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Monday
Staff
For the whole staffroom — TAs, midday supervisors and office staff too. Safeguarding culture, wellbeing, whole-school habits.
Tuesday
Teachers
The latest EEF evidence — Toolkit strands and guidance reports, translated to Monday-morning reality.
Wednesday
Leaders
Policy and Ofsted for leaders and SENCOs — DfE announcements and statutory deadlines, read at source.
Thursday
Global Pioneers
What's working in schools around the world — and whether it would survive a wet Tuesday in the UK.
Friday
Parents & Carers
The week's research translated for home — Early Years, primary, secondary and SEND angles.
Start here — the first five episodes.
Everything for episodes 1–5, open to everyone: listen, take both one-pagers, and go straight to the primary sources we read so you can check the evidence yourself.
The 2026 SEND White Paper Decoded
KCSiE 2026: What Actually Changed
First 20 Days: Behaviour That Sticks
RSHE 2026: New Rules Start Now
The Commute Newsletter.
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Welcome to The Education Commute—turning the research you don't have time to read into your 20-minute journey to work.
Each week, we take one piece of evidence—from UK benchmarks and EEF toolkits to global education research—and test how it actually translates to Monday morning reality in primary, secondary, and specialist classrooms worldwide.
We debate the nuance rather than reading the press release. Grounded in UK practice, built for educators everywhere, and fully sourced before the morning bell rings.
Hosted by a serving school leader working through the same NPQ frameworks the show covers — NPQH and NPQLBC completed, NPQSENCo in progress.