Join the Tes team as we discuss various opposition party plans for the abolition of Ofsted, Sats and private schools.

Ed Dorrell, head of content at Tes, talks about the importance of supporting teachers early in their careers. The atmosphere in too many schools is “fairly toxic”, he says, after a week in which a major study found that one in four teachers works more than 60 hours a week. 

And we also talk about strategies for promoting teacher wellbeing, as well as concern about proposed changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage...

...as well as taking “a fresh angle” on a news story about how a new-look protractor might help pupils in maths.

We’re joined in our photo this week by Tes executive PA Louise Bird, far left, who isn’t in the podcast, but was passing by - and was persuaded to pose for a quick team pic.