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GCSE revision ideas for the final few lessons
Seven suggested resources and activities to help you prepare your students for exams
Find Out in Five - the Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme
Hear how this programme develops teaching expertise, strengthens departments and supports coherent maths practice across schools and trusts
Using calculators in Years 6 and 7
When should Year 6 and 7 teachers get the calculators out? And how might they use them?
Whole-school approach to learning times tables
How groups of primary schools have been introducing a twin-track approach to times-tables learning
Spotlight on LLMEs – A level professional development
Hear from maths teacher Adam Creen on what it’s like to lead A level professional development and subject communities for North-East Hants and Surrey Maths Hub
Resources for teaching maths in all phases
A range of professional development and lesson materials
How variation has changed my teaching
Article by Jayne Webster, who teaches maths at Denbigh School in Milton Keynes
Research and innovation in the Maths Hubs Network
How smaller CPD projects refine, innovate and improve the Maths Hubs Programme and give teachers an opportunity to pursue special interests
Looking back on ten years of Maths Hubs
Charlie Stripp reflects on ten years of the Maths Hubs Programme
TRGs: Collaborative professional development in action
Green shoots of Teacher Research Groups (TRGs) are slowly spreading their fronds of mastery exploration across the country
Teaching for mastery at secondary: is it compatible with putting students in sets?
A visit to two lessons at Tomlinscote School in Frimley, Surrey
England-China teacher exchange 2016/17: Seeing Shanghai teaching at first hand
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Get involved with your Maths Hub this year
There’s a range of ways for teachers and schools to engage with their local Maths Hub
Spotlight on LLMEs – Secondary Non-specialist SKTM
Hear from a maths teacher and podcaster who leads a range of projects
The NCETM Maths Podcast – have you listened yet?
Check out our podcast, with nearly 80 episodes discussing maths teaching in all phases, featuring a wide range of guests
Susan Okereke: speaker, podcaster and maths teacher
A wide-ranging conversation covering engagement, curriculum, classroom culture, and preparing students for maths beyond school
Evaluating our programmes in 2025/26
An overview of how the NCETM is working with the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in 2025/26
6.2 Perimeter, area and volume
Core concept 6.2 covers how the formulae for perimeter, area and volume are derived and connected, and the importance of reasoning mathematically to solve a range of problems.
Probability and Statistics | Key Stage 3
National Curriculum resources for Probability and Statistics – Key Stage 3
10.3 Probability
Core concept 10.3 explores probability in more depth, including a variety of representations, and offers a range of contexts to ensure students can find probabilities of both single and combined events
EEF trial of the Secondary Non-specialist Teachers SKTM Programme
Information for schools, including FAQs
EEF trial of the Mastering Number at Reception and KS1 Programme
Information for schools, including FAQs
Maths Hubs professional development opportunities for 2019/20 now available
The full range of CPD opportunities available through Maths Hubs has been published
Statistics | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 4
Don’t abandon counters just because it’s secondary school
At Trinity Academy in Halifax all teachers are now using place value counters with students across the ability range
Number and Place Value | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 2
Measurement | Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 3
Free technology support for schools
Support with the technology aspects of remote education from Demonstrator Schools and Colleges
What really happens in an education research trial?
An inside look at the journey of two important Maths Hubs trials
1.3 Ordering and comparing
Core concept 1.3 covers the conversion of decimals to fractions (and vice versa), ordering positive and negative integers, fractions and decimals, and the expression of numbers in standard form.
Factors, multiples and primes
Unit 7 – 4 weeks
Fractions and percentages
Unit 7 – 6 weeks
Going for gold standard
Why upcoming EEF-funded trials are an important part of Maths Hubs activity
Multiplication and Division | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 2
Number and Place Value | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 4
NCETM Newsletter - June 2022
Planning for 2022/23, and some ideas for the rest of this year
How student attainment in maths has weathered the COVID storm: lessons from TIMSS 2023
The NCETM Director and the Director for Evaluation and Impact reflect on the latest international maths comparison tests and how this informs developments in the NCETM and the Maths Hubs Network
How are schools determining maths grades this year?
We ask around a few schools and MATs
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Mathematical Thinking
What does Mathematical Thinking really mean in the primary classroom?
NCETM Newsletter - May 2022
Over 30 fully-funded projects across all phases are on offer from Maths Hubs for 2022/23 - get involved!
NCETM Newsletter - March 2023
Recruiting now for maths professional development leadership opportunities in 2023/24. Apply by the end of March!
NCETM Newsletter - May 2023
Over 30 fully-funded projects across all phases are on offer from Maths Hubs for 2023/24 - get involved!
NCETM Newsletter - May 2024
Over 30 fully-funded projects across all phases are on offer from Maths Hubs for 2024/25 - get involved!
Primary and Secondary Round-ups - July 2024
Maths Hubs CPD for 2024/25, podcast, Checkpoints, summer reading and more
NCETM Newsletter - May 2025
Over 30 fully-funded projects across all phases are on offer from Maths Hubs for 2025/26 - get involved!
Calculations within 20
Unit 2 – 3 weeks
Negative numbers
Unit 3 – 2 weeks
Parallel and perpendicular sides in polygons
Unit 10 – 2 weeks
Cardinality and Counting
Understanding that the cardinal value of a number refers to the quantity, or ‘howmanyness’ of things it represents
Maths, Mindsets and Mastery
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
What can TIMSS tell us about maths in England?
Dr Vivien Townsend from the NCETM talks to NFER's Dr David Thomas about TIMSS 2027 and what international data can tell us about maths education
Ratio and proportion
Unit 9 – 2 weeks
Solving problems with two unknowns
Unit 11 – 2 weeks
Evaluating Maths Hubs' impact with the EEF
The NCETM’s Dr Jen Shearman, Dr Paul Rowlandson and Sue Evans discuss the upcoming EEF-funded trials of two important Maths Hubs programmes in 2025/26
Additive reasoning
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of additive reasoning in KS1 and KS2
Six resources for teaching and learning times tables
How do your pupils learn times tables? From digestible research to interesting resources, these ideas will help you reflect
Spotlight on LLMEs – Research and Innovation Work Groups (RIWGs)
Hear from the co-leads of the RIWG for Oracy
Multiplication and division
Unit 5 – 4 weeks
Fractions
Unit 8 – 7 weeks
Fractions greater than 1
Unit 9 – 5 weeks
How maths textbooks are making a comeback
Two primary schools explain how they use textbook schemes to support teaching for mastery
Solent Maths Hub – new Lead School wanted
Opportunity to take on system leadership role now available
NCETM Newsletter - December 2025
Professional development leadership opportunities for 2026/27, educational research trials, awards and more!
NCETM Newsletter - February 2026
CPD leadership programmes, primary and secondary articles and resources, and more
Algebraic Thinking
Materials for exploring algebra with KS3 students
Example lessons
Examples of three of the 15 lessons contained within the Teaching Units
Charlie’s Angles: Guest Blog by Debbie Morgan
The NCETM Director for Primary tells the story of her involvement with the creation of Numberblocks
Maths Hubs Programme annual report for 2022/23 published
A report on another full year in the Maths Hubs Programme reflects activity across all phases in England's schools
Common structures and the part–part–whole relationship
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.28
Common denomination: more adding and subtracting
Spine 3: Fractions – Topic 3.8
Counting on a good read: maths books we love for World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day we share some of our favourite books about maths for all ages
Number and Place Value | Year 1
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 1
Maths Hubs opportunities for 2020/21 now available
New projects offer something for your own professional development or to develop maths teaching across your department or school
Mastery Specialists in GCSE Resit and Functional Skills
The NCETM plans a new programme to train specialists in teaching maths up to Level 2 to post-16 students
Ofsted report into maths teaching published
Ofsted has published a report into how maths is taught, along with its recommendations about the subject
Teachers helping teachers, wherever they are
How the latest lockdown has led to an outpouring of no-strings generosity across the maths education landscape
Using maths storybooks to engage children
Mini ‘stories’ can be an effective way to reveal mathematical structure and are a common feature in some of the best maths textbooks
Maths education: the present, the future, and how to get there
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Bridging the gap: ensuring that all students can succeed in KS3 maths
How one North East secondary school is 'Securing Foundations at Year 7', with a new Maths Hubs project aimed at supporting all students to thrive in the maths classroom
Primary Archive
An archive of all Primary Round-ups and Magazines
NCETM Newsletter - June 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Primary Mastery Specialist teacher wins award to help children build up a stronger ‘working memory’
A teacher from St George’s Primary School, Wirral, has won a SHINE award
Secondary Round-up October 2020
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - January 2024
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Secondary Round-up - June 2024
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
New KS4 Professional Development Materials: Statistics and probability
Explore the key ideas that underpin statistics and probability at Key Stage 4
What Maths Hubs are doing
Find out what professional and school development opportunities are being run across the Maths Hubs Network
Mastery Materials
Materials to help teachers develop a mastery approach in their classrooms and schools
Support with 2020 DfE guidance
KS1 and KS2 resources for primary and secondary teachers in interpreting and using the DfE primary guidance
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: July 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Professional Development Lead Programmes
Accreditation for those who lead professional development for teachers of maths
Geometry - position and direction | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Geometry - position and direction – Year 2
Pattern
Looking for and finding patterns helps children notice and understand mathematical relationships
The Five Big Ideas at Secondary – Fluency
Why is fluency one of the Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery? And what does it mean for secondary maths teachers?
John’s 40-40-40 challenge: mission accomplished!
NCETM Director for System Leadership, John Westwell, has completed a parkrun in every Maths Hub region in England
GCSE revision ideas for the final few lessons
Seven suggested resources and activities to help you prepare your students for exams
Find Out in Five - the Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme
Hear how this programme develops teaching expertise, strengthens departments and supports coherent maths practice across schools and trusts
Using calculators in Years 6 and 7
When should Year 6 and 7 teachers get the calculators out? And how might they use them?
Whole-school approach to learning times tables
How groups of primary schools have been introducing a twin-track approach to times-tables learning
Spotlight on LLMEs – A level professional development
Hear from maths teacher Adam Creen on what it’s like to lead A level professional development and subject communities for North-East Hants and Surrey Maths Hub
How variation has changed my teaching
Article by Jayne Webster, who teaches maths at Denbigh School in Milton Keynes
Research and innovation in the Maths Hubs Network
How smaller CPD projects refine, innovate and improve the Maths Hubs Programme and give teachers an opportunity to pursue special interests
Looking back on ten years of Maths Hubs
Charlie Stripp reflects on ten years of the Maths Hubs Programme
England-China teacher exchange 2016/17: Seeing Shanghai teaching at first hand
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Get involved with your Maths Hub this year
There’s a range of ways for teachers and schools to engage with their local Maths Hub
Spotlight on LLMEs – Secondary Non-specialist SKTM
Hear from a maths teacher and podcaster who leads a range of projects
The NCETM Maths Podcast – have you listened yet?
Check out our podcast, with nearly 80 episodes discussing maths teaching in all phases, featuring a wide range of guests
Susan Okereke: speaker, podcaster and maths teacher
A wide-ranging conversation covering engagement, curriculum, classroom culture, and preparing students for maths beyond school
Maths Hubs professional development opportunities for 2019/20 now available
The full range of CPD opportunities available through Maths Hubs has been published
What really happens in an education research trial?
An inside look at the journey of two important Maths Hubs trials
Going for gold standard
Why upcoming EEF-funded trials are an important part of Maths Hubs activity
NCETM Newsletter - June 2022
Planning for 2022/23, and some ideas for the rest of this year
How student attainment in maths has weathered the COVID storm: lessons from TIMSS 2023
The NCETM Director and the Director for Evaluation and Impact reflect on the latest international maths comparison tests and how this informs developments in the NCETM and the Maths Hubs Network
How are schools determining maths grades this year?
We ask around a few schools and MATs
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Mathematical Thinking
What does Mathematical Thinking really mean in the primary classroom?
NCETM Newsletter - May 2022
Over 30 fully-funded projects across all phases are on offer from Maths Hubs for 2022/23 - get involved!
NCETM Newsletter - March 2023
Recruiting now for maths professional development leadership opportunities in 2023/24. Apply by the end of March!
NCETM Newsletter - May 2023
Over 30 fully-funded projects across all phases are on offer from Maths Hubs for 2023/24 - get involved!
NCETM Newsletter - May 2024
Over 30 fully-funded projects across all phases are on offer from Maths Hubs for 2024/25 - get involved!
Primary and Secondary Round-ups - July 2024
Maths Hubs CPD for 2024/25, podcast, Checkpoints, summer reading and more
NCETM Newsletter - May 2025
Over 30 fully-funded projects across all phases are on offer from Maths Hubs for 2025/26 - get involved!
Maths, Mindsets and Mastery
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
What can TIMSS tell us about maths in England?
Dr Vivien Townsend from the NCETM talks to NFER's Dr David Thomas about TIMSS 2027 and what international data can tell us about maths education
Evaluating Maths Hubs' impact with the EEF
The NCETM’s Dr Jen Shearman, Dr Paul Rowlandson and Sue Evans discuss the upcoming EEF-funded trials of two important Maths Hubs programmes in 2025/26
Six resources for teaching and learning times tables
How do your pupils learn times tables? From digestible research to interesting resources, these ideas will help you reflect
Spotlight on LLMEs – Research and Innovation Work Groups (RIWGs)
Hear from the co-leads of the RIWG for Oracy
How maths textbooks are making a comeback
Two primary schools explain how they use textbook schemes to support teaching for mastery
Solent Maths Hub – new Lead School wanted
Opportunity to take on system leadership role now available
NCETM Newsletter - December 2025
Professional development leadership opportunities for 2026/27, educational research trials, awards and more!
NCETM Newsletter - February 2026
CPD leadership programmes, primary and secondary articles and resources, and more
Charlie’s Angles: Guest Blog by Debbie Morgan
The NCETM Director for Primary tells the story of her involvement with the creation of Numberblocks
Maths Hubs Programme annual report for 2022/23 published
A report on another full year in the Maths Hubs Programme reflects activity across all phases in England's schools
Counting on a good read: maths books we love for World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day we share some of our favourite books about maths for all ages
Maths Hubs opportunities for 2020/21 now available
New projects offer something for your own professional development or to develop maths teaching across your department or school
Mastery Specialists in GCSE Resit and Functional Skills
The NCETM plans a new programme to train specialists in teaching maths up to Level 2 to post-16 students
Ofsted report into maths teaching published
Ofsted has published a report into how maths is taught, along with its recommendations about the subject
Teachers helping teachers, wherever they are
How the latest lockdown has led to an outpouring of no-strings generosity across the maths education landscape
Using maths storybooks to engage children
Mini ‘stories’ can be an effective way to reveal mathematical structure and are a common feature in some of the best maths textbooks
Maths education: the present, the future, and how to get there
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Bridging the gap: ensuring that all students can succeed in KS3 maths
How one North East secondary school is 'Securing Foundations at Year 7', with a new Maths Hubs project aimed at supporting all students to thrive in the maths classroom
NCETM Newsletter - June 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Primary Mastery Specialist teacher wins award to help children build up a stronger ‘working memory’
A teacher from St George’s Primary School, Wirral, has won a SHINE award
Secondary Round-up October 2020
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - January 2024
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Secondary Round-up - June 2024
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
New KS4 Professional Development Materials: Statistics and probability
Explore the key ideas that underpin statistics and probability at Key Stage 4
NCETM Newsletter: July 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
The Five Big Ideas at Secondary – Fluency
Why is fluency one of the Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery? And what does it mean for secondary maths teachers?
TRGs: Collaborative professional development in action
Green shoots of Teacher Research Groups (TRGs) are slowly spreading their fronds of mastery exploration across the country
Teaching for mastery at secondary: is it compatible with putting students in sets?
A visit to two lessons at Tomlinscote School in Frimley, Surrey
6.2 Perimeter, area and volume
Core concept 6.2 covers how the formulae for perimeter, area and volume are derived and connected, and the importance of reasoning mathematically to solve a range of problems.
10.3 Probability
Core concept 10.3 explores probability in more depth, including a variety of representations, and offers a range of contexts to ensure students can find probabilities of both single and combined events
Don’t abandon counters just because it’s secondary school
At Trinity Academy in Halifax all teachers are now using place value counters with students across the ability range
1.3 Ordering and comparing
Core concept 1.3 covers the conversion of decimals to fractions (and vice versa), ordering positive and negative integers, fractions and decimals, and the expression of numbers in standard form.
Factors, multiples and primes
Unit 7 – 4 weeks
Fractions and percentages
Unit 7 – 6 weeks
Calculations within 20
Unit 2 – 3 weeks
Negative numbers
Unit 3 – 2 weeks
Parallel and perpendicular sides in polygons
Unit 10 – 2 weeks
Cardinality and Counting
Understanding that the cardinal value of a number refers to the quantity, or ‘howmanyness’ of things it represents
Ratio and proportion
Unit 9 – 2 weeks
Solving problems with two unknowns
Unit 11 – 2 weeks
Additive reasoning
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of additive reasoning in KS1 and KS2
Multiplication and division
Unit 5 – 4 weeks
Fractions
Unit 8 – 7 weeks
Fractions greater than 1
Unit 9 – 5 weeks
Algebraic Thinking
Materials for exploring algebra with KS3 students
Common structures and the part–part–whole relationship
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.28
Common denomination: more adding and subtracting
Spine 3: Fractions – Topic 3.8
Pattern
Looking for and finding patterns helps children notice and understand mathematical relationships