The Secret Life of Teachers Podcast
Step inside Mehreen Baig’s virtual staffroom to hear what the UK’s teachers really think. As the new term begins amid a global pandemic, we get the uncensored views of what it’s really like behind the school gates from the people who spend more time with our children than we do.
Episodes to download
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8. Teachers Behaving Badly
Wed 21 Oct 2020
Mehreen Baig hears outrageous stories of teachers getting up to mischief.
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7. Parents’ Evening
Wed 14 Oct 2020
Mehreen Baig and three teachers discuss the joys and horrors of parents’ evenings.
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6. School Trips
Wed 7 Oct 2020
Mehreen Baig and her secret teachers relive some of their experiences of school trips.
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5. Bad Behaviour
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Mehreen Baig hears teachers' experiences of bad behaviour in the classroom.
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4. Student Mental Health
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Mehreen Baig discusses with teachers the increase in mental health issues among students.
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3. The First Week Back
Wed 16 Sep 2020
How do teachers feel about being back at school? Host Mehreen Baig hears their accounts.
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2. The Ofsted Inspection
Wed 9 Sep 2020
Why do teachers dread Ofsted inspections? Mehreen Baig hears some of their stories.
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1. Back To School
Wed 2 Sep 2020
Mehreen Baig and UK teachers discuss returning to classrooms amid a global pandemic.
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Welcome to The Secret Life of Teachers
Thu 27 Aug 2020
Mehreen Baig hosts a weekly discussion as UK teachers take us beyond the headlines.
9 things teachers learned when they went back to school after lockdown
Ex-teacher Mehreen Baig quizzes her cohort of anonymous teachers who're back in school.
