Dear Year 6 Teachers: Thank You
I wrote this back in 2017 when I was leader of the UKS2 phase on a school that was on its journey from special measures to being...
Along with being a primary school teacher and leader, blogging is where this all started for Aidan. If it wasn't for his passion for writing and sharing his learning and experiences, he wouldn't be working as an education consultant with schools across the country today. Shared best practice should be available to all and here on the Aidan Severs Consulting blog you can get ideas for making a difference in your own school. The blog is also a great place to learn exactly the kind of work that Aidan can partner with your school on.
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Aidan Severs
- May 7
- 3 min
6 Things To Remember For KS2 SATs Week 2022
It's 2022 Key Stage 2 Test week - SATs are upon us again after a 2-year hiatus. Remember these things as you prepare for the week ahead.
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Aidan Severs
- May 5
- 4 min
5 Reasons Why Subject Leadership Training Is A Top Priority
Subject Leadership is an important role in the primary school. Here we explore why investing in training for those staff members is crucial.
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 25
- 5 min
How To Achieve Both Curriculum Cohesion And Teacher Autonomy
Not that long ago, back when I was a teacher and before I had any SLT responsibilities, I worked in a brilliant school where we teachers...
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 21
- 3 min
Teacher Wellbeing: The Three Things You Need
Teachers need three things to ensure good wellbeing: competence, autonomy and relatedness. Here's how schools can provide them.
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 18
- 4 min
The Patient School Leader
School leaders' patience (an essential of the job) can be developed by wisely overlooking things, by speaking gently and by remaining humble
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 13
- 3 min
School Leadership: Achieving Unity Through Harmony And The Recognition of Individuality
Each school is a body and every staff member has a part to play in making things work. Great school leaders bring about harmonious working.
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 13
- 6 min
True Transition Begins in September
Transition from primary to secondary is focused on what happens in year 6 but it is more important to think about what can happen in year 7.
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 11
- 9 min
Three Characteristics of a Supportive KS3 Curriculum
Transition isn't just a one-day thing. The KS3 curriculum is the biggest factor in ensuring a successful transition. What should it be like?
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 6
- 4 min
Transforming KS3 To Aid Transition
Beyond a transition day there are plenty logistical changes that secondary schools can make to help year 7 children to settle in.
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Aidan Severs
- Mar 10
- 7 min
8 Things To Consider When Designing A Primary Art Curriculum
Designing an art curriculum can be more complicated than it seems. In this article we explore 8 things to consider when developing yours.
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Aidan Severs
- Mar 5
- 3 min
School Leadership: Hard or Complex?
Being a school leader is complex and therefore is difficult to do. When the job is becoming hard, the complexity needs to be reduced.
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 25
- 4 min
Teaching Reading: Pairing Non-Fiction with Fiction
Matching fiction texts to non-fiction texts helps children to understand both texts better. This oost uses a case study to exemplify this.
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 23
- 6 min
Behaviour: 7 Approaches That Benefit All Children (part 2) - By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)
In part one of this blog, I shared the first four approaches that I think benefit all learners when it comes to achieving great behaviour...
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 20
- 7 min
Behaviour: 7 Approaches That Benefit All Children
(part 1) - By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)
Since the beginning of my career, I’ve been interested in how some pupils’ difficult home lives can affect their behaviour in school....
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 17
- 6 min
On Scrutinising Scrutiny and The Coaching Model
I originally posted this blog post over at my old blog That Boy Can Teach back in January 2017 when I was an assistant head at a Dixons...
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 15
- 3 min
Teacher Development: Questions To Guide Reflection
As part of the researchEDHome 2020 CPD series, David Weston, CEO of Teacher Development Trust, presented under the heading 'Schools that...
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 14
- 5 min
Making Secondary Schools Primary-Ready
We talk a lot of making sure that year 6 children are ‘secondary-ready’. But what if we’ve got that all wrong, or at least partly wrong?...
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 10
- 5 min
From Paper to Practice: Beyond Curriculum Intent, and Into Implementation (Part 3)
Before reading this, make sure you've caught up on the prior blog posts in the series: Part 1 Part 2 Learning From Mis-Implementation...
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 9
- 1 min
From Paper to Practice: Beyond Curriculum Intent, and Into Implementation (Part 2)
Before reading this, make sure you've caught up on the first blog post in the series: Part 1 Getting Implementation Right By... The good...
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