- 24/01/2022
The research mathematician and his A level teacher
Douglas Coates talks about his career in maths research and reflects, with his ex-teacher, on learning A level maths
- Podcast
- 15/12/2021
Introduction to the DfE KS3 Maths Guidance
An interview with the main author and an early user
- Podcast
- 20/10/2021
Teaching maths in a special school
A maths lead tells us how she teaches maths to pupils with varied needs, and supports her colleagues and other local teachers to do the same
- Podcast
- 08/10/2021
Embedding mastery in a primary school
Two teachers tell their stories, and explain how mastery is being introduced across a Maths Hub area
- Podcast
- 05/10/2021
Using Checkpoints in the Year 7 classroom
We talk to a Year 7 teacher and one of the authors of our newest secondary classroom resource
- Podcast
- 06/09/2021
Maths education books – reviewed and distilled
Lisa Coe tells us what she gets from reading ‘edu-books’ and what the summaries on her blog can offer time-poor teachers
- Podcast
- 26/08/2021
Starting out with a new maths class
Three experienced secondary teachers give tips on how to get off on the right foot with a new maths class at the start of a new year
- Podcast
- 08/07/2021
Remote teaching: the digital revolution?
Two tech-enthusiastic teachers discuss what’s been learned by remote teaching, and what still limits learning
- Podcast
- 18/05/2021
Our Tuesday Twitter-based chats
Two regular #mathscpdchat hosts explain what they, and others, get out of these weekly conversations
- Podcast
- 11/02/2021
Remote teaching returns 2 – Steph Elliot
A Year 6 teacher from Newcastle gives us a window on her primary school’s ‘blended’ approach to providing remote learning
- Podcast
- 03/02/2021
Should more girls be taking A level Maths?
A new initiative, Maths4Girls, aims to increase A level Maths take-up among girls
- Podcast
- 21/01/2021
Remote teaching returns 1 – Kyle Evans and Kathryn Darwin
Brand new to live online teaching, or almost a year in? Two teachers from both ends of the spectrum discuss what works
- Podcast
- 10/12/2020
Teaching through the pandemic 6 – James Cresswell
A secondary teacher discusses how he’s managed the change to teaching all-attainment groups in Key Stage 3
- Podcast
- 01/12/2020
Teaching through the pandemic 5 – Kate Jackson
A Year 4 teacher and Mastery Specialist explains how she teaches maths lessons outside and encourages other teachers to have a go
- Podcast
- 11/11/2020
Core Maths five years on
What does the course offer post-16 students that don’t do Maths A level, and how can schools/colleges offer it?
- Podcast
- 05/11/2020
Teaching through the pandemic 4 – Nikki Bailey
A deputy head talks about using active learning in maths across Key Stages 1 and 2, and the benefits this has had for children after a long period of home learning
- Podcast
- 21/10/2020
Teaching through the pandemic 3 – Simon Ball
A teacher at a sixth form college explains how he teaches students in class and at home at the same time!
- Podcast
- 13/10/2020
Teaching through the pandemic 2 – Gemma Scott
A secondary head of maths talks about formative and summative assessment strategies under Covid-19 restrictions
- Podcast
- 08/10/2020
Teaching through the pandemic 1 – Martyn Yeo
A Year 4 teacher talks about his enthusiasm for using manipulatives and how he’s adapted for Covid-19 restrictions
- Podcast
- 14/07/2020
Learning in Lockdown Episode 10 - Hisham Alhassan
A secondary teacher talks about how success with KS5 online lessons has allowed his school to delay Y12 students' return
- Podcast
- 01/07/2020
Learning in Lockdown 9 – Deb Friis
A maths teacher at an 11-16 school in West Sussex, explains how Year 10's first few weeks back worked
- Podcast
- 24/06/2020
Learning in Lockdown 8 – Melissa Molnar
A Year 1 teacher talks about leading maths across her school and the wider school partnership
- Podcast
- 11/06/2020
Learning in Lockdown 7 – Laura Behan
An Early Years teacher talks about working in the EYFS bubble as the rest of her school opens up to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6
- Podcast
- 26/05/2020
Learning in Lockdown 6 – Craig Tilstone
A Year 6 teacher talks about the difficulty of engagement in remote learning in an area with a low socio-economic profile
- Podcast
- 21/05/2020
Learning in Lockdown 5 – Nick Edwards
A secondary Director of Maths reflects on how his experience of supporting students through the Grenfell tragedy has informed his current approach to teaching
- Podcast
- 15/05/2020
Learning in Lockdown 4 – Dan Poulson
A secondary head of maths talks about remote learning and planning for life after COVID-19
- Podcast
- 14/05/2020
Learning in Lockdown 3 - Laurie Luscombe
A secondary maths teacher shares his thoughts on remote teaching, student engagement, and how students' home life impacts on learning
- Podcast
- 13/05/2020
Learning in Lockdown 2 – Jo Brown
A Year 5 teacher talks about how her pupils have engaged and what lessons she will take forward
- Podcast
- 07/05/2020
Learning in Lockdown 1 – Kathryn Darwin
A second in department shares her experiences of the new challenges that learning in lockdown has created, and how she and her school are overcoming them
- Podcast
- 12/03/2020
Two London heads on engaging with teaching for mastery
Two secondary headteachers describe how they make engaging in professional development activities a matter of policy
- Podcast
- 27/11/2019
What mastery has done for our school
Jenny Laurie, deputy head and maths teacher at a central London secondary school, talks about being one of the very earliest to adopt a teaching for mastery approach in maths
- Podcast
- 07/11/2019
Eugenia Cheng rethinks gender around maths
‘Is there a relationship between maths, gender and learning? How might it be characterised?’ Dr Eugenia Cheng shares her ideas.
- Podcast
- 18/10/2019
An audience with the exam boards: the new A level and GCSE 9-1
Representatives from England’s three main exam boards share their thoughts on how students got on with the the new A level and GCSE 9-1
- Podcast
- 10/10/2019
Managing maths in mixed-age classes
We talk to two teachers with years of experience teaching mixed-age classes, who are running Work Groups in their local hubs
- Podcast
- 26/09/2019
Making the most of our new secondary mastery materials
An interview with three of the people behind the recently published Secondary Mastery Professional Development Materials
- Podcast
- 18/07/2019
How mastery works in a secondary school maths department
How a secondary school maths department works together to ensure all maths lessons in Years 7 and 8 are consistent in approach
- Podcast
- 10/06/2019
Behind the scenes of the Mastery Readiness programme
Headteacher, Sarah Hawes and maths lead, Tracey Baruah explain their enthusiasm for what the Mastery Readiness Programme is offering the children in their school
- Podcast
- 18/03/2019
Teaching the hardest topics in GCSE maths
Two teachers from South Yorkshire, who lead Work Groups, tell us why teachers should get involved with ‘Challenging Topics at GCSE’
- Podcast
- 06/03/2019
Why and how to use the ‘ping pong’ teaching style
Primary Mastery Specialists Faye Glendinning and Sam Shutkever take us through the gritty detail of their episodic lesson planning
- Podcast
- 13/02/2019
Raising girls' participation in maths
Rachel Beddoes explains what the barriers are for girls, and what teachers and schools can do to overcome these
- Podcast
- 10/01/2019
Secondary maths teaching in Shanghai: two teachers reflect
Two Mastery Specialist teachers give their impressions of maths teaching in a secondary school in Shanghai
- Podcast
- 10/01/2019
Primary maths teaching in Shanghai: an exchange teacher’s view
A Mastery Specialist gives her impressions of maths teaching in a primary school in Shanghai
- Podcast
- 11/12/2018
What are the benefits of being a Primary Mastery Specialist?
Leanne Casey tells us about her experiences of becoming a Mastery Specialist
- Podcast
- 23/11/2018
How Early Years children develop mathematical thinking
Two experts in the field explain how reception age and below develop their early mathematical thinking
- Podcast
- 30/10/2018
What is it like to be in a Maths Hub Work Group?
Two secondary teachers explain how participating in a Work Group on mathematical thinking helped their teaching
- Podcast
- 18/09/2018
GCSE Maths 9-1: How did it perform in its second summer?
Representatives from England’s three main exam boards share their thoughts
- Podcast
- 18/07/2018
Core Maths: not just more maths
An interview with a teacher who’s taught Core Maths since its launch in 2014
- Podcast
- 29/06/2018
Maths CPD: what works and why for teachers’ professional development
Three secondary maths teachers discuss the best CPD they have taken part in
- Podcast
- 12/06/2018
One primary school’s teaching for mastery journey
A discussion with the head of a Birmingham primary school which embraced teaching for mastery in 2016
- Podcast
- 25/05/2018
NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials
A discussion with the two lead editors of the PD materials
- Podcast
- 01/03/2018
Books that help maths teaching
Five teachers describe books that have helped in their maths teaching
- Podcast
- 01/02/2018
Continuity in fractions learning between Year 5 and Year 8
How learning about fractions builds across the four transition years from KS1 to KS2
- Podcast
- 03/01/2018
Shanghai style lesson observation
How an English primary teacher had his maths lesson observed while in Shanghai
- Podcast
- 29/11/2017
The new maths GCSE: what the exam board markers found
What did the exam boards learn when they marked papers taken by around 600 000 Year 11 students in the summer?
- Podcast
- 14/11/2017
Entry requirement for A level maths
What GCSE grade should entitle a student to get on an A level maths course?
- Podcast