Perhaps the phrase "work-life balance" is a misnomer. Or at least it was rather too simple a term to help me to get things in c...

For a book based around the responses to a survey of around 4000 teachers which revealed that 57% wouldn't recommend teaching to a fam...

I have been known to write about, and comment upon, wellbeing (possible understatement). My interest in reducing workload - my o...

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

 Thanks to February I've racked up a fair few blog posts now and in looking back over them I can see there are definite recurring themes...

The word 'autonomy' comes from the Greek 'auto' meaning "self" and 'nomos' meaning "law", so t...

Tonight is date night. I say that as if it's a regular fixture in our calendar but it's not. It should be though. My wife is a sta...

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 ...

These days plugging your phone in to charge must rank up there with brushing teeth when it comes to bedtime routine. You wouldn't want...

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...

I go up, pull open the blinds, set up the little fold-out table and just sit, looking out over the city. It's not a particularly pictu...

What if I miss a day? I know it's only 29 minutes each day, but it could happen. This is something I want to do: write every day for a ...

It all started when, every week, an unemployed friend would ask me how my week had been, to which I invariably replied 'Busy!' . ...

Some might say I labour under the illusion that, as a teacher, one doesn't have to work at the weekends. Except it's not an illus...

Riley: I... I know you don't want me to, but... I miss home. I miss Minnesota. You need me to be happy, but I want my old friends, an...

"When's Daddy coming to my Christmas play?" asked my five year old daughter on more than one occasion. "He has to go t...

Teachers’ workload : two words bound to get any teacher on their soapbox. Articles abound on the issue. The DfE even challenged us abo...

I alluded in my last blog post to a previous version of said post which included a surfing metaphor. Prompted by this  TES article by P...

On Facebook I recently asked my teacher friends this question: What are your strategies for coping with the workload? I particularly...