Heads & Tales

About Heads & Tales

Heads & Tales is a podcast series from mentoring company Oppidan Education (https://www.linkedin.com/company/oppidaneducation/) where leaders from the world of education discuss their life and career.

Publisher

Oppidan Education

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Dec 2022

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

113 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Eugene du Toit

   Eugene du Toit is Master of Haileybury, leading around 900 pupils across 500 acres of Hertfordshire. Born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, he came to teaching via business economics and PwC, and has since led through St Paul's, Trinity Croydon and Wellington School. In this episode, Eugene makes the case that a child's humanity matters more than ever in a technological world, explains why he leads with belief rather than fear, and argues that the best school in the world is simply the right school for your child.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Shaun Fenton

   Shaun Fenton OBE is headmaster of Reigate Grammar School, Surrey's leading co-educational independent day school, and a former chair of HMC. The son of rock star Alvin Stardust, Shaun began his career in accountancy before a conversation with his old teacher drew him into education. In this episode, he makes the case for educating children to be well-educated rather than just well-qualified, argues that happiness and achievement are not a trade-off, explains why he thinks the whole idea of teacher retention is upside down, and reminds us that children won't care what you know until they know that you care.

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Ramón Javier

   Ramón Javier is head of school at George Jackson Academy, a middle school for boys on Manhattan's Lower East Side where every family receives financial assistance. A lifelong New Yorker and Prep for Prep alumnus, Ramón grew up on welfare in Washington Heights before attending boarding school, Williams College and Columbia. In this episode, he explains how a school funded almost entirely through philanthropy actually works, why he insists on preserving boyhood rather than rushing boys into manhood, what brotherhood really means to the boys in his care, and why he believes AI is going to make people stupid.

Who has been a guest on Heads & Tales

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Peter Hyman
• Simon Henderson
• Jade Bowler
• Robert Tomalin
• Matt Horvat

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 13 / 100

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

Quality

27

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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