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

In what must be the article with the shortest shelf life that I've ever written I've made some tongue-in-cheek predictions for th...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Disclaimer: Although this blog post is all about SATs data, it's not what I'm all about, nor has it been our singular focus this ...

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...

To my brilliant year six teachers, Thank you and well done for all your incredibly hard work this year. I could not have asked for mor...

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...

Twas the night before SATs, and all through the land Not a teacher was stirring, the curriculum banned. Past papers pored over, practised ju...

The latest in my series of blog posts for Third Space Learning focuses on SATs week itself. The focus is on teacher and pupil wellbeing a...

Here's one I wrote for the TES blog all about those little things that might be forgotten in the run up to SATs but that, if sorted, w...

You might question whether or not I'm a legitimate 'wellbeing expert' but regardless of that I hope you find enough helpful ...

When a primary school receives good Key Stage 2 SATs results, the whole school celebrates, and rightly so: all teachers in all year groups...

Given that I'm maths leader at my school you'd expect that my blog would contain more than just one post about maths , but it doesn...

In response to the 2016 KS2 Reading Test I've spent quite a bit of time researching and re-thinking my approach to teaching reading. T...

I'm not a stranger to SATs result day nightmares ( read about it here ), and if it wasn't for my past experiences I dare say toda...