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Inside Voices: A Teacher Podcast
Welcome to Inside Voices, the podcast that’s all about teachers, made by teachers! We’re just two Primary School teachers from Scotland, excited to share our experiences and teaching tips. Our goal? To inform and entertain you, whether you’re tuning in while prepping lessons or listening to get hyped on the way to work. Let’s dive into the teaching world together!
Episodes
- Inside Voices: A Teacher Podcast
How are Schools Different Now?
In this week’s episode we discuss how schools have changed over the years. From trends like Tamagotchis and Scoobies to discussing behaviour management…
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Halloween Mania, Teacher Social Media & How to Communicate with Parents
In this week’s episode we discuss October grumpiness! We look at Halloween plans, teacher social media preferences and interacting with parents. Get ready to…
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WE ARE BACK: 4 Day Week, Back to School and Life Updates
INSIDE VOICES IS FINALLY BACK! In this week’s episode we discuss all things ‘Back to School’. Laura and David have both changed stage, gone down to a 4 day…
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Girls Belong in the Game: What’s Stopping Them?
This week we have a guest on the podcast! Stacey Mullock is the Head of Development at the FA and is on the podcast to discuss girls’ access to football…
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Q&A Episode: Behaviour, Teacher Retention and Mental Health
🧐Teaching in June is not for the weak. On this week’s episode we are GRUMPY but still showing up. We answer questions from our amazing listeners. 🎙️We discuss…
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How to Progress Your Career as a Teacher
🧐Have you always wanted to be a teacher? Is the classroom not what you thought it would be? This week we discuss the different routes through and out of…
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Assessment in the Modern Classroom: What Are We Doing?!
This week we look at the hot topic of assessment in classrooms. We discuss SATS, Scottish National Assessments and the pitfalls of summative assessment. Make…
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Scottish Election: What is the Impact on Schools?
This week we look at the upcoming Scottish Parliament elections. With such a pivotal election on the horizon, it's important that we talk about what each…
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Q&A Episode: Primary vs Secondary, Physical Education in Schools, Favourite Year group and much more
This week’s episode is slightly different to our regularly scheduled programming! We are doing a Q&A episode! We asked our lovely audience for questions and we…
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Teacher Workload: What is Going On?!
This week’s episode discusses the teacher workload and the increasing pressures that seem to be placed on educators. We look at Scotland’s current climate with…
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The Power of Reading: How to Build a Love of Reading in your Class
This week’s episode discusses the hot topic of reading in schools. We have noticed a shift in reading for enjoyment in the last few years. Children just don’t…
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Behaviour in Schools: What Has Gone Wrong?
This week’s episode discusses the hot topic of behaviour in schools. We have noticed a shift in behaviour in schools since we started teaching and the same…
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Teaching: Is It a Sustainable Career Like it Once Was?
This week’s episode discusses the hot topic of whether teaching is the same lifelong profession it once was. We discuss career progression, shifting identities…
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Literacy Crisis: Tackling the Growing Problem in Schools
This week’s episode delves into the global literacy crisis, exploring why children are no longer reading for pleasure and how we can address this pressing…
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Screen Time: The Effects of Overused Screens on Children’s Education
This week's episode focuses on the topic of screen time and how it impacts children’s education. We discuss the broader societal implications of overusing…
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Special Episode: BETT 2026, Conversations With EdTech Leaders
This week we are bringing you a special BONUS episode of Inside Voices. We are on the road at BETT 2026 and we managed to chat with different companies about…
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The Curriculum Review: What is it and Why Do We Need One?
This week's episode focuses on the curriculum reviews going on in Scotland and England. We discuss the rationale behind these reviews and how they are going to…
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New Year, New Mindset: Shifting the mindset for teachers in 2026
This week's episode looks at the difficulties in teaching and the prevailing mindset that often follows. We discuss all things positivity and how to protect…
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2026 Teaching Ins and Outs: Teacher trends, struggles and goals
This week's episode focuses on the year ahead. School is back and we are raring to go. We discuss trends like Play Pedagogy, what we struggle with when going…
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Christmas Craziness in School: How to Survive the Chaos
This week's episode focuses on schools at Christmas. This is a crazy time of year and it easy to become overwhelmed. We offer some advice on how to survive…
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Technology in Education: Where are we in 2025?
This week we return to the subject we chose for our very first episode 2 years ago. The landscape has changed dramatically in the last two years since…
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The Life of a Teacher
After a break Inside Voices is back! It took us a while to get back into recording due to a different setup. but we are back. This week's episode is inspired…
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Season 3 Episode 1: School is Back and We Are HYPED
Summer is done. A distant memory. School is back in full swing and we are so hyped. Whether it’s your first school year or you 31st, we hope you find something…
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Pits and Peaks: Reflections on Another Year Gone
Well, that’s it done. Another year of teaching in the bag. This week we reflect on the amazing peaks and difficult pits we encountered this year. Sit back…
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Teaching in 2025: What is the Role of a Teacher?
What is the role of a teacher in 2025? This week we dive into the subject of how teaching has changed recently. We look at the media’s perception of teachers…
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Teacher Interviews: Our Advice for a Successful Interview
It's interview season! On this week's episode we discuss all things interview! We look at our own experiences, share tips and tricks and discuss the current…
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Adolescence: Promoting Positive Online Experiences with Young People
On this week’s episode we were inspired to talk about the hit Netflix show, Adolescence. We thought it was appropriate to offer our opinion on how we as…
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Play Pedagogy: A Deep Dive with Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg
This week’s episode takes us down into the earlier years of education as Laura interviews Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg. A expert on the subject, Alistair explains…
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Are you Struggling? Let's Have a Chat...
This week’s episode takes a more serious turn. With the rates of teachers leaving the profession an ever-present issue, we felt it only right to discuss the…
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The Teaching Profession: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
This week’s episode looks at the all of the good, the bad and the ugly in teaching. We examine things like the job market, class sizes and all of the positives…
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Measuring Success as a Teacher: How Do You Know You’re Getting it Right
This week’s episode looks at the tricky subject of finding success as a teacher. Do we measure it in grades, observations or personal targets? We discuss all…
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Setting Goals: How to Plan Ahead as a Teacher
We are finally back!! It’s 2025 and we have lots to catch up on! In this week’s episode we discuss our goals and aims for 2025. We talk about professional and…
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Where Have We Been: An Inside Voices Catchup
It’s finally the end of term and we wanted to have a quick catchup before heading off for Christmas holidays. This week we discuss our experience with being…
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Teacher Job Market: How Do We Fix This Mess?
The teaching profession is going through a strange time and the job market is reflecting this. With a surplus in Scotland and shortages across the UK, we dive…
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Technology in Education: What is the Latest Thing?
Technology is an ever-changing beast that can be an amazing force for good and an amazing cause of stress! In this week’s episode we decided to revisit our…
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Schools & Families: Engaging the Most Important People in Education
Do you struggle to engage with the families linked to your school? We have found that having families on board in education is so important but can sometimes…
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Teaching is the Hardest Job in the World?
Teaching is the hardest job in the world! Or at least we sometimes think it is… in this episode we discuss all things ‘teacher struggles’. From bodily fluids…
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New Teachers: How to Succeed in Your First Year
Are you feeling swamped by your first year teaching? In this week's episode we dive into the realities of teaching in your first year and how that compares to…
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SEASON 2 EPISODE 1: Starting the School Year off Right
We are back! Inside Voices returns for another season and we are so glad to be back! In this week’s episode we discuss the start of the new year and all of the…
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Season 1 FINAL EPISODE: Reflecting on the Craziest Year of Our Lives
In this week’s episode we draw the first season of Inside Voices to a conclusion. We reflect over the last year and how crazy it has been! We look at some of…
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ICT with Mr P: Discussing Balancing Workload, How to fix the Retention Crisis and How UK Education Systems Differ
In this week’s episode David goes solo and interviews Lee Parkinson (ICT with Mr P). We discussed all things education, from how to fix broken education…
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Organised Educator: Discovering the Teacher Behind the Screen
In this week’s episode take a journey down memory lane and discover the person behind the mic… David Grant! We look at his career, key decisions he’s made and…
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The Life of a Teacher Influencer: An Interview with Laura Fulton (@teachwithmrsf)
In this week’s episode take a journey down memory lane and discover the person behind the mic… Laura Fulton! We look at her career, key decisions she’s made…
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Classroom Management: How to get to the Finish Line from 2 Tired Teachers
In this week’s episode we discuss the what classroom management looks like in the final weeks of a school year. We take a look at expectations, strategies and…
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Beyond the Classroom Walls: The Power of Outdoor Learning
In this episode we discuss the drive towards increasing outdoor learning opportunities. We looked into the reasons behind children not spending as much time…
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Artificial Intelligence: How to use AI in the Classroom
In this week’s episode we discuss the hot topic of Artificial Intelligence in education. We look at the advantages and disadvantages to using this kind of tech…
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Teacher Wellbeing: How to Maintain a Healthy Balance
In this episode we sit down with Martin (The Teachers’ PT) and discuss all things Wellbeing. We look at the differences between physical, emotional and mental…
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Young Teachers: How to Succeed as a Young Professional
In this episode we discuss the ways in which young teachers can succeed in the profession. Teaching is facing a retention crisis, with young teachers…
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Beyond Burnout: Exploring the Levels of Teacher Tired
In this episode we discuss the various levels of teacher tired experienced UNIVERSALLY across the profession. From parents' evening to residential trips, we…
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Education Fads: Why Do We Keep Re-packaging Old Things?
WE ARE BACK!! We’ve enjoyed our time off and hope you have too and now we’re back to our regularly scheduled episodes! In this episode we discuss educational…
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Preparing for the Final Term: Reflections of Two Tired Teachers
In this episode we discuss preparing for the final term! This year has been a marathon, not a sprint! And yet we feel like it has been a runaway train at the…
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Social Media in Education: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
In this episode we discuss the use of social media and how it is impacting the education world. We dive into how to support students and teachers in navigating…
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Pulling Back the Curtain: A glimpse into the Life of a Teacher
In this episode we discuss the hidden realities of life as a teacher. Teaching is a hard job and so many of the difficulties are hidden from public view. We…
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Student Teaching: How to Survive and Thrive
In this episode we discuss student teaching, the ups and downs of becoming a new teacher. We look into the challenges many students face and how to navigate…
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Bringing Passion back to the Profession: How to Nurture your Love for Teaching
In this episode we discuss the lack of passion there seems to be within the teaching profession currently. We look at stats and studies that show many teachers…
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Pupil Voice: Is it just another Buzzword?
In this week’s episode we discuss the subject of Pupil Voice. You may have heard an increase in the use of the term ‘Pupil Voice’ around your school recently…
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Becoming Teachers: Our Journey into the Profession
In this episode we discuss our favourite subject… ourselves! We always receive questions about our careers and how we got into teaching. Everyone’s journeys…
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Technology in Education: Envisioning the Classroom of the Future, Tips, Tricks & More
In this episode we discuss technology in education. We look into how technology has shaped our pedagogy and how it is allowing us to become more inclusive. We…
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The COVID Pause: Discovering the Long-term Effects of Lockdowns
Do you still feel the age you were before lockdown? Many writers describe this as the 'COVID Pause' and claim that people feel they lost a few years of their…
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Teacher Retention: The Newest Education Problem
In this week's episode we discuss the growing issue of teacher retention and shortages. The profession is going through a massive global shift and many people…