If we are serious about inclusion, differentiation and wellbeing, then every mainstream primary classroom needs at least one other adult. Read my full post: http://simonmlewis.substack.com

I was thrilled to appear on South East Radio with John Moynihan to talk about my book, The Tech-Enabled Principal, on his show recently. My interview starts around 18 and a half minutes in. https://www.southeastradio.ie/podcasts/saturday-morning-live/episode/episode-19-february-7th-2026/

We have to admit it. Our education system is set up so schools compete against each other. – Drive through any town and you’ll see election-style posters urging you to enrol your child. Often you’ll see these posters outside the school’s catchment area. – Observe the SET Allocations that will

There are no votes in losing an SNA and that’s really the problem, pause or no pause. Why SNA reallocations were always going to collapse, and what a better structure might look like https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/there-are-no-votes-in-losing-an-sna

I’m looking for as many myths as possible about teaching reading for a future podcast. I really need your help! Can you reply with your favourite myths about teaching reading – be as controversial as you like!

My analysis on the recent SNA cuts and what we need to do about them https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/why-the-ncse-are-cutting-snas-despite

I was at one of the National Conversation on Education groups and one ofthe activities was to write things that are going really well in schools today. All the ideas were posted on a board and then the children went around with a sticky dot each and put them on

Week 5 of our music challenge, we listened to Bad Bunny’s Grammy award winning album. Here’s what we thought: Emrys: The first 5 songs were great but then it got kinda boring quickly because there are so many songs on the album. (7/10) Favourite song: NUEVAYoL Simon: Decided to bump