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Sir Robert Woodard Academy
An interview with Kieran Scanlon and Natasha Corrigan, senior leaders from Sir Robert Woodard Academy, Lancing, Sussex
Susan Okereke: speaker, podcaster and maths teacher
A wide-ranging conversation covering engagement, curriculum, classroom culture, and preparing students for maths beyond school
Empowering leaders to drive school improvement through Targeted Support in Maths
How Maths Hubs work with school leaders to secure sustainable improvement in maths
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
Improving maths across a large junior school without chasing quick fixes
How sustained engagement with a Maths Hub is helping to turn professional development into steady improvement in maths
A Tale of Two Schools
We visit two very different primary schools, and learn about their reasons for choosing teaching for mastery and its impact
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
Sheldon School
An interview with Neil Spurdell and Nicola Scott, senior leaders from Sheldon School in Chippenham, Wiltshire
Secondary Teaching for Mastery
Support for departments implementing teaching for mastery across Key Stages 3 and 4
Primary Round-up - June 2026
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
February’s issue of the NCETM Secondary Round-up is out
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Targeted Support in Mathematics (Intensive)
Support for leaders to implement change and maximise the impact of Maths Hubs professional development
Primary Round-up - November 2020
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Sandown Primary School
An interview with senior leaders from Sandown Primary School
Primary Teaching for Mastery
Collaborative professional development for schools to ensure that a teaching for mastery approach is implemented with fidelity
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary SKTM
Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Primary SKTM
Secondary Round-up - February 2024
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
New CPD opportunities for KS3 teachers
Support your Year 7s and develop students’ multiplicative reasoning skills
Targeted Support in Mathematics (Enhanced)
Support for schools across both primary and secondary phases to develop and embed improvements in maths teaching and learning
Moving beyond quick fixes in FE maths
Emma Bell explores new government guidance and what it reveals about effective practice in post-16 maths
New activity for the Maths Hubs Programme
Mastery Specialists will be recruited to lead activity in future years, and a new CPD project will run
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
Our Primary Round-up for July is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Current Maths Hubs
List of all 40 Maths Hubs
The end of an era: we say goodbye and thank you to two remarkable women
Celebrating a legacy of collaboration, service and excellence in maths education
Mixed-age mastery – making it work in KS2
A primary school in Harrogate has developed a two-year rolling programme that creates more curriculum time
Maths curriculum resources available from Oak National Academy
Developed by MEI, Oak’s materials are for both primary and secondary schools
How can we meet the needs of all pupils without differentiation of lesson content? How can we record progress without levels?
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Impact stories supporting teaching for mastery
Aspects of teaching for mastery under the spotlight
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
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
Building consistency and equity in maths provision across a trust
How partnership with its local Maths Hub is improving outcomes for pupils at Sycamore Trust in Greater Manchester
Video showing Maths Hubs teaching for mastery work in secondary schools
A short video illustrates teaching for mastery in secondary classrooms
What Maths Hubs are doing
Find out what professional and school development opportunities are being run across the Maths Hubs Network
Mastery in mathematics: What it is and why we should be doing it
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
From GCSE Maths resit to primary school maths lead
A teacher explains what it’s like to lose all your confidence for maths… and then recover it
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
Secondary Round-up - May 2026
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
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
Beyond the maths classroom: how trusts can support teacher professionalism
What role can trust leaders play in supporting maths teachers to flourish professionally?
Mastering Number (Embedding the Impact)
Support for schools that have already engaged in Mastering Number at Reception and KS1
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 2
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 3
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
Algebra out and reading online maps in!
Proposed new maths GCSE resit exam
Federations and MATs engaging with Maths Hubs
Two examples of multi-academy trusts (MATs) successfully engaging with Maths Hubs and seeing maths performance rise
Teacher Degree Apprenticeships offer a new pathway into teaching
A salaried route into teaching that could widen access to the profession
Evaluating our programmes in 2025/26
An overview of how the NCETM is working with the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in 2025/26
Secondary Maths Subject Leaders Community
A CPD community designed specifically for secondary heads of maths
The Essence of Mathematics Teaching for Mastery
Underpinning principles, lesson design, and how mastery works in the classroom
Why might the word ‘ratio’ cause confusion for students learning trigonometry?
After watching how a Shanghai teacher approaches it, Gwen Tresidder reassesses her own understanding
Spotlight on LLMEs – Secondary Non-specialist SKTM
Hear from a maths teacher and podcaster who leads a range of projects
Mixed-age mastery – how and why it works
One North Yorkshire primary school has made teaching for mastery work in four classes which span seven year groups
Mastery and the mixed-age conundrum
At Richard Taylor Primary School, a clever combination of whole- and split-class teaching has led to pupils excelling in maths
TSM Spotlight – Copnor Primary School, Portsmouth
How Enhanced support has helped a maths lead at a large primary school in Hampshire to develop a revised maths curriculum
School Development Lead Programme
Support for leaders of maths whose role is to lead change in a school or group of schools other than their own
Securing Foundations at Year 7
Support students who need additional help to make good progress in KS3 and beyond
Developing Fluency with Multiplicative Reasoning at KS3
Strengthen understanding and confidence in an area of the KS3 maths curriculum fundamental to success in KS4
How to develop maths leadership and teaching across a trust
We hear from a maths lead in a trust whose maths outcomes were already successful, but who wanted to strengthen maths teaching for every pupil
Leading the change: a headteacher’s journey with teaching for mastery
What happens when a school fully embraces Maths Hubs professional development?
Targeted Support in Maths – one school’s story
How bespoke support enabled a primary school to achieve its best ever maths SATs results
TIMSS 2023 results published
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) confirms that England has maintained its high global performance in mathematics
Years 5-8 Continuity
Strengthen the transition from primary to secondary school
Maths Podcasts: CPD direct to your ears
Podcast listening is on the up and can play a role in maths CPD
TSM Spotlight – Matthew Arnold School, Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex
How Intensive support helped one secondary school to improve GCSE Maths results by 20 percentage points
GCSE re-sits: grasping the nettle
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Use our new Checkpoints activities in Year 7!
A secure understanding of Key Stage 2 maths is crucial for new Year 7s to progress at secondary school
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
Local Leaders of Mathematics Education
In every Maths Hub area, there’s a group of experienced teachers and education professionals who lead all the school and professional development work run by the hub.
NCETM Newsletter - June 2020
Learning in lockdown: support for teaching and learning from the NCETM, including new primary video lessons, plus support available from elsewhere, and more
About the NCETM
How we support anyone who teaches maths
Research and innovation thriving in the Maths Hubs Programme
Scores of local projects around the country are contributing refinements to Maths Hubs' work in numerous areas
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
A coherent journey through maths
At a small, rural primary school, pupils in mixed-age classes benefit from teaching for mastery approaches
Ten resources for GCSE maths revision lessons
A selection of sites and resources that will help with your lesson and homework planning this revision season
Making mastery work in KS2 mixed-age classes
How a new two-year rolling programme strengthens curriculum coherence and deepens content coverage for all pupils
Maths education: the present, the future, and how to get there
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
NCETM Newsletter - November 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Measurement | Year 1
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 1
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Variation
Variation can be used to support pupils to develop a deep understanding of the maths they are learning
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
Improving maths in multi-academy trusts by engaging with Maths Hubs
A profile of two multi-academy trusts (MATs) reaping the rewards of participation in Maths Hubs teaching for mastery work
Two NCETM Directors recognised as Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences
Sue Madgwick, Deputy Director at the NCETM, and Emma Bell, Director for Post-16 GCSE and Functional Skills Qualifications (FSQ) are among the first cohort of Fellows
Myth busting
NCETM Myth busting
Lessons from this summer's maths exam results
How secondary schools can continue to recover from the downward trends caused by the pandemic
The essence of teaching for mastery
Guiding principles that underpin NCETM and Maths Hubs work, in maths teaching at every school and college phase
Mastery brings ‘priceless’ benefits to secondary school
A secondary head explains how adopting a mastery approach has transformed teaching and learning in maths
Spotlight on Work Group Leads - Primary Mastery
Hear from a Year 6 teacher who leads local Teaching for Mastery Work Groups
Spotlight on LLMEs – Developing Core Maths Pedagogy
Hear from a maths teacher about the professional development she leads for her local Maths Hub
Mastery Myth-busting
We dispel some of the common myths about teaching for mastery
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
Creating a collaborative culture with teaching for mastery
Discover how Secondary Mastery Specialists are transforming maths teaching in an inner-city London girls’ school
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
Pattern
Looking for and finding patterns helps children notice and understand mathematical relationships
If it’s Friday, it must be GCSE re-sit
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Taking on the role of maths lead in a primary school
Ten tips for newcomers to the position
Reflecting on the proposed new Level 1 maths qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds
Why coherence, secure understanding and progression should underpin a new Level 1 maths qualification
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Fluency
Is fluency just about recalling facts?
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Mastery Specialist
We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Mathematical Thinking
What does Mathematical Thinking really mean in the primary classroom?
Susan Okereke: speaker, podcaster and maths teacher
A wide-ranging conversation covering engagement, curriculum, classroom culture, and preparing students for maths beyond school
Empowering leaders to drive school improvement through Targeted Support in Maths
How Maths Hubs work with school leaders to secure sustainable improvement in maths
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
Improving maths across a large junior school without chasing quick fixes
How sustained engagement with a Maths Hub is helping to turn professional development into steady improvement in maths
A Tale of Two Schools
We visit two very different primary schools, and learn about their reasons for choosing teaching for mastery and its impact
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
Primary Round-up - June 2026
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
February’s issue of the NCETM Secondary Round-up is out
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - November 2020
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary SKTM
Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Primary SKTM
Secondary Round-up - February 2024
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
New CPD opportunities for KS3 teachers
Support your Year 7s and develop students’ multiplicative reasoning skills
Moving beyond quick fixes in FE maths
Emma Bell explores new government guidance and what it reveals about effective practice in post-16 maths
New activity for the Maths Hubs Programme
Mastery Specialists will be recruited to lead activity in future years, and a new CPD project will run
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
Our Primary Round-up for July is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
The end of an era: we say goodbye and thank you to two remarkable women
Celebrating a legacy of collaboration, service and excellence in maths education
Maths curriculum resources available from Oak National Academy
Developed by MEI, Oak’s materials are for both primary and secondary schools
How can we meet the needs of all pupils without differentiation of lesson content? How can we record progress without levels?
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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
Building consistency and equity in maths provision across a trust
How partnership with its local Maths Hub is improving outcomes for pupils at Sycamore Trust in Greater Manchester
Video showing Maths Hubs teaching for mastery work in secondary schools
A short video illustrates teaching for mastery in secondary classrooms
Mastery in mathematics: What it is and why we should be doing it
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
From GCSE Maths resit to primary school maths lead
A teacher explains what it’s like to lose all your confidence for maths… and then recover it
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
Secondary Round-up - May 2026
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
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
Beyond the maths classroom: how trusts can support teacher professionalism
What role can trust leaders play in supporting maths teachers to flourish professionally?
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 2
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 3
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
Algebra out and reading online maps in!
Proposed new maths GCSE resit exam
Federations and MATs engaging with Maths Hubs
Two examples of multi-academy trusts (MATs) successfully engaging with Maths Hubs and seeing maths performance rise
Teacher Degree Apprenticeships offer a new pathway into teaching
A salaried route into teaching that could widen access to the profession
Why might the word ‘ratio’ cause confusion for students learning trigonometry?
After watching how a Shanghai teacher approaches it, Gwen Tresidder reassesses her own understanding
Spotlight on LLMEs – Secondary Non-specialist SKTM
Hear from a maths teacher and podcaster who leads a range of projects
TSM Spotlight – Copnor Primary School, Portsmouth
How Enhanced support has helped a maths lead at a large primary school in Hampshire to develop a revised maths curriculum
How to develop maths leadership and teaching across a trust
We hear from a maths lead in a trust whose maths outcomes were already successful, but who wanted to strengthen maths teaching for every pupil
Leading the change: a headteacher’s journey with teaching for mastery
What happens when a school fully embraces Maths Hubs professional development?
Targeted Support in Maths – one school’s story
How bespoke support enabled a primary school to achieve its best ever maths SATs results
TIMSS 2023 results published
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) confirms that England has maintained its high global performance in mathematics
Maths Podcasts: CPD direct to your ears
Podcast listening is on the up and can play a role in maths CPD
TSM Spotlight – Matthew Arnold School, Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex
How Intensive support helped one secondary school to improve GCSE Maths results by 20 percentage points
GCSE re-sits: grasping the nettle
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Use our new Checkpoints activities in Year 7!
A secure understanding of Key Stage 2 maths is crucial for new Year 7s to progress at secondary school
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
NCETM Newsletter - June 2020
Learning in lockdown: support for teaching and learning from the NCETM, including new primary video lessons, plus support available from elsewhere, and more
Research and innovation thriving in the Maths Hubs Programme
Scores of local projects around the country are contributing refinements to Maths Hubs' work in numerous areas
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
Ten resources for GCSE maths revision lessons
A selection of sites and resources that will help with your lesson and homework planning this revision season
Making mastery work in KS2 mixed-age classes
How a new two-year rolling programme strengthens curriculum coherence and deepens content coverage for all pupils
Maths education: the present, the future, and how to get there
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
NCETM Newsletter - November 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Variation
Variation can be used to support pupils to develop a deep understanding of the maths they are learning
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
Improving maths in multi-academy trusts by engaging with Maths Hubs
A profile of two multi-academy trusts (MATs) reaping the rewards of participation in Maths Hubs teaching for mastery work
Two NCETM Directors recognised as Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences
Sue Madgwick, Deputy Director at the NCETM, and Emma Bell, Director for Post-16 GCSE and Functional Skills Qualifications (FSQ) are among the first cohort of Fellows
Lessons from this summer's maths exam results
How secondary schools can continue to recover from the downward trends caused by the pandemic
The essence of teaching for mastery
Guiding principles that underpin NCETM and Maths Hubs work, in maths teaching at every school and college phase
Mastery brings ‘priceless’ benefits to secondary school
A secondary head explains how adopting a mastery approach has transformed teaching and learning in maths
Spotlight on Work Group Leads - Primary Mastery
Hear from a Year 6 teacher who leads local Teaching for Mastery Work Groups
Spotlight on LLMEs – Developing Core Maths Pedagogy
Hear from a maths teacher about the professional development she leads for her local Maths Hub
Mastery Myth-busting
We dispel some of the common myths about teaching for mastery
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
Creating a collaborative culture with teaching for mastery
Discover how Secondary Mastery Specialists are transforming maths teaching in an inner-city London girls’ school
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
If it’s Friday, it must be GCSE re-sit
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Taking on the role of maths lead in a primary school
Ten tips for newcomers to the position
Reflecting on the proposed new Level 1 maths qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds
Why coherence, secure understanding and progression should underpin a new Level 1 maths qualification
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Fluency
Is fluency just about recalling facts?
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Mastery Specialist
We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
The Five Big Ideas at Primary – Mathematical Thinking
What does Mathematical Thinking really mean in the primary classroom?
Mixed-age mastery – making it work in KS2
A primary school in Harrogate has developed a two-year rolling programme that creates more curriculum time
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
Mixed-age mastery – how and why it works
One North Yorkshire primary school has made teaching for mastery work in four classes which span seven year groups
Mastery and the mixed-age conundrum
At Richard Taylor Primary School, a clever combination of whole- and split-class teaching has led to pupils excelling in maths
A coherent journey through maths
At a small, rural primary school, pupils in mixed-age classes benefit from teaching for mastery approaches
Pattern
Looking for and finding patterns helps children notice and understand mathematical relationships