We Are In Beta Podcast

In this episode, Jeremy Hannay, Headteacher of Three Bridges Primary School in west London, shares his thoughts on How a trip to see the London 2012 Olympics gave him his life’s mission The best bits of the UK and Canadian education systems How teacher recruitment and retention crisie could become a thing of the past in every school The false dichotomy between high performance and happiness that exists in schools What performance management has been replaced with at Three Bridges How they have fostered the autonomy and trust that has been key to the success at the school The curriculum programmes they run and how they have adapted them to suit their context The importance of ‘building cathedrals’ rather than ‘cutting stone’. How co-construction can make accountability redundant The biggest challenges Three Bridge has had to overcome and what still stands in their way The conflict interests he sees between Ofsted’s two main functions and how that compares to the Canadian system How they have designed their pr