Teacher Booker's Podcast

In this episode, we explore how shared STEM teachers are creating ‘phantom capacity’ across councils, distorting workforce planning and hiding real shortages.

Introducing the Pressure Index — a new way to measure and track staffing pressure in education. In this episode, we explore how digitising supply data makes invisible pressure visible — from individual schools to national workforce strategy. Learn how the Pressure Index (PI) helps leaders see where demand is rising, compare roles and regions, and plan ahead with evidence instead of intuition.

Teacher Booker explores how AI is reshaping software development, team structures, and roles, featuring insights from engineer Abhi Sadhu. Key takeaways include: Natural Language as a Core Tool : Traditional coding languages are giving way to natural language interfaces, with AI translating human intent into code. However, deep understanding of systems and architecture remains vital. Evolving Role...

In this first episode, we challenge some of the most common assumptions about supply staffing in schools—using real booking data from thousands of jobs across nine local authorities. How many supply staff do schools actually need? Are most absences really last-minute? And why do a small group of teachers do most of the work? This deep dive unpacks surprising patterns and practical insights that ca...