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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.


Case Study: Revolutionising Curriculum Delivery in KS2
Explore how a UK primary school transformed its KS2 curriculum delivery, emphasizing open-ended challenges, same-day interventions, and more

Aidan Severs
Nov 12, 20246 min read
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Assessment: How Can I Identify Greater Depth Children In Foundation Subjects?
Uncover the complexities of identifying greater depth children with an insightful assessment that goes beyond traditional methods.

Aidan Severs
Oct 15, 20245 min read
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Case Study: Continuous Provision and EYFS-Inspired Practice in KS2
Bringing an early years approach into KS1 isn’t unheard of – there are plenty of Year 1 classrooms where continuous provision has been...

Aidan Severs
Oct 8, 20246 min read
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Developing A Greater Depth Toolkit To Aid Task Design
Having written a few blog posts over the years about working with pupils of greater depth , I occasionally get requests to work with...

Aidan Severs
Oct 1, 20246 min read
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New Download Available: History Primary Disciplinary Knowledge - Characteristics and Curriculum Statements
You've been wanting to add some history disciplinary knowledge statements to your curriculum, but if you're honest you're not sure...

Aidan Severs
Jul 11, 20241 min read
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What Can Go Wrong When Writing Your Own Curriculum?
I've seen first-hand what can go wrong in developing curricula, and the additional time and resources that are wasted as a result. Here...

Aidan Severs
Jul 2, 20243 min read
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What Is A Concept-Based Curriculum?
A while ago I wrote about how to develop a concept-based curriculum ( you can read that here ) and I now just want to take a step back to...

Aidan Severs
Jun 25, 20243 min read
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Starter for 10: Curriculum Development
On the face of it, curriculum development and design appears simple. All you have to do is work out what needs teaching and in what...

Aidan Severs
Jun 20, 20243 min read
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What Even Is A Curriculum Driver?
Let's keep this short and sweet. What is a curriculum driver? A curriculum driver is a principle that guides the development and delivery...

Aidan Severs
Jun 18, 20242 min read
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Primary D&T: Is It OK To Design Without Making And Vice Versa?
Does a D&T unit always need to feature both designing and making? Find out in this blog post...

Aidan Severs
Jun 10, 20243 min read
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Primary D&T: Teaching The Iterative Design Process
I wrote this article a while back when I was a deputy head with responsibility for curriculum, teaching and learning, and was in the...

Aidan Severs
Jun 6, 20241 min read
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The 4 Ps Of The Design & Technology Curriculum
Discover how to revolutionize your design technology curriculum with the 4 Ps approach and learn to teach DT effectively.

Aidan Severs
May 28, 20243 min read
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What is substantive knowledge?
Discover exactly what substantive knowledge is. Check out some examples of disciplinary knowledge.

Aidan Severs
May 23, 20242 min read
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What is procedural knowledge?
Discover exactly what procedural knowledge is. Check out some examples of disciplinary knowledge.

Aidan Severs
May 23, 20242 min read
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What is disciplinary knowledge?
Discover exactly what disciplinary knowledge is. Check out some examples of disciplinary knowledge.

Aidan Severs
May 23, 20242 min read
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Curriculum: What Is The Best Kind Of 'Big Question'?
Unlock the secret to crafting the perfect 'Big Question Curriculum' with the ultimate guide. Learn the best question types and their impact.

Aidan Severs
May 21, 20245 min read
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How To Write Good Curriculum Statements (And Why I'm Not Calling Them Objectives)
Learn how to craft effective curriculum statements and why they are more than just objectives.

Aidan Severs
May 13, 20244 min read
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Curriculum Drivers and Disciplinary Knowledge - What's The Link?
Uncover the vital link between curriculum drivers and disciplinary knowledge.

Aidan Severs
May 7, 20244 min read
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Knowledge vs. Skills: What's More Important?
"Skills are a kind of knowledge - a knowledge of how to do something. Different subjects require the teaching of a different balance of know

Aidan Severs
Apr 30, 20244 min read
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Backwards Planning: What I Got Wrong
Here's the resource that this blog post refers to - you can download it for free below: In the old iteration of the above planning framework, I had the following prompts in the very last step (step 5): Who are the children who will need extra learning steps prior to  the ones outlined above? Who are the children who will need extra learning steps  following the ones outlined above (NSFD)? In all my recent work around providing for pupils with SEND I have realised how mistaken

Aidan Severs
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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