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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.
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Replacing Onerous Primary Assessment with Better Monitoring and Evaluation (Part 2)
In the first blog post in this series , I posed the following question: "What can subject leaders and school leaders do to replace...

Aidan Severs
Jun 182 min read
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Replacing Onerous Primary Assessment with Better Monitoring and Evaluation (Part 1)
If you read my recent post on assessing foundation subjects in primary and were left wondering about the lack of evidence and data that...

Aidan Severs
May 194 min read
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Subject Leadership: How Can I Keep On Top Of Things Throughout The Year?
The exceedingly short answer to this question is to download your free subject leadership workbook here or by using the link in the...

Aidan Severs
Sep 24, 20242 min read
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Starter for 10: Subject Leadership
Whether you're new to your subject leadership role or have had the position for a while, it's true that what is expected of subject...

Aidan Severs
Sep 17, 20243 min read
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Developing Teacher Subject Knowledge
It's no surprise if I say that in order to teach something well you need to know it well yourself. And in case my saying that isn't...

Aidan Severs
Dec 12, 20232 min read
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How To Observe A Lesson
As I was putting together my ' Starter for 5: Monitoring and Evaluation' blog post I realised that, although I talk about lesson...

Aidan Severs
Dec 4, 20236 min read
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Starter for 5: Monitoring and Evaluation
1. Monitoring Your Subject 101 "Many new middle leaders are effectively thrown in at the deep end and are expected, at least until they...

Aidan Severs
Nov 29, 20232 min read
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Formal Assessments: Are You Trying To Make Them Do Too Much?
If you really interrogate what you are trying to get out of your formal assessments, I wonder what you'd find. The true purpose of a...

Aidan Severs
Oct 16, 20232 min read
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Questions for Subject Leaders: SEND
Although by no means exhaustive, this list of questions that subject leaders might use as a reflective tool as they lead staff in the...

Aidan Severs
Oct 11, 20233 min read
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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...

Aidan Severs
Jun 8, 202321 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, 20231 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, 20231 min read
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S1 E4: Contextualising Curriculum, Implementation & Teaching Primary History with Vinay Verma
In the fourth episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast we talk to Vinay Verma, an early career teacher and primary history leader. In this...

Aidan Severs
May 11, 20231 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...

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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S1 E1: Inclusive Curriculum, Action Planning and Curriculum in MFL with Emily Griffin
The Subject Leaders Podcast Series 1 Episode 1: Emily Griffin, English, MFL and curriculum leader speaks about curriculum and Ofsted

Aidan Severs
Apr 19, 202320 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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How The Local Area Can Inspire your Art Lessons
Although a school's local area is more often thought of when teaching geography and history, it can be a great source of inspiration in art.

Aidan Severs
Mar 23, 20233 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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