It's a fairly well accepted concept that a teacher is so many more things than a teacher - that a teacher puts on many different hats ev...

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This blog post is now available at  https://www.aidansevers.com/blog If you would like Aidan to work with you on developing leadership at y...

On Wednesday night I had the realisation that starting at a new school in September is way more tiring than returning to a school you...

Friday again! There was no time midweek to catch up with any thoughts - evenings were filled with preparing for my littlest daughter'...

Recently I've been cycling to work quite a bit - it's a great way to get exercise into the daily routine and has allowed us to be...

In March, Damian Hinds announced that the DfE were going to implement measures to reduce teacher workload in an attempt to head off t...

So far, I’ve successfully taught two of my three daughters to ride a two-wheeled pedal bike. While I learned to cycle the traditional wa...

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...

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/fix-workload-put-ministers-school-leaders-policy-wonks-consultants "Teache...

I use my blog as a kind of scrapbook, a central place to keep a record of things I've written that have ended up elsewhere in other publ...

Last year I took part in the Teaching Leaders programme from Ambition School Leadership. In my latest blog post for them I reflect on a year...

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/10-tips-successfully-leading-a-subject So you've been given a subject to lead. ...

When one thinks of an empowered teacher, one does not call to mind the image often linked with that of a teacher ; frazzled, harassed, cl...

I'm not really sure where it came from but the idea of an organisation being made up either of radiators or drains is fairly well kn...

"It is not a weakness to allow someone else to take prominence, it is a sign of confidence, strength and, ultimately, good leadershi...

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Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt once said “It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instr...