

Teach Sleep Repeat
Dylan Price and Hayden Stevens
Teach Sleep Repeat is the podcast for teachers who need a laugh, a rant, and a reminder they are not alone. Dylan and Hayden dive into the real highs and lows of school life from classroom chaos to staffroom gossip. Listener submissions bring out the funniest disasters and most relatable dilemmas, while guests join to share their own unfiltered stories from life in and around education.
Send us your favourite teaching stories! E-mail: teachsleeprepeatpod@gmail.com
Send us your favourite teaching stories! E-mail: teachsleeprepeatpod@gmail.com
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Sep 17, 2025 • 54min
Ep 135: Answering Your Questions: School Suspensions, Recognising Red Flags & Life After Teaching
Join our WhatsApp community for episode links, future episode polls & priority question submission:https://chat.whatsapp.com/HB7n1PNGdGL5STACssEH1sWe are back answering our lovely listeners' questions! From teachers recognising toxic red flags, to life after teaching, we cover loads in this one. Join our WhatsApp community to submit questions and get messages directly from us!https://chat.whatsapp.com/HB7n1PNGdGL5STACssEH1sFollow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastFollow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Sep 15, 2025 • 1h 3min
Ep 134: Will Ofsted Ever Get It Right? Report Cards, New Gradings & Wellbeing Controversy
Join our podcast WhatsApp community for direct messages from us, links to new episodes, polls on future epsiodes & priority question submissions.https://chat.whatsapp.com/HB7n1PNGdGL5STACssEH1sWe dive into the confirmed Ofsted changes & discuss the impact that these changes will have on schools... If any...Check out Schools Week for the most up-to-date education journalism: https://schoolsweek.co.uk/Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastFollow us on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Sep 10, 2025 • 46min
Ep 133: Answering Your Questions: Teacher Sickness Guilt, Scrapping One Subject & Promotion Without Burnout!
We answer your questions on the best thing we learned as teachers, feeling guilty about taking sick leave, how to stand out for promotion without giving up your life, breaktime snacks & what jobs we'd have if it wasn't teaching!Join our WhatsApp community for free to get episode links, Q&A submission priority, polls on future episodes & sneak peaks! https://chat.whatsapp.com/HB7n1PNGdGL5STACssEH1s Follow us on:Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Sep 8, 2025 • 1h 19min
Ep 132: Making History Fun, Inspiring & Interesting with Greg Jenner (Public Historian, Horrible Histories & Podcast Host!)
We sit down with Greg Jenner, historian, bestselling author and the resident historian on Horrible Histories. He tells us what it was really like working on the iconic show, why history should be about more than memorising facts, and the one thing he thinks every child should learn about the past. Greg also talks about his amazing, funny series of children's books, Totally Chaotic History, which cover key eras of history in the national curriculum! Find the latest book, The Stone Age Runs Wild, here:https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529522495/totally-chaotic-history-the-stone-age-runs-wild/Follow us on: Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Sep 3, 2025 • 45min
Ep 131: Answering Your Questions: Private School Ethics, Teacher Payscales & Becoming A School Leader
Another episode where we go through your listener questions!We chat about loads, including: private school ethics, climbing the teacher payscale, the UPS debacle, becoming a school leader, and a whole mix of extremely random hypothetical questions!Send us your questions for future episodes here:Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Sep 1, 2025 • 45min
Ep 130: Top Tips For Teachers To SMASH The New School Year!
September is upon us & the new school year has arrived (unless you're in a place that has already gone back...)Here, we lay out our top tips from 20 years of experience teaching in primary schools that will help you smash September!Sit back, relax, and let us know if we have missed anything out.Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Aug 27, 2025 • 48min
Ep 129: Answering Your Questions: Teaching Abroad, After-School Clubs & Working Through Summer
The hosts tackle listener questions about managing extracurricular pressures in education. They discuss the challenges of teaching responsibilities, emphasizing the need for boundaries. A humorous exchange about accents and administrative work adds levity to their reflections. They explore the allure of teaching abroad, particularly in high-paying roles. An eye-opening segment highlights the environmental impacts of lamination, blending practicality with sustainability concerns.

Aug 25, 2025 • 49min
Ep 128: Unpicking The School's Bill: Branded Uniform Crackdown, Fairer Teacher Pay & Fewer Academy Freedoms
Join us for a dive into the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill that is currently making its way into law in the UK.We discuss school uniform, teacher pay and a stripping back of academy freedoms.Is it a good thing? A bad thing? A mix?Let's find out together!We will be covering homeschooling in the future, btw....Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTiktok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Aug 20, 2025 • 38min
Ep 127: Answering Your Questions: Controversial Teacher Opinions, TA Roles & Pointless Assessment
In this episode, we answer your teacher questions - from our most controversial opinions about education, to how a TA should really be used in the classroom, our top tips for moving up with your class, and how pointless assessment can be. Expect a mix of honest takes, practical advice, and a few spicy confessions along the way.Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast

Aug 18, 2025 • 53min
Ep 126: Top Tips For New Teachers: How To Thrive In The Classroom
Starting your first year as a new teacher? It can feel exciting, overwhelming, and just a little bit terrifying. In this episode, we share our top tips for new teachers to help you survive (and actually enjoy) your first year in the classroom.Plus, we share some honest stories from our own early years in teaching: the wins, the fails, and what we wish we’d known sooner.Whether you’re about to start teaching or are in the thick of your first year, this is your practical, no-jargon guide to surviving and thriving as a new teacher.Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcastTikTok: www.tiktok.com/teachsleeprepeatpodcast