Ofsted published a new report about the impact of Covid-19on education and here’s what you know: kids are back in nappies, they eat food wi...

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...

This blog post can now be found at  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/on-scrutinising-scrutiny-and-the-coaching-model If you would like Aid...

This article was published in the TES magazine on 28th October. It explores how to support teachers who have no desire to do anything but...

This blog post is now available at  https://www.aidansevers.com/post/teachers-be-more-batman Image courtesy of Leo Hidalgo

Reading Keziah Fetherstone's piece in the New Teachers supplement from the TES (Friday 9th September) reminded me of this interview...

At the beginning of this year I decided to shake myself out of a long slumber, to blow the dust off my 'library' and to become a r...

In recent conversations with teachers I have had my eyes opened to a world of pain that some of our colleagues are being subjected to. Whils...

Dear Parents Of Our Primary School Children, You may have read of the crisis that the teachers of your children are in the midst o...

In this burgeoning age of celebrity teachers, is it OK to just be a teacher?  Teaching is a profession full of ambitious individuals but c...

I entered into the #teacher5aday29dayswriting challenge knowing that time and inspiration might be obstacles but feeling confident that I co...

"Now that you've been shown, you can practise on your own And you'll all be expert fliers by the time you're fully grow...

A popular call as a solution for teachers' workload is for teachers to be given extra time at school within working hours to get more o...

The year I began my requested move to year 6 was the year marking and feedback became high on the agenda. With the knowledge that book ...

'Liturgy of the Hours' is a Roman Catholic practice which I've not time to even begin to really understand. In brief, though,...

When you've had a bad day, don't exacerbate it. I covered an ill colleague's class today and let's just say they didn...

I'm going to bed. I'm actually in bed now. A full three hours ahead of when I went to bed last night. Sometimes you've just go...