Detention Diaries
Welcome to Detention Diaries — a podcast, blog, and teacher community built with heart, humour, and a healthy dose of realism. We discuss all things education, get involved and join the community at detentiondiaries.com.
Podcasting since 2025 • 6 episodes
Detention Diaries
Latest Episodes
Make it Make SENDs #2 - Follow the Empathy Road: Educating for Inclusion with Ginny Bootman
Join me on this week’s episode of the Make it Make SENDs podcast as I chat with the remarkable Ginny Bootman — a SENDCO, former headteacher, author and champion of empathy-driven SEND education.🚀 In this conver...
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Make it Make SENDs #1 - The Autistic Advocate. It’s Not a SEND Crisis — It’s an Education Crisis
💬 Episode Description:In the very first episode of Make it Make SENDs, I sit down with Kieran Rose — better known as The Autistic Advocate — to talk all things autism, inclusion, and the future of educa...
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Detention Diaries #3: From Classroom Chaos to Campus Calm: Training the Teachers of Tomorrow
In this episode of Detention Diaries, I’m joined by Will Evans — my former PGCE mentor and now Music PGCE Lead at Manchester Metropolitan University. Will’s spent years helping new teachers survive (and sometimes even enjoy...
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Detention Diaries #2: Lost Boys: What Schools Get Wrong About Masculinity
In Episode 2 of Detention Diaries, I sit down with Andy — a former mainstream teacher who went on to set up education across multiple alternative provision sites in the North West, and now works with Progressive Masculinity...
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Detention Diaries #1: From SEND to PRU: Lessons from the Edge of Education
When mainstream can’t meet every need — what really happens inside a Pupil Referral Unit? In this episode of Detention Diaries, I sit down with David — a former SENDCo at my school who’s now working as English Lead ...
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Episode 1
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