216. Transforming Schools with Learning Science: Inside Two High-Performing UK Schools

About this episode

This episode explores how learning science has transformed leadership and teaching in two high-performing UK schools.

What if improving results across an entire school came down to a handful of simple learning habits, done well, every day? In this episode we sit down with two headteachers from top-performing UK schools – Andy Green (Copleston High School) and Peter Lee (Q3 Academy Langley) – to discover how the science of learning effectively has influenced their leadership, teaching approaches, and the learning experiences of their students when put into practice across an entire school community. We ...

People in this episode

Host: William Wadsworth

Guests: Andy Green, Peter Lee

Topics covered

• learning science
• school leadership
• teaching approaches
• student experiences
• high-performing schools

Keywords

• learning habits
• school improvement
• education leadership
• student learning
• UK schools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Copleston High School, Q3 Academy Langley

Places: UK

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