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...
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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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Aidan Severs
- Jan 30
- 6 min
SEND Provision Across The Curriculum: Start and End Points
“All pupils should have access to a broad and balanced curriculum. The National Curriculum Inclusion Statement states that teachers...
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Subject Leadership and Support for Pupils With SEND
Subject leadership can be a minefield at the best of times, and for many teachers and leaders looking at it through the SEND lens is...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 12, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 4, 2023
- 6 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Nov 29, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Oct 16, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Oct 11, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Oct 1, 2023
- 2 min
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.
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Aidan Severs
- May 25, 2023
- 1 min
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.
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Aidan Severs
- May 4, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 26, 2023
- 1 min
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.
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Aidan Severs
- Apr 18, 2023
- 1 min
Introducing The Subject Leaders Podcast
Aidan Severs Consulting Ltd presents The Subject Leaders Podcast for primary subject leaders, by primary subject leaders.
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Aidan Severs
- Mar 2, 2023
- 3 min
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.
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 23, 2023
- 5 min
School Leadership: Telling The Story Of Your Area of Responsibility
Telling a story is a great way to communicate to others. School leaders can use story to tell others about their areas of responsibility.
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 16, 2023
- 3 min
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?
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 10, 2023
- 2 min
Ofsted Resources for Curriculum and Subject Leaders
Ofsted's resources which can help curriculum and subject leaders to develop their subject are collated here in this blog post.
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 9, 2023
- 6 min
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.
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Aidan Severs
- Feb 2, 2023
- 3 min
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?
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 26, 2023
- 3 min
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.
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