Four ways to create better mathematical talk in your classroom

And resources you might like to explore

Evaluating the professional development

Creating opportunities for teachers to reflect, discuss and record the impact on their practice and thinking

Teaching through the pandemic 6 – James Cresswell

A secondary teacher discusses how he’s managed the change to teaching all-attainment groups in Key Stage 3

Creating a collaborative culture with teaching for mastery

Discover how Secondary Mastery Specialists are transforming maths teaching in an inner-city London girls’ school

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

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

Charlie’s Angles: Guest Blog by Debbie Morgan

The NCETM Director for Primary tells the story of her involvement with the creation of Numberblocks

Algebra

Lesson videos addressing the demands of the New Curriculum to introduce formal algebra into KS2

Learning in Lockdown 1 – Kathryn Darwin

A second in department shares her experiences of the new challenges that learning in lockdown has created, and how she and her school are overcoming them

Cardinality and Counting

Understanding that the cardinal value of a number refers to the quantity, or ‘howmanyness’ of things it represents

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

School leader considerations

Prompts and reflections to support school leaders in thinking through what’s right for their context

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

Algebraic Thinking

Materials for exploring algebra with KS3 students

Number and Place Value | Year 1

National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 1

NCETM Newsletter - September 2020

Covid recovery: new resources, and thoughts on 'catch-up'

NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials

A discussion with the two lead editors of the PD materials

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

The DfE KS3 maths guidance – what you need to know

Let us show you what the guidance includes, and the resources available to get the most out of it

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

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

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

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

Calculating using knowledge of structures (1)

Unit 1 – 6 weeks

A maths book isn't just for Christmas

Six maths books out in 2019 that might help you enhance your teaching

NCETM Newsletter - October 2020

Classroom teaching under Covid-19 restrictions, CPD sessions for secondary maths departments, and more

Background to the Maths Hubs Programme

How did it start and how does it run?

Building maths leadership through trust and Maths Hub collaboration

We explore how leaders in a large trust work with their local Maths Hubs to strengthen maths teaching and improve outcomes for teachers and pupils

New video celebrates ten years of Maths Hubs

Discover what the network offers schools and teachers

Working with the materials

Teachers describe how they have used the Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials in their own schools and classrooms

Statistics | Year 2

National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 2

Pattern

Looking for and finding patterns helps children notice and understand mathematical relationships

Learning in Lockdown 8 – Melissa Molnar

A Year 1 teacher talks about leading maths across her school and the wider school partnership

Teaching through the pandemic 5 – Kate Jackson

A Year 4 teacher and Mastery Specialist explains how she teaches maths lessons outside and encourages other teachers to have a go

Resources and features from the NCETM in 2020/21

What you might have missed and what’s coming up…

University maths entrance tests

How they can support maths teaching for all A level Maths students

Secondary Round-up - January 2026

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

Numbers up to 10,000,000

Unit 3 – 4 weeks

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

Oracy

The role of oracy in the context of teaching for mastery

Number and Place Value | Year 4

National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 4

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

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

Impact stories supporting teaching for mastery

Aspects of teaching for mastery under the spotlight

Latest 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

Numberblocks wins a BAFTA!

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

Shape and Space

Understanding what happens when shapes move, or combine with other shapes, helps develop wider mathematical thinking

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

Professional development opportunities for leaders of maths education available now

Teachers who want to achieve or enhance maths leadership accreditations can now apply for two separate professional development programmes

Maths leadership CPD opportunities

Applications now open for two separate professional development programmes

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

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

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

One school’s success with Core Maths

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

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

Multiplication and Division | Year 4

National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 4

Algebra | Key Stage 3

National Curriculum resources for Algebra – Key Stage 3

Issue 13 of Bespoke out now

Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme

Beyond the maths classroom: how trusts can support teacher professionalism

What role can trust leaders play in supporting maths teachers to flourish professionally?

Raising girls' participation in maths

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

Multiplication and Division | Year 6

National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 6

Which KS3 topic are you teaching next?

New videos, PowerPoint slides and guidance documents provide ideas and resources for teaching KS3 topics

Recognise, compose, decompose and manipulate 2D and 3D shapes

Unit 4 – 3 weeks

Right angles

Unit 3 – 2 weeks

Draw, compose and decompose shapes

Unit 4 – 2 weeks

Coordinates

Unit 7 – 2 weeks

Angles

Unit 10 - 3 weeks

Symmetry in 2D shapes

Unit 10 – 2 weeks

Parallel and perpendicular sides in polygons

Unit 10 – 2 weeks

Improving children’s confidence in maths starts with parents

What one primary teacher has done to improve children's confidence by engaging parents in learning maths

Secondary Round-up - January 2024

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

October's Secondary Round-up is out

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

Two London heads on engaging with teaching for mastery

Two secondary headteachers describe how they make engaging in professional development activities a matter of policy

Primary Round-up - April 2020

Our latest Primary Round-up is now available

Secondary Round-up - September 2022

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

Secondary Round-up - October 2025

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

Outstanding schools, Ofsted and mastery

Find out how three schools deliver maths through teaching for mastery, and why Ofsted liked what they saw

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

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

Secondary ITE professional development materials

Six professional development units designed for ITE tutors to use with secondary trainee maths teachers

Primary ITE professional development materials

Six professional development units designed for ITE tutors to use with primary trainee teachers exploring maths

Shape

Unit 7 – 2 weeks

Teaching that adds up: how mastery can support financial literacy

Bringing a teaching for mastery lens to Oak’s financial education resources across the primary and secondary phases

Geometry - position and direction | Year 2

National Curriculum resources for Geometry - position and direction – Year 2

Geometry - properties of shapes | Year 4

National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 4

Response to Jo Boaler’s view of maths in UK schools

An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp

Mastery brings ‘priceless’ benefits to secondary school

A secondary head explains how adopting a mastery approach has transformed teaching and learning 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

Statistics | Year 3

National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 3

Secondary professional development materials published for KS3

Secondary Archive

An archive of all Secondary Round-ups and Magazines

Making the most of our new secondary mastery materials

An interview with three of the people behind the recently published Secondary Mastery Professional Development Materials

Geometry - position and direction | Year 6

National Curriculum resources for Geometry - position and direction – Year 6

Targeted Support in Mathematics (Intensive)

Support for leaders to implement change and maximise the impact of Maths Hubs professional development

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

Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Teaching Assistants

Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Primary Teaching Assistants Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Programme

Mindset: why is it so important in teaching for mastery?

Liam Colclough, a headteacher in Sheffield, is convinced that to introduce teaching for mastery effectively, a shift in mindset is required

Susan Okereke: speaker, podcaster and maths teacher

A wide-ranging conversation covering engagement, curriculum, classroom culture, and preparing students for maths beyond school

Teaching about climate change in the maths classroom

Two authors talk about their new resources and suggest tips for addressing social issues through maths

Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics - Core Maths Teachers

Support for teachers who are new to teaching Core Maths