Improvement with Dr Nathaniel Swain

Teacher Takeaway Podcast, Season 5, Episode 31, November 8, 2025, with James Gray, Aaron Johnston and Rebecca West

This episode explores how schools can drive effective, sustainable improvement by applying key principles from the science of learning.

The discussion covers:

- Why a clear, school-wide vision for improvement matters and how to build it.

- The importance of aligning curriculum, pedagogy, and routines across classrooms.

- How cognitive science (e.g., cognitive load, retrieval, spacing) can strengthen teaching and learning.

- Practical strategies schools can adopt to embed evidence-informed practice.

- Common implementation challenges and how leaders can support teachers through change.

- Examples of how schools have successfully used science-of-learning approaches to lift student outcomes.