Secondary Round-up - January 2026

In this month's Secondary Round-up:

• Spotlight on LLMEs: A-level professional development - Adam Creen shares what it's like to lead A-level professional development for his local Maths Hub
• Find Out in Five: the Secondary Mastery Specialists - Jenny Clegg explains how this programme has developed her teaching expertise and is strengthening her maths department
• New podcast episode: STEM Ambassador programme - we speak to retired engineer Garry Packer and Michael Anderson from STEM UK about how this programme is inspiring students through real-world maths
• Blog post: What really happens in an education research trial? - Viv Townsend, the NCETM’s Director of Research, Evaluation and Impact, takes us inside two important Maths Hubs trials
• Maths CPD leadership programmes now recruiting for 2026/27 - applications are open! Teachers in all phases are invited to apply for four programmes to lead professional and school-wide development
• First 100 Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences announced - congratulations to the NCETM’s Sue Madgwick and Emma Bell, who are among the first cohort of Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.

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