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Information about free professional development for ECTs, including the Expertise in Teaching Maths Modules
Eight reasons to join a Maths Hubs secondary CPD project
Free CPD? Local collaboration? Department-wide impact? Maths Hubs Work Groups have it all – and more
6.3 Transforming shapes
Core concept 6.3 introduces translation, rotation, reflection and enlargement. It explores the degrees of freedom available, in terms of what does and doesn’t vary for each one.
10.2 Statistical representations and analysis
Core concept 10.2 introduces new statistical representations, including box plots, cumulative frequency graphs and histograms, as well as exploring correlation and causation
Angles Maths Hub
Led by Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School, Norwich
A new school year: support for secondary maths teachers new and old
Resources available on the NCETM website and CPD opportunities through Maths Hubs – all free for secondary maths departments
NCETM Newsletter - November 2021
Sign up for our free Checkpoints seminars, primary spring term curriculum prioritisation materials, and more
Free technology support for schools
Support with the technology aspects of remote education from Demonstrator Schools and Colleges
ECT Expertise in Teaching Maths Modules
CPD modules for Early Career Teachers (ECTs)
Securing Foundations at Year 7: exploring a year of impact
Director for Secondary, Carol Knights, shares highlights from an innovative programme aimed at closing the gap in Year 7 maths
Probability and Statistics | Key Stage 3
National Curriculum resources for Probability and Statistics – Key Stage 3
A headteacher’s guide to Maths Hubs
Don’t let your school miss out: everything you need to know about Maths Hubs and fully-funded CPD
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
Leading the change: a headteacher’s journey with teaching for mastery
What happens when a school fully embraces Maths Hubs professional development?
Number and Place Value | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 4
Ratio and Proportion and Rates of Change | KS3
National Curriculum resources for Ratio and Proportion and Rates of Change – KS3
Multiplication and Division | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 5
CPD for non-specialists that strengthens maths departments
How do Maths Hubs support teachers whose main subject isn’t maths?
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Teaching Assistants
Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Primary Teaching Assistants Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Programme
Building depth, confidence and collaboration through the Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme
A teacher shares how the programme has influenced her practice, her department, and her students
Closing the disadvantage gap and strengthening maths department leadership
We find out how partnership with Great North Maths Hub is supporting Jesmond Park Academy to make gradual changes that are having a big impact
Teaching time without tears: rethinking how we teach time in Key Stages 1 and 2
Primary teacher and Mastery Specialist, Laura Smith explores how we teach the tricky topic of time, and shares how teaching for mastery concepts can help
Oracy in mathematics – a new framework
Associate Deputy Director for Secondary, Jane Hawkins, shares a new framework for oracy in mathematics which presents the foundational principles of oracy in a teaching for mastery context
Professional development that helps keep great teachers in the classroom
How sustained engagement with their local Maths Hub is supporting teaching and staff retention at Macmillan Academy
Spotlight on LLMEs – Early Years SKTM
Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Early Years Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Programme
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?
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Mastery Specialist
We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
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
Spotlight on LLMEs - Post-16 GCSE and FSQ Mastery Specialist Programme
Hear from a Mastery Specialist as he shares the impact of this fully-funded programme on post-16 maths teaching at Andover College
Number and Place Value | Year 1
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 1
Our Primary Round-up for July is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Teaching maths in a real-life context
Teachers discuss the joys, the challenges and good resources
A video overview on teaching for mastery at primary
Debbie Morgan, NCETM Director for Primary, gives a presentation to teachers on teaching for mastery
New email round-up launched for secondary teachers
We have just launched the Secondary Round-up
New KS4 Professional Development Materials: Statistics and probability
Explore the key ideas that underpin statistics and probability at Key Stage 4
Number and Place Value | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 5
Planning collaboratively and learning together as a department
How a secondary maths department includes everyone in the planning process and fosters shared learning
Meeting the needs of all without ability setting
Removing setting from maths teaching in a three-form entry primary school
Statistics | Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 3
Making the most of maths competitions
Maths competitions can be a great way to broaden students’ mathematical horizon – get the dates in the school diary early!
New email round-up launched for primary and Early Years teachers
Our new Round-up brings you some of the best content from our website and across the world of primary and Early Years maths teaching
Targeted Support in Maths – one school’s story
How bespoke support enabled a primary school to achieve its best ever maths SATs results
The teaching units
The Multiplicative Reasoning teaching units
Learning in Lockdown 2 – Jo Brown
A Year 5 teacher talks about how her pupils have engaged and what lessons she will take forward
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
Teachers helping teachers, wherever they are
How the latest lockdown has led to an outpouring of no-strings generosity across the maths education landscape
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
Primary Teaching for Mastery (Introductory)
Support for schools beginning their journey implementing teaching for mastery with fidelity
New DfE guidance on teaching Key Stage 3 maths
The knowledge and understanding most important for the first three years of secondary school, broken down into a coherent sequence
Maths CPD: what works and why for teachers’ professional development
Three secondary maths teachers discuss the best CPD they have taken part in
Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery
The fundamental characteristics that underpin teaching for mastery in all school and college phases
About the NCETM
How we support anyone who teaches maths
Measurement | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 4
Representations in our primary video lessons
Mathematical structure, manipulatives and myth-busting
Debbie Morgan discusses differentiation
NCETM’s Director for Primary tells us why she thinks teachers no longer need to provide different work for different children
Secondary heads on benefits of working with a Maths Hub
Our latest podcast with two London-based secondary heads
Why Mastery Readiness isn't just 'mastery-lite'!
The Mastery Readiness Programme enables schools to put in place structures, systems and positive mathematical culture so they can successfully engage in teaching for mastery
Using the NCETM Curriculum Prioritisation materials
A maths lead tells his school's story
Geometry - properties of shapes | Year 1
National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 1
Supporting Research, Evidence and Argument
Key texts for the key components of teaching for mastery
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
Teacher collaboration supports mixed-attainment classes
A London school models one possible way to make the transition
How social media is changing my CPD
A primary school maths lead talks about what social media offers to inspire, support and challenge his ways of teaching maths
Primary Round-up - October 2025
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - November 2023
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
An unexpected angle to teaching congruent triangles
Secondary teacher, Ben Waine, tells how a student insight uncovered special cases when two sides and an angle (ASS/SSA) do provide conditions for congruency.
NCETM Newsletter - April 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Number and Place Value | Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 3
‘They’ll give it a go’: how teaching for mastery helped one SEMH school change teacher and student mindsets
A head of maths explains how lesson videos helped her team explore teaching for mastery approaches in a specialist setting
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Fluency
Is fluency just about recalling facts?
Top tips for teaching GCSE resit
Useful pointers from teachers in a Maths Hub GCSE resit Work Group
GCSE revision ideas for the final few lessons
Seven suggested resources and activities to help you prepare your students for exams
Secondary Round-up - October 2023
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Secondary Round-up - September 2025
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Understanding multiplicative relationships
Do your students know that, for any two numbers, there’s always a unique third number that links them multiplicatively?
Moving from primary teaching to secondary maths
A teacher explains why, and how, he's moving from a primary school to a secondary maths department
April’s Primary Round-up is now out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
NCETM Newsletter - March 2022
NCETM Checkpoints, research and innovation in the Maths Hubs Network, and our weekly Twitter-based chats
Working with the materials
Teachers describe how they have used the Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials in their own schools and classrooms
Mastery brings ‘priceless’ benefits to secondary school
A secondary head explains how adopting a mastery approach has transformed teaching and learning in maths
Statistics | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 6
What have you missed? What’s coming up?
A summary of our publications in 2018/19, and a look ahead to what's coming in 2019/20
Which KS3 topic are you teaching next?
New videos, PowerPoint slides and guidance documents provide ideas and resources for teaching KS3 topics
The non-specialist in the secondary maths department
A Maths Hubs programme that helps ‘train-up’ teachers whose first subject isn’t maths
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!
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
Secondary CPD and resources from Maths Hubs and the NCETM summarised
Discover what’s right for you, your department and your colleagues
Secondary Round-up - November 2021
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Secondary Round-up - June 2022
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Secondary Round-up - October 2022
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Maths curriculum resources available from Oak National Academy
Developed by MEI, Oak’s materials are for both primary and secondary schools
Maths Podcasts: CPD direct to your ears
Podcast listening is on the up and can play a role in maths CPD
The Five Big Ideas at Secondary – Mathematical Thinking
Why is mathematical thinking so important in the secondary classroom?
Summer holiday reading 2019
A round-up of our recent features, which might stimulate your thinking for September
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
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 2
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
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
Eight reasons to join a Maths Hubs secondary CPD project
Free CPD? Local collaboration? Department-wide impact? Maths Hubs Work Groups have it all – and more
A new school year: support for secondary maths teachers new and old
Resources available on the NCETM website and CPD opportunities through Maths Hubs – all free for secondary maths departments
NCETM Newsletter - November 2021
Sign up for our free Checkpoints seminars, primary spring term curriculum prioritisation materials, and more
Securing Foundations at Year 7: exploring a year of impact
Director for Secondary, Carol Knights, shares highlights from an innovative programme aimed at closing the gap in Year 7 maths
A headteacher’s guide to Maths Hubs
Don’t let your school miss out: everything you need to know about Maths Hubs and fully-funded CPD
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
Leading the change: a headteacher’s journey with teaching for mastery
What happens when a school fully embraces Maths Hubs professional development?
CPD for non-specialists that strengthens maths departments
How do Maths Hubs support teachers whose main subject isn’t maths?
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Teaching Assistants
Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Primary Teaching Assistants Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Programme
Building depth, confidence and collaboration through the Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme
A teacher shares how the programme has influenced her practice, her department, and her students
Closing the disadvantage gap and strengthening maths department leadership
We find out how partnership with Great North Maths Hub is supporting Jesmond Park Academy to make gradual changes that are having a big impact
Teaching time without tears: rethinking how we teach time in Key Stages 1 and 2
Primary teacher and Mastery Specialist, Laura Smith explores how we teach the tricky topic of time, and shares how teaching for mastery concepts can help
Oracy in mathematics – a new framework
Associate Deputy Director for Secondary, Jane Hawkins, shares a new framework for oracy in mathematics which presents the foundational principles of oracy in a teaching for mastery context
Professional development that helps keep great teachers in the classroom
How sustained engagement with their local Maths Hub is supporting teaching and staff retention at Macmillan Academy
Spotlight on LLMEs – Early Years SKTM
Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Early Years Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Programme
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?
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Mastery Specialist
We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
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
Spotlight on LLMEs - Post-16 GCSE and FSQ Mastery Specialist Programme
Hear from a Mastery Specialist as he shares the impact of this fully-funded programme on post-16 maths teaching at Andover College
Our Primary Round-up for July is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Teaching maths in a real-life context
Teachers discuss the joys, the challenges and good resources
New email round-up launched for secondary teachers
We have just launched the Secondary Round-up
New KS4 Professional Development Materials: Statistics and probability
Explore the key ideas that underpin statistics and probability at Key Stage 4
Planning collaboratively and learning together as a department
How a secondary maths department includes everyone in the planning process and fosters shared learning
Making the most of maths competitions
Maths competitions can be a great way to broaden students’ mathematical horizon – get the dates in the school diary early!
New email round-up launched for primary and Early Years teachers
Our new Round-up brings you some of the best content from our website and across the world of primary and Early Years maths teaching
Targeted Support in Maths – one school’s story
How bespoke support enabled a primary school to achieve its best ever maths SATs results
Learning in Lockdown 2 – Jo Brown
A Year 5 teacher talks about how her pupils have engaged and what lessons she will take forward
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
Teachers helping teachers, wherever they are
How the latest lockdown has led to an outpouring of no-strings generosity across the maths education landscape
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
New DfE guidance on teaching Key Stage 3 maths
The knowledge and understanding most important for the first three years of secondary school, broken down into a coherent sequence
Maths CPD: what works and why for teachers’ professional development
Three secondary maths teachers discuss the best CPD they have taken part in
Representations in our primary video lessons
Mathematical structure, manipulatives and myth-busting
Debbie Morgan discusses differentiation
NCETM’s Director for Primary tells us why she thinks teachers no longer need to provide different work for different children
Secondary heads on benefits of working with a Maths Hub
Our latest podcast with two London-based secondary heads
Using the NCETM Curriculum Prioritisation materials
A maths lead tells his school's story
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
How social media is changing my CPD
A primary school maths lead talks about what social media offers to inspire, support and challenge his ways of teaching maths
Primary Round-up - October 2025
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - November 2023
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
An unexpected angle to teaching congruent triangles
Secondary teacher, Ben Waine, tells how a student insight uncovered special cases when two sides and an angle (ASS/SSA) do provide conditions for congruency.
NCETM Newsletter - April 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
‘They’ll give it a go’: how teaching for mastery helped one SEMH school change teacher and student mindsets
A head of maths explains how lesson videos helped her team explore teaching for mastery approaches in a specialist setting
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Fluency
Is fluency just about recalling facts?
Top tips for teaching GCSE resit
Useful pointers from teachers in a Maths Hub GCSE resit Work Group
GCSE revision ideas for the final few lessons
Seven suggested resources and activities to help you prepare your students for exams
Secondary Round-up - October 2023
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Secondary Round-up - September 2025
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Understanding multiplicative relationships
Do your students know that, for any two numbers, there’s always a unique third number that links them multiplicatively?
Moving from primary teaching to secondary maths
A teacher explains why, and how, he's moving from a primary school to a secondary maths department
April’s Primary Round-up is now out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
NCETM Newsletter - March 2022
NCETM Checkpoints, research and innovation in the Maths Hubs Network, and our weekly Twitter-based chats
Mastery brings ‘priceless’ benefits to secondary school
A secondary head explains how adopting a mastery approach has transformed teaching and learning in maths
What have you missed? What’s coming up?
A summary of our publications in 2018/19, and a look ahead to what's coming in 2019/20
Which KS3 topic are you teaching next?
New videos, PowerPoint slides and guidance documents provide ideas and resources for teaching KS3 topics
The non-specialist in the secondary maths department
A Maths Hubs programme that helps ‘train-up’ teachers whose first subject isn’t maths
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!
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
Secondary CPD and resources from Maths Hubs and the NCETM summarised
Discover what’s right for you, your department and your colleagues
Secondary Round-up - November 2021
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Secondary Round-up - June 2022
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Secondary Round-up - October 2022
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Maths curriculum resources available from Oak National Academy
Developed by MEI, Oak’s materials are for both primary and secondary schools
Maths Podcasts: CPD direct to your ears
Podcast listening is on the up and can play a role in maths CPD
The Five Big Ideas at Secondary – Mathematical Thinking
Why is mathematical thinking so important in the secondary classroom?
Summer holiday reading 2019
A round-up of our recent features, which might stimulate your thinking for September
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 2
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
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
6.3 Transforming shapes
Core concept 6.3 introduces translation, rotation, reflection and enlargement. It explores the degrees of freedom available, in terms of what does and doesn’t vary for each one.
10.2 Statistical representations and analysis
Core concept 10.2 introduces new statistical representations, including box plots, cumulative frequency graphs and histograms, as well as exploring correlation and causation
Meeting the needs of all without ability setting
Removing setting from maths teaching in a three-form entry primary school
Why Mastery Readiness isn't just 'mastery-lite'!
The Mastery Readiness Programme enables schools to put in place structures, systems and positive mathematical culture so they can successfully engage in teaching for mastery
Teacher collaboration supports mixed-attainment classes
A London school models one possible way to make the transition