Extra in-school maths support

Information and advice to help schools seeking maths support from the National Tutoring Programme

Getting maths back on track in Years 10 to 13

Tailored support for teachers and students from the Advanced Maths Support Programme

New funding for Core Maths

Why this is so important and how you can ensure your school or college can take advantage of it

Leading the change: a headteacher’s journey with teaching for mastery

What happens when a school fully embraces Maths Hubs professional development?

Supporting Research, Evidence and Argument

Key texts for the key components of teaching for mastery

Maths associations and why it’s good to be a member

Why you should join a maths education professional association

Partners

Key organisations in maths teaching that we work with

NCETM Newsletter - December 2024

Latest TIMSS results, 2025/26 PD leadership opportunities, curriculum and assessment reform, and more

Mastery Explained

Evidence, exemplification and illustration to explain the mastery approach

Teaching maths in Year 6

How to prioritise and secure learning, develop fluency and ensure Year 6 pupils are ready for SATs and secondary school

Funded opportunities in teaching for mastery for secondary school maths departments

Two options for schools to strengthen maths teaching in KS3 over the next two years and beyond

NCETM Newsletter - June 2022

Planning for 2022/23, and some ideas for the rest of this year

Copyright

Copyright information

Hear from a headteacher: top reasons to work with a Maths Hub

Benefits of getting involved as a participating school or LLME

Checkpoints

Diagnostic maths activities to help teachers develop their assessment of students' prior learning for KS3

New Year honour for the NCETM’s John Westwell

John Westwell, the NCETM’s Director for System Leadership, awarded an MBE for services to education

Meet the team

Find out more about current NCETM team members with their areas of responsibility. If you want to get in touch with someone at the NCETM, email info@ncetm.org.uk with full details of your query and we will direct it to the right person

Primary curriculum prioritisation resource for 2021/22

We've recently published a substantial curriculum prioritisation resource for 2021/22

The ECT and the mentor

How can a maths department and mentor best support their maths ECT?

NCETM Newsletter - December 2019

Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available

Support, ideas and information for teaching Core Maths

A conversation with the AMSP's Core Maths coordinator, and an enthusiastic Core Maths teacher

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

Secondary Round-up - March 2024

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

Core Maths: not just more maths

An interview with a teacher who’s taught Core Maths since its launch in 2014

Winter 2020 issue of Bespoke out now

We’ve just published the latest issue of Bespoke, which brings up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme

NCETM congratulates students and teachers on GCSE Mathematics results

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

Numberblocks wins a BAFTA!

The CBeebies television series, Numberblocks, has won a BAFTA award.

New national curriculum

Resources and information to help you prepare for the new national curriculum

GCSE revision ideas for the final few lessons

Seven suggested resources and activities to help you prepare your students for exams

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

New lead institution wanted for SHaW Maths Hub

We’re looking for a school, college or trust to take on the lead role in SHaW Maths Hub, covering Shropshire, Herefordshire, Telford and Wrekin, and Wolverhampton

Maths education: the present, the future, and how to get there

An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp

Primary Round-up - September 2020

Our latest Primary Round-up is now available

Secondary Round-up - September 2020

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

International Women's Day from a mathematical angle

What are you planning with your class to highlight the day?

Online CPD: the unexpected gains

We speak to three Maths Hubs about how they moved their CPD offer online, what they learned, and what’s next

Teaching maths online in the pandemic

Sources of support and accounts of how teachers are overcoming the hurdles

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

Our latest Numberblocks support materials are out now

The importance of Core Maths and the support available

An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp

Welcome to the NCETM in 2024/25

Whether you’re stepping into teaching for the first time or returning with years of experience, we’re here to support your journey with all the maths CPD you need this year and beyond

Why study maths at university

It’s crucial to encourage students who enjoy maths to study it at university, even if they won’t achieve top A level Maths grades

How can the NCETM help secondary teachers with Covid recovery?

Guidance, training materials and videos that unpick the teaching of specific topics.

Ten calculations A level students should do on a calculator

The AMSP's Tom Button looks at which calculations A level students should be doing on a calculator

Debbie Morgan receives CBE

The NCETM’s Primary Director is included in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Sheldon School

An interview with Neil Spurdell and Nicola Scott, senior leaders from Sheldon School in Chippenham, Wiltshire

Maths4Girls

We speak to Maths4Girls, who provide inspirational speakers and role models to talk to students about why girls can and should study maths

New lead institutions wanted for two Maths Hubs

Opportunities for schools, colleges or trusts to take on system leadership roles in two Maths Hub areas

Raising girls' participation in maths

Rachel Beddoes explains what the barriers are for girls, and what teachers and schools can do to overcome these

Number

Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of number in KS1 and KS2

Additive reasoning

Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of additive reasoning in KS1 and KS2

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

Smoothing the KS2 to KS3 maths transition

Find out how one school harnessed the mastery approach used in its feeder schools to support new Year 7 students

Key Stage 3: never more crucial than now

How NCETM resources and Maths Hubs CPD programmes can help repair any damage to learning caused by the pandemic

Books that help maths teaching

Five teachers describe books that have helped in their maths teaching

Secondary Teaching for Mastery

Support for departments implementing teaching for mastery across Key Stages 3 and 4

How can schools and colleges offer Core Maths?

How a variety of colleges and schools are managing the logistics of offering Core Maths

Why we employed a primary teacher for maths in our secondary school

How one school employed a primary teacher to help introduce mastery

How the NCETM's mastery materials are making an impact

How our Professional Development materials can help you consolidate your subject knowledge, plan your maths lessons effectively and be assured that your pupils will grasp concepts with confidence

Multiplicative reasoning

Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of multiplicative reasoning in KS1 and KS2

Checkpoints – new diagnostic classroom activities for Year 7

A year’s worth of resources and professional development are being produced to support secondary maths teachers

Twitter discussions about teaching maths in all phases

Join our Tuesday evening chats or read summaries on our website

Secondary Round-up January 2021

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

United Learning: a model for trusts working with Maths Hubs

How one trust has paved the way for its schools to benefit from the Maths Hubs Programme

Making an impact with Core Maths

We find out why one of the country’s largest post-16 colleges has introduced Core Maths

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

One school’s success with Core Maths

Seven Core Maths classes prove the value of the qualification for students

Secondary maths HoDs – new leadership CPD opportunity

A new Maths Hubs project has been designed specifically for secondary HoDs

School leaders

Information for school leaders about free professional development

Teaching pie charts

How to help students do the calculations needed to construct a very familiar representation

Cardinality and number sense

What is cardinality? Why is it important? And how can we help children develop an understanding?

Legal & Privacy

This Privacy Notice sets out how the NCETM uses and protects any information that you give to us.

Empowering leaders to drive school improvement through Targeted Support in Maths

How Maths Hubs work with school leaders to secure sustainable improvement in maths

An effective model for collaborative planning in maths

At Southfields Academy collaborative planning sessions have led to improved lesson quality, reduced planning time, and better staff retention

Multiplying by 10 – is it OK to just put a zero?

Find out what our Professional Development Materials say about how children should be taught to multiply by 10

Spotlight on LLMEs – Research and Innovation Work Groups (RIWGs)

Hear from the co-leads of the RIWG for Oracy

How and why one Yorkshire school is teaching Core Maths

A head of maths and Maths Hub Lead talks about the benefits of the qualification

What PISA 2025 tells us as we plan for the new secondary maths curriculum

Nicola Trubridge, the NCETM’s Director for Secondary Mathematics, reflects on the latest PISA findings and what they might mean as the maths education community prepares for a new maths national curriculum

Whole-school approach to learning times tables

How groups of primary schools have been introducing a twin-track approach to times-tables learning

Numberblocks – Series 2

Series 2, all episodes

Podcasts get people talking about maths

How maths education is talked about away from the NCETM

Training to teach maths with Teach First

Two ECTs share their experiences

Secondary Round-up - September 2022

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

Secondary Round-up - November 2024

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

Mixed-age split-class teaching

In this model, year groups are taught separately within a mixed-age class

Mixed-age whole-class teaching

In this approach, all pupils in the class are taught together, following a carefully-sequenced two-year rolling programme

NCETM Newsletter - October 2019

Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available

Lessons from GCSE maths exams in summer 2022

The three main exam boards in England give feedback on where students did well, and not so well, in the first real exams since before the pandemic

NCETM Director says all post-16 providers should consider offering Core Maths

NCETM News and Round-ups - July 2020

Our final communication of the school year amalgamates the Primary and Secondary Round-ups and our National Newsletter

Nine tips for new secondary heads of maths

How to lead a happy and successful department

Ten years of the Maths Hubs Programme

A celebration of the achievements made across ten years by England’s 40 Maths Hubs, supporting teachers and schools to improve maths teaching and learning

Four ways to create better mathematical talk in your classroom

And resources you might like to explore

NCETM primary video lessons for remote learning in 2021

Even if you’re not setting maths to be accessed independently, our videos can support your remote provision

Raising maths attainment in a federation of schools

How partnership with a Maths Hub helped schools in an area of deprivation see maths results rise year-on-year

Oracy in mathematics framework

Oracy exemplified in the Essence of Mathematics Teaching for Mastery

Primary Teaching for Mastery (Introductory)

Support for schools beginning their journey implementing teaching for mastery with fidelity

Planning to teach secondary maths

Videos and resources for teaching Key Stage 3 maths topics

Introducing the Trailblazers

NCETM Director for Post-16 GCSE/FSQ, Emma Bell, shares details of a new cohort of Mastery Specialists