This blog post can now be read at:  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/the-true-purpose-of-year-6 If you would like Aidan to work with you on ...

This article is now available at  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/true-transition-begins-in-september If you would like Aidan to work with ...

This article is now available at  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/three-characteristics-of-a-supportive-ks3-curriculum If you would like Ai...

This blog post can now be read at:  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/making-secondary-schools-primary-ready If you would like Aidan to work ...

This article is now available at  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/transforming-ks3-to-aid-transition If you would like Aidan to work with y...

Another bit of fun from me over on the TES site:  https://www.tes.com/news/five-songs-get-your-after-sats-party-started

This blog post is now available at:  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/times-tables-fluency-and-the-ks2-sats

This might come across as idealistic or cynical. It might even sound hypocritical to those who’ve taught Year 6 alongside me. But there real...

In my first blog post in this series I explored the difference between reading comprehension strategies and reading skills. I noted that ...

Valentine’s Day 14th February 2018 brought KS1 teachers not one but two lovely treats: the teacher assessment frameworks for the 2017/18 a...

This is a very different blog post to the sort I normally write; it represents some very hypothetical thinking and the purpose of writing i...

Imagine a factory. Think of the vast machines clanking away. Think of the whirring, the turning, the raw materials becoming a finished pro...

It's often helpful to use data to inform teaching but finding time to sit down and go through it with a fine enough tooth comb isn...

This blog post is now available on my website:  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/what-does-greater-depth-look-like-in-primary-maths

Here's one I wrote for Third Space Learning:  https://thirdspacelearning.com/blog/reflections-primary-maths-leader-ks2-sats-new-curric...

Discovering new vocabulary is one of the most exciting parts of reading, but children don't always know what new words mean. Of course...

To my excellent year five teachers, Thank you so much for all your hard work this year - that sounds like such a standard, stock phrase ...

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/primary-and-secondary-teachers-need-each-other-and-we-need-start Transition time is ...

The fourth and final post in my series of blog posts for Third Space Learning focusing on teacher and pupil wellbeing during the key stag...

I have put together some light-hearted, potentially humorous, but hopefully informative PowerPoints to use with year 6 children either du...