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Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

Theme music composed and arranged by David Vesey

This week I bring you the second part of my interview with Katie Ashford Deputy Head of Michaela Community School in Wembley Park in London. The wide range of topics we discuss include the following:

• Michaela Community School Building
• The Teach First Programme
• Starting a blog, which led to a job offer
• Personalised Instruction and whole class instruction
• Her blog posts
• A typical day
• Family Lunch (at school)
• What she likes most/least about teaching
• Her ideal English lesson
• What schools are for
• Teachers who had a significant impact on her
• Who inspires her

Katie also referred to Tom Bennett's blog and to books by Daisy Christodoulou and Daniel Willingham.