" schools take their fair share of disadvantaged students? With Charley O'Regan
May 01, 2026
Should we invite parents into lessons? Question time!
Apr 24, 2026
What's the point of homework? With Jo Castelino
Apr 17, 2026
What do you say to a teacher who does rubbish activities? Question Time!
Mar 27, 2026
Why are teachers still putting up displays? With Grainne Hallahan
Mar 20, 2026
Should we ban merits and reward points? Question time!
Mar 13, 2026
Can AI give teachers quality feedback? With Raj Chande
Mar 06, 2026
Should every removal result in a restorative conversation? Question Time!
Feb 27, 2026
What does it mean to be a school leader in 2026? With Matt Evans
Feb 13, 2026
Is it ever too soon to remove a student? Question Time!
Feb 06, 2026
How do I have an effective lesson start if I go from classroom to classroom? Question Time!
Jan 30, 2026
What are the quickest wins in improving teaching? With Craig Barton
Jan 23, 2026
What have we got wrong about behaviour? With Tom Bennett
Jan 16, 2026
Does anyone still care about curriculum? With Jon Hutchinson
Jan 09, 2026
What do you get if you cross a startup with a turnaround? With guest Liz English
Dec 19, 2025
What is formative assessment, and why should anybody care? With professor Dylan Wiliam
Dec 12, 2025
What can educational statistics tell us about the classroom and policy? With Natasha Plaister
Dec 05, 2025
Are we Educating Yorkshire?
Nov 28, 2025
What's the key to unlocking teacher development? With Adam Robbins
Nov 21, 2025
Should one student with one phone mean you fail OFSTED?
Nov 14, 2025
How can you build consistent routines in a badly setup classroom?
Nov 09, 2025
What's going on with recruitment and retention? With Jack Worth
Oct 24, 2025
Why do Jewish schools need security? Adam opens up about antisemitism
Oct 17, 2025
Are knowledge organisers worth it, and how to observe and be observed
Oct 09, 2025
Is behaviour better in primaries or secondaries? With Grainne Hallahan
Oct 03, 2025
What do teachers actually need to know about assessment? With Becky Allen
Sep 26, 2025
What's the deal with booklets, and do they need to have the school's branding on them?
Sep 19, 2025
What three things from cognitive science should every teacher know? With Dr Carl Hendrick
Sep 12, 2025
Did Nick Gibb get it right?
Sep 05, 2025
What is genericism, and why is it so important? With Christine Councsell
Jul 18, 2025
Can Amy and Bill Wilkinson explain the SEN crisis to Adam?
Jul 11, 2025
How to observe non-subject-specialists and what can a lead practitioner do?
Jul 04, 2025
Is oracy a fad, and how do we actually improve behaviour?
Jun 27, 2025
What have the unions ever done for us?
Jun 20, 2025
Is safeguarding training enough, and how to provide instructional coaching if someone's already a great teacher?
Jun 13, 2025
How do I get students to work quietly?
May 23, 2025
Should we ditch exam results day and what is dialogic teaching?
May 16, 2025
Why is CPD broken, and what can be done to fix it?
May 09, 2025
What's in the curriculum review so far?
May 02, 2025
How does the teacher experience compare between the UK and US, and more with Grainne Hallahan from Teacher Tapp
Apr 25, 2025
Should we show Adolescence in schools?
Apr 04, 2025
How can lessons from the school system be helpful in prisons?
Mar 28, 2025
What is evidence based practice? With special guest Alex Quigley
Mar 21, 2025
Mobile phones, private schools, and the need for long term memory strategies
Mar 14, 2025
Are there too many education books, and should we dress up for world book day?
Mar 07, 2025
How do I ask for more pay, and what's the best way to run line management meetings?
Feb 28, 2025
Why don't schools improve? With Dr James Mannion
Feb 14, 2025
Have Ofsted big listened to teachers?
Feb 07, 2025
Is bad behaviour my fault, and how to recruit and be recruited
Jan 31, 2025
Everyone's Ill
Jan 24, 2025
What's Labour's massive education bill going to change?
Jan 17, 2025
What's your teaching new year's resolution and should your lessons be fun?
Jan 10, 2025
Are we doing safeguarding training wrong?
Dec 20, 2024
Why have complaints and allegations against teachers increased? With special guest Alistair Wood, CEO of Edapt.
Dec 13, 2024
How are Ofsted managing to make things even worse?
Dec 06, 2024
Why is everything broken, and how do we fix it? With special guest Sam Freedman
Nov 29, 2024
I think my school is getting things wrong. What should I do?
Nov 22, 2024
Should we ditch Shakespeare?
Nov 15, 2024
What does one of the country's leading CEOs have to say about curriculum, attendance, and more?
Nov 08, 2024
Exploring the Legacy of Tim Brighouse
Oct 25, 2024
Should it be illegal to use a phone on school grounds?
Oct 18, 2024
Do teachers need to stop moaning?
Oct 11, 2024
What are Ofsted going to do next?
Oct 04, 2024
How do you narrow the disadvantaged gap, and where does job satisfaction come from?
Sep 27, 2024
Seven Fishes
Sep 20, 2024
What are Ofsted planning?
Sep 13, 2024
Back to school!
Sep 06, 2024
Episode 30: How should we reflect on the year, and improve for next year? 
Jul 19, 2024
Episode 29: What are the biggest education myths and why are they so pervasive?
Jul 12, 2024
Episode 28: I'm not getting better at teaching - what should I do?
Jul 05, 2024
Episode 27: Should we be scared of Labour's education manifesto?
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 26: Have our schools improved in the last 14 years?
Jun 21, 2024
How can you build a positive culture around observations?
Jun 14, 2024
Episode 24: Why does CPD suck, and who wants to do National Service?
Jun 07, 2024
Episode 23: The legendary Paul Kirschner is in the house!
May 24, 2024
Episode 22: do we care too much about students' haircuts?
May 17, 2024
Episode 21: What can we learn from the best schools in New York?
May 10, 2024
Episode 20: What can schools to do combat societal disadvantage?
Apr 26, 2024
Episode 19: What the hell is going on with behaviour?
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 18: Do children naturally want to learn?
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 17: Should I apply to be a head of department?
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 16: What are parents saying about attendance?
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 15: What should you do if your school sucks?
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 14: Why you should ban phones in schools
Feb 23, 2024
Ep 13: Top tips for job applications, and how to use YOUR VOICE
Feb 09, 2024
Episode 12: What's going on with behaviour and how do you feel about brushing children's teeth?
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 11: What's going on at Michaela Community School?
Jan 26, 2024
Episode 10: Should teachers put their qualifications on the door?
Jan 19, 2024
Episode 9: Moments matter - how do we fix the attendance crisis?
Jan 12, 2024
Episode 8: How do you get INSET to work?
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 7: Should poorly behaved students represent the school at sport?
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 6: Amanda Spielman, Ofsted accountability and learning walks
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 5: Workload Tennis
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 4: Active listening, and looking after your head
Nov 24, 2023
Episode 3: Nick Gibb's education legacy
Nov 17, 2023
Episode 2 - Difficult parents, Educating Essex and the Social Contract
Nov 10, 2023
Episode 1 - Wilshaw, curriculum and having high standards
Nov 03, 2023