Educating Borders

About Educating Borders

Educating Borders is a podcast by Scottish Borders Council all about the latest goings on in and around schools in our region. We'll be sharing news and information about education in the Scottish Borders, including the latest developments in schools, professional learning opportunities and interviews with education specialists within and beyond the Borders. Hosted every fortnight during term time by Roddy Graham, Lead Teacher of Inspire Learning, our aim is to connect you to the people and ideas that are changing education across the Scottish Borders.

Publisher

Scottish Borders Council

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Mar 2023

Latest episode

14 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Dec 2025

   Educating Borders 2025/26: Episode 3

   Welcome to Educating Borders, the podcast from Scottish Borders Council. For our final episode of the year, we deliver a powerful blast of professional learning! Listen again to three high-impact "Pedagogy Shorts" covering key teaching and learning practices. We also share an important update about the podcast’s new, bitesize format launching in January. This Is Educating Borders!

2. 

   31 Oct 2025

   Educating Borders 2025/26: Episode 2

   Welcome to Educating Borders, the podcast from Scottish Borders Council all about the latest goings-on in and around schools across our region. On this latest edition we’ve got the latest Professional Learning update, we have a Wee Blether with Gordon Smith about outdoor education and we hear from pupils about just why they love the Cycle Skool project. This Is Educating Borders!!

3. 

   5 Oct 2025

   Educating Borders 2025/26: Episode 1

   Welcome to Educating Borders, the podcast from Scottish Borders Council all about the latest goings-on in and around schools across our region. On this first edition of the new school year, we hear from Catherine Thomson about SBC’s priorities for the year ahead, an Inspire Learning update with Linzi Holliday, the Professional Learning blog is back for the new school year and we hear from some very sweet Primary 1 pupils about their start to school. This Is Educating Borders!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

64

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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Books guests

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