A detailed look at the ready-to-progress criteria and non-statutory mathematics guidance in the context of the KS1 and KS2 maths curriculum...

"I remember finding ways to get out of maths lessons as a youngster. My favourite ruse was to offer to tidy up the teacher’s cupbo...

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

We’ve known about the proposed key stage 2 multiplication check for a while now, but have so far been waiting for more information about ...

Anyone who has ever taught primary maths will, most likely at many points, have asked themselves, ‘Why on earth did they do it like that?...

I wrote a lesson plan for Teach Primary Magazine to go along with their feature on lessons inspired by the World Cup. This lesson was o...

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

My work with Bradford Research School has really turned me on to the work of the EEF. So when they release another a guidance report I'm...

Recently the EEF published their guidance report for KS2 and KS 3 maths . It gives 8 recommendations for improving the teaching of mathemat...

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

Whilst I'm sure I've been guilty of all of these 'tricks' during my time as a teacher, undertaking my role as maths lead a...

My guide to bar modelling, written for Third Space Learning, is now available to download. The guide includes information on different ty...

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'...

Many teachers will still be operating in schools where feedback policies require a certain amount of written feedback. Some schools have b...

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

In response to the DfE's latest documents, I wrote this for Third Space Learning. It's a summary of the key changes in the way pri...

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

https://www.thirdspacelearning.com/blog/2017/ks2-sats-results-2017-what-they-mean-what-they-ll-never-tell-you-what-to-do-next I produce...

As a primary maths coordinator, it's been difficult to escape the lure of bar modelling: it's in every new publication, on all the...

Bar Modelling is taking the primary maths world by storm. The 2014 curriculum appears, despite initial unhappiness, to be achieving a shif...