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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.

SATs 2025: Answering 3-Mark Reading SATs Questions - An Update

Since I last wrote about helping children to answer 3-mark questions , the way those questions are asked has changed. Whilst much of the advice given in the previous blog post still stands (indeed I will be referring to it a lot in this one), it needs a little update. As part of this update, I have expanded the matching resource which can be downloaded here : Let's have a look at the 6 (2 per test) 3-mark questions from the 2022, 2023 and 2024 papers : 2024: 3-Mark Reading Qu

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Aidan Severs

Nov 5, 20245 min read

5 Ways To Help Children To Access The KS2 Reading SATs

Not many year 6 teachers want to spend months going through past papers, and indeed, many past papers now don't match the rigour and complexity of the more recent tests. There's also a growing (and welcome) trend of moving away from reading lessons being death by comprehension questions which require a written answer and are organised by the SATs reading domains. But, it's never a bad idea to help children to feel like the tests are familiar, and there are some things about t

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Aidan Severs

Jan 5, 20243 min read

Times Tables Fluency and the KS2 SATs

How important is times tables fluency for the KS2 SATs? I'd say quite important. When we are fluent in speaking a language, we can speak...

Teaching

Aidan Severs

Nov 22, 20232 min read

Avoiding Mistakes in the KS2 SATs: (Hilarious) PowerPoints To Introduce the Tests

Children make mistakes. And we're OK with that. It's how they learn. Although that's not so much the case when it comes to the key stage...

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Aidan Severs

Apr 27, 20232 min read

A Year 6 Teacher's SATs Memoir: I Thought I'd Lost My Job

Ten years ago I really thought my teaching career had come to an end. It was definitely an overreaction but for a few days I had that...

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Aidan Severs

Mar 15, 20234 min read

Brand New SATs Arithmetic Practice Resource: Calculating with Fractions - Addition (+ Free Sample!)

Breaking down the objective of 'adding with fractions' into 35 bite-sized one-pagers with worked examples, explanations & practice questions

Teaching

Aidan Severs

Mar 4, 20232 min read

Brand new KS2 Reading SATs prep resource!

I've put together a new resource designed for year 6 teachers specifically focusing on the 3-mark questions in the KS2 reading test.

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Aidan Severs

Feb 24, 20231 min read

Dear Year 6 Teachers: Thank You

I wrote this back in 2017 when I was leader of the UKS2 phase in a school that was on its journey from special measures to being...

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Aidan Severs

May 8, 20223 min read

6 Things To Remember For KS2 SATs Week 2025

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 7, 20223 min read

The True Purpose Of Year 6

What is the true purpose of year 6? Whilst writing a blog post about how the true purpose of year 6 isn't preparing for year 7, I got to...

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Aidan Severs

Jan 31, 20224 min read

Article Archive - Aidan Severs Consulting

Here you can find a collected list of most of the articles I (Aidan Severs) have written for other outlets, including TES, Teach Primary...

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Aidan Severs

Dec 14, 20214 min read

What Impressions Do You Get... Answering 3-Mark Reading SATs Questions

Read my updated post about answering 3-mark questions which features questions types from the latest SATs: https://www.aidansevers.com/post/sats-2025-answering-3-mark-reading-sats-questions-an-update Check out my blog post '5 Ways To Help Children To Access The KS2 Reading SATs' here: https://www.aidansevers.com/post/5-ways-to-help-children-to-access-the-ks2-reading-sats For the resources, visit the links below: To find out more, read on: At the academy trust where I was a de

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Aidan Severs

Nov 26, 20215 min read

Getting Ready For The KS2 Reading Test

If you're here for the resources, then here are the links: However, if you have a little more time, have a read about the thought process that has gone into the resource creation. But, before you start reading my bit, I can't stress how important it is that you read Penny Slater's blog series of reflections on analysis of the 2019 reading test (which is the last SATs reading test that we have). It is in 4 parts and it has been the reading of these that has brought me to write

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Aidan Severs

Nov 2, 20215 min read