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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.


New Subject Leader? Need Training? This One's For You.
Are you a new subject leader? Then this blog post is for you. A compilation of where to find free CPD on my blog and podcast.

Aidan Severs
Oct 1, 20232 min read
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S1 E8 - Providing CPD as a Subject Leader with Stuart Rogers
In this, the 8th episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast, Stuart Rogers, another Computing primary subject leader, answers the following questions: How can subject leaders decide on what professional development needs there are? How can subject leaders develop staff so that teaching and learning in their subject improves? What are the implications and outcomes of using instructional coaching as a subject leader? Find this podcast episode on your preferred podcast service:...

Aidan Severs
Jun 8, 202321 min read
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S1 E7 - Subject Leaders - Monitoring, Assessing Learning and Assessment in Art with Chris Mann
In this, the 7th episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast, Chris Mann, an English and Art primary subject leader, answers the following questions: How can subject leaders ensure that the monitoring activities they carry out are worthwhile? What is the purpose of assessment and how should learning be assessed? Find this podcast episode on your preferred podcast service: https://linktr.ee/subjectleaderspodcast Below you can find the transcript for this episode of The Subject Lead

Aidan Severs
May 30, 202322 min read
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S1 E6 - Subject Leadership, Leadership Style and Barriers to Teaching Computing with Allen Tsui
In episode 6 of The Subject Leaders Podcast Aidan speaks to Allen Tsui, a primary (and A-level) computing leader and teacher.

Aidan Severs
May 25, 202315 min read
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S1 E5 - Setting Objectives, the National Curriculum & Developing DT Knowledge with Sarah Haigh
The Subject Leaders Podcast S1 E5 - Setting Objectives, the National Curriculum & Developing Teachers' DT Subject Knowledge with Sarah Haigh

Aidan Severs
May 18, 202319 min read
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S1 E3: Promoting your Subject and Monitoring and Evaluating Maths with Kieran Mackle
The third episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast features podcaster and author Kieran Mackle. He's well-known for his Thinking Deeply About Primary Education (#TDaPE) podcast and his book Thinking Deeply About Primary Mathematics. In this episode Kieran looks back on his time as maths subject leader across three school and shares his knowledge about promoting and encouraging enthusiasm for the subject you lead before sharing his thoughts about assessment in primary maths. Fin

Aidan Severs
May 4, 202322 min read
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S1 E2: SMSC Development, Supporting Teachers and Outdoor Learning with Christian Kitley
An outdoor learning subject leader talks about designing curriculum, developing teachers and contributing to pupils' SMSC development.

Aidan Severs
Apr 26, 202322 min read
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Introducing The Subject Leaders Podcast
Aidan Severs Consulting Ltd presents The Subject Leaders Podcast for primary subject leaders, by primary subject leaders.

Aidan Severs
Apr 18, 20231 min read
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The Power and Purpose of Literacy: Vocabulary and Oracy
A child's oracy and vocabulary development is crucial to their development as a person. Here's why...

Aidan Severs
Mar 30, 20237 min read
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What Are All The Different Types Of Knowledge? (part 2)
Terminology around knowledge and curriculum can be confusing. In part 2 of this series, we define more types of knowledge.

Aidan Severs
Mar 9, 20234 min read
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School Leadership: The Importance Of Focusing On Now
We naturally focus on the future, always wanting to do the next thing that will make a difference but we need to reflect on the present too.

Aidan Severs
Mar 2, 20233 min read
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Subject Leadership and the Ofsted Inspection Framework
How can Ofsted's inspection framework can help primary subject leaders to lead on developments in their area of responsibility?

Aidan Severs
Feb 16, 20233 min read
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School Leadership: Harnessing Action To Clarity Of Vision
How well do your actions align with the vision you have and the goals you set? Everything school leaders do should work towards their goals.

Aidan Severs
Feb 9, 20236 min read
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Subject Leadership: Goals And Actions
As a subject leader are you naturally goal-orientated or action orientated? Or are you an equal amount of each? What are the pros and cons?

Aidan Severs
Feb 2, 20233 min read
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Subject Leadership: Being Ofsted-Ready By Doing It For The Kids
Everything we do in schools should be for the children - if this is the priority then we should be on track to explain things to Ofsted.

Aidan Severs
Jan 26, 20233 min read
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Subject Leadership: Leading a Team, Not a Subject
Subject leadership can feel lonely, however you are leading a team of people, not a subject, so in reality you are not alone.

Aidan Severs
Jan 19, 20232 min read
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Subject Leadership and the Problem of TIME
Subject leadership has to be juggled with class teaching responsibilities, so realistic expectations of subject leaders are crucial.

Aidan Severs
Jan 12, 20233 min read
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The 3 Cs of Curriculum Design
By thinking about continuity, correct coverage and consistency, school leaders can begin to think about how to design their curriculum.

Aidan Severs
Jan 11, 20235 min read
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The Benefits of Being a Subject Leader
Subject Leadership can feel daunting, but there are so many benefits for teachers taking on such a role.

Aidan Severs
Jan 5, 20235 min read
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What Can Book Scrutiny Actually Tell Us?
Book Looks or Book Scrutinies are a popular monitoring approach in schools. Here's how to get the most out of them...

Aidan Severs
Oct 10, 20227 min read
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