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Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
Information about the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
Primary Teaching for Mastery – Development
Part of the continuing programme to develop teaching for mastery in maths in primary schools
Primary video lessons
Developed for use during school closures, these videos will also be useful for Covid recovery
Primary Round-up - October 2022
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up January 2021
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Primary Round-up - May 2022
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Primary Round-up February 2021
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Primary Round-up - September 2021
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Primary Round-up - March 2025
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Primary Round-up June 2021
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Primary Round-up - October 2021
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Primary Round-up - November 2021
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Primary Round-up - February 2023
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Primary Round-up - March 2023
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Primary Round-up - May 2023
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Primary Round-up - January 2024
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Primary Round-up - October 2024
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Primary Archive
An archive of all Primary Round-ups and Magazines
Primary Round-up - October 2020
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Primary Round-up March 2021
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Primary Round-up April 2021
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Primary Round-up July 2021
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Primary Round-up - March 2022
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Primary Round-up - June 2022
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Primary Round-up - September 2022
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Primary Round-up - November 2023
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Primary Round-up - January 2022
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Primary Round-up - February 2022
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Primary Round-up - June 2024
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - September 2024
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - November 2024
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up May 2021
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - September 2023
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - October 2023
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Primary Round-up - February 2024
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Primary Round-up - May 2024
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - March 2024
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Mastery Professional Development
Primary materials that will assist you in your professional development and enable you to deliver teaching for mastery with confidence
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
Sandown Primary School
An interview with senior leaders from Sandown Primary School
Covid recovery primary maths resources
Training materials, PowerPoints, videos and more are here to help primary schools plan maths teaching for the new school year
NCETM primary resources, support and teacher CPD for 2022/23
A guided tour around what’s on offer for new and experienced primary teachers at the start of the new school year. Updated September 2023
Walford Primary School
An interview with Louise George, headteacher of Walford Primary School
Horsmonden Primary School
An interview with Tracy Thomas, headteacher of Horsmonden Primary School
Chetwynd Primary Academy
An interview with Lorraine Tonks, Principal of Chetwynd Primary Academy
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary SKTM
Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Primary SKTM
Primary Calculation Guidance
Recommendations and effective practice teaching ideas
Primary Subject Knowledge Audit
Assess your confidence in teaching the content of the KS1 and KS2 maths curriculum
Aligning curriculum reform and assessment with teaching for mastery in primary maths
Charlie Stripp and Debbie Morgan respond to a recent TES article by Peter Foulds and David Thomas regarding the primary curriculum and potential reform
Glenfall Community Primary School
An interview with Anthony Mitchell, headteacher of Glenfall Community Primary School
Wath CE Primary School
An interview with headteacher Paul Beevor, Wath CE Primary School, near Rotherham
Primary Teaching for Mastery - Embedding
Collaborative professional development for schools in their second year of teaching for mastery
Primary Teaching for Mastery - Sustaining
Support for schools to make teaching for mastery 'business as usual'
Working with the materials
Teachers describe how they have used the Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials in their own schools and classrooms
Curriculum prioritisation in primary maths
A term-by-term framework to support planning and teaching
A video overview on teaching for mastery at primary
Debbie Morgan, NCETM Director for Primary, gives a presentation to teachers on teaching for mastery
Coleridge Primary School
An interview with Ben Strange and Louise Foulkes, deputy and assistant heads of Coleridge Primary School
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Mastery Specialist
We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics - Primary Teaching Assistants
Develop mathematical subject knowledge and understand the pedagogy that underpins the teaching of it
No need to differentiate in primary school maths lessons
Debbie Morgan explains why all children should be included in all aspects of a primary maths lesson
Curriculum prioritisation in primary maths
What maths to teach for the rest of 2020/21
Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics - Primary Teachers
Develop mathematical subject knowledge and understand the pedagogy that underpins the teaching of it
Support with 2020 DfE guidance
KS1 and KS2 resources for primary and secondary teachers in interpreting and using the DfE primary guidance
Fractions
Spine 3 of the Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials
Embedding mastery in a primary school
Two teachers tell their stories, and explain how mastery is being introduced across a Maths Hub area
Multiplication and Division
Spine 2 of the Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials
Number, Addition and Subtraction
Spine 1 of the Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials
Primary maths curriculum prioritisation materials available
Evaluation documents and a guidance video help schools decide on this year’s curriculum focus
November's Primary Round-up is out
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
October's Primary Round-up is out
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics - Primary Early Career Teachers
Develop mathematical subject knowledge and understand the pedagogy that underpins the teaching of it
Primary Round-up - November 2020
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - September 2020
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - April 2020
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Spaces available on Mastering Number Programme from September 2022
The nationwide project for primary schools continues in 2022/23
Primary Round-up - June 2020
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
January's Primary Round-up is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Our Primary Round-up for September is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Our Primary Round-up for February is out
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary curriculum prioritisation resource for 2021/22
We've recently published a substantial curriculum prioritisation resource for 2021/22
Our Primary Round-up for March is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Our June Primary Round-up is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Our May Primary Round-up is now out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Representations in our primary video lessons
Mathematical structure, manipulatives and myth-busting
Our Primary Round-up for July is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Taking on the role of maths lead in a primary school
Ten tips for newcomers to the position
The latest issue of the Primary Round-up is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary ITE professional development materials
Six professional development units designed for ITE tutors to use with primary trainee teachers exploring maths
April’s Primary Round-up is now out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
One primary school’s teaching for mastery journey
A discussion with the head of a Birmingham primary school which embraced teaching for mastery in 2016
Maths vocabulary
A primary maths lead in an area of high social and economic deprivation explains how a mastery approach to teaching precise mathematical vocabulary is giving pupils in her school a voice
Recruitment open for primary teachers to take mastery forward
The NCETM’s Primary Mastery Specialist programme is now accepting applications for 2019/20
Recruitment now open for Primary Mastery Specialists
The NCETM’s Primary Mastery Specialist Programme is now accepting applications for 2020/21
Primary Teaching for Mastery Work Groups now recruiting
Primary Teaching for Mastery Work Groups now recruiting
Primary maths teaching in Shanghai: an exchange teacher’s view
A Mastery Specialist gives her impressions of maths teaching in a primary school in Shanghai
Whole-school approach to learning times tables
How groups of primary schools have been introducing a twin-track approach to times-tables learning
Second year of the Mastering Number Programme: applications still open
Places for up to two thousand primary schools have been funded by the DfE – contact your Maths Hub to apply
Spotlight on Work Group Leads - Primary Mastery
Hear from a Year 6 teacher who leads local Teaching for Mastery Work Groups
Six images to help plan primary maths lessons
Six images that might prompt deeper thought when designing maths lessons from Year 1 to Year 6
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
Why we employed a primary teacher for maths in our secondary school
How one school employed a primary teacher to help introduce mastery
How early primary maths influences school-wide teaching
Two Northumberland teachers on what they've learnt from a focus on the basic maths building blocks in Reception and KS1
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
London South West Maths Hub
Led by Belleville & Chesterton Primary Schools
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
London South East Plus Maths Hub
Led by Redriff Primary School, Southwark
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
Mastery Readiness
Take a step into the primary Teaching for Mastery Programme
Years 5-8 Continuity
Strengthen the transition from primary to secondary school
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
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
London Central and West Maths Hub
Led by Fox Primary School, Kensington, London
London North East Maths Hub
Led by Elmhurst Primary School, Forest Gate, London
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
Venn Essex Maths Hub
Led by St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School, Colchester
A teaching for mastery workshop
A workshop taster from a event run for primary teachers in Cheshire
Primary Assessment Materials
Questions, tasks and activities supporting teaching for mastery.
Debbie Morgan receives CBE
The NCETM’s Primary Director is included in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Primary teaching for mastery report
Five thousand schools engaging
Useful tips for tackling multiplicative thinking
Embedding multiplicative thinking across the primary maths curriculum
Professional development for primary teaching assistants
Ensuring impact, effectiveness and pupil progress
Debbie Morgan receives CBE at Windsor Castle
The NCETM’s Primary Director attends investiture performed by Princess Anne
NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials
A discussion with the two lead editors of the PD materials
Primary and Secondary Round-ups - July 2022
60-second catch-up, differentiation podcast, Checkpoints explainer video, ECT podcast
Maths curriculum resources available from Oak National Academy
Developed by MEI, Oak’s materials are for both primary and secondary schools
What are the benefits of being a Primary Mastery Specialist?
Leanne Casey tells us about her experiences of becoming a Mastery Specialist
The Five Big Ideas – Mathematical Thinking
What does mathematical thinking really mean in the primary classroom?
Grants for maths projects
How one school and teacher have used separate grants from the SHINE organisation to develop projects for primary maths
NCETM Newsletter - March 2021
Primary maths prioritisation, qualifications and curriculum updates, Maths Hubs planning for 2021/22, Numberblocks at home, and more
NCETM Newsletter - June 2021
Forthcoming support for shaping primary and secondary maths teaching, Mastering Number trials, Maths Hubs opportunities for 2021/22, and more
NCETM Newsletter - November 2021
Sign up for our free Checkpoints seminars, primary spring term curriculum prioritisation materials, and more
NCETM Newsletter - January 2025
New video update, maths CPD leadership opportunities, Five Big Ideas at Primary and Secondary, and more
Shaping the Year 7 curriculum: building on Year 6
Ready-to-use training materials, ideal for use in planning effective curriculum transition from primary
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
The next batch of primary maths video lessons is now available
Nearly 90 lessons now available
Introducing multiplicative thinking
Building in small steps to ensure all children develop understanding early on in primary school
Training materials for DfE Mathematics guidance
A ready-to-use PowerPoint designed for whole school development, and videos to introduce the guidance
Marking Guidance
Guidance documents to enable effective marking and feedback
The Five Big Ideas – Coherence
Why is Coherence one of the Five Big Ideas in teaching for mastery? And what does it mean for primary maths teachers?
NCETM Newsletter - September 2021
Mastering Number Programme underway, new primary and secondary resources for 2021/22, Maths Hubs funded opportunities for you in 2021/22, 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
Make sense of the Curriculum Prioritisation materials
Ever wondered where to begin with the Primary CP materials? This step-by-step guide will take you from website download to classroom activity
Great North Maths Hub
Led by Monkhouse Primary School, Tyne and Wear
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
Primary lesson videos
Lessons videos supporting mastery in action
Fractions Primary Mastery PD Materials now available
The first batch of Spine 3: Fractions mastery professional development materials can be downloaded
Primary and Secondary Round-ups - July 2023
Maths Hubs CPD for 2023/24, podcast discussions, Ofsted maths teaching report and more
Primary and Secondary Round-ups - July 2024
Maths Hubs CPD for 2024/25, podcast, Checkpoints, summer reading and more
Cheshire and Wirral Maths Hub
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary, Wirral and Alsager School, Cheshire
Multiplication and Division Primary Mastery PD Materials now available
The first batch of Spine 2: Multiplication and Division mastery professional development materials is now available
Using number lines in Key Stage 1
Five ways to use a number line for maths in Years 1 and 2
NCETM Newsletter - January 2022
Primary Curriculum Prioritisation resource now complete, new Checkpoints, CPD for Early Career Teachers, Twitter Week in Focus, and more
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
Case studies supporting teaching for mastery
Mastery case studies: aspects of teaching for mastery under the spotlight
Maths education books – reviewed and distilled
Lisa Coe tells us what she gets from reading ‘edu-books’ and what the summaries on her blog can offer time-poor teachers
Using number lines in Key Stage 2
We explore how number lines can be used at KS2 to support children to develop a greater understanding of the linear number system and prepare them for secondary maths
How one secondary school is using Checkpoints at KS3
We visit a school in Lancashire pioneering their use
Textbooks
High quality textbooks can support teaching for mastery
Funded professional development opportunities for 2020/21
Expression of interest form open for both primary and secondary teachers
Behind the scenes of the Mastery Readiness programme
Headteacher, Sarah Hawes and maths lead, Tracey Baruah explain their enthusiasm for what the Mastery Readiness Programme is offering the children in their school
Shanghai style lesson observation
How an English primary teacher had his maths lesson observed while in Shanghai
Five tips for using number lines in Key Stage 1
We look at five ways number lines can be used in KS1 to explore and reason with numbers
The Bar Model
A representation used to expose mathematical structure
Multiplicative reasoning
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of multiplicative reasoning in KS1 and KS2
NCETM News and Round-ups - December 2021
Our final communication of the year amalgamates the Primary and Secondary Round-ups and our National Newsletter
NCETM News and Round-ups - April 2022
Our Easter communication amalgamates the Primary and Secondary Round-ups and our National Newsletter
Multiplication
Lesson videos on elements of progression in multiplication across the primary school
Checkpoints
Diagnostic maths activities to help teachers develop their assessment of students' prior learning for KS3
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
Meeting the needs of all without ability setting
Removing setting from maths teaching in a three-form entry primary school
NCETM Newsletter - November 2020
New primary ITE resources, secondary guidance, teaching through the pandemic, Core Maths, and more
NCETM News and Round-ups - December 2020
Our final communication of the year amalgamates the Primary and Secondary Round-ups and our National Newsletter
How a mastery approach is helping EAL pupils
Embracing teaching for mastery has enabled EAL pupils to engage fully in maths lessons, says headteacher
Using the NCETM Curriculum Prioritisation materials
A maths lead tells his school's story
Why and how to use the ‘ping pong’ teaching style
Primary Mastery Specialists Faye Glendinning and Sam Shutkever take us through the gritty detail of their episodic lesson planning
Mastering Number at Reception and KS1 now recruiting
Funded places for up to two thousand primary schools available – contact your Maths Hub to apply
Mixed age planning and teaching for mastery
A Work Group looks at ways to manage maths curriculum objectives with two or more year groups in one class
Year 5 Shanghai showcase lesson
Ms Dai, part of the the England–China exchange, leads a Year 5 lesson at Tubbenden Primary School
NCETM Newsletter - May 2020
Support for maths learning and teaching during school closures, Primary and Secondary Mastery Specialist recruitment, and other opportunities for 2020/21
A Year 6 lesson on line graphs
A lesson from 2015/16 led by James Berry, subject leader and deputy head at Chesterton Primary School in Wandsworth
Year 2 Shanghai showcase lesson
Ms Lynn, part of the the England–China exchange, leads a Year 2 lesson at Tubbenden Primary School
NCETM Newsletter - April 2020
Learning in lockdown: support for teaching and learning from the NCETM, including new primary video lessons, plus support available from elsewhere, and more
Using Checkpoints in the Year 7 classroom
We talk to a Year 7 teacher and one of the authors of our newest secondary classroom resource
How maths textbooks are making a comeback
Two primary schools explain how they use textbook schemes to support teaching for mastery
Gap tasks: maximising the impact of Work Groups
We visit Gorse Hill Primary School Work Group in Swindon, and find out how gap tasks are driving powerful changes in pedagogy
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
Ongoing professional development of maths teachers should be taken more seriously
NCETM Director calls for all maths teachers, and all primary teachers, to be given a protected amount of subject-specific professional development time
Using a high quality textbook to support teaching for mastery
We visit the classroom of Hannah Gray, a primary teacher involved in trialling new Singapore-style textbooks, designed to support a mastery approach
Exemplification of ready-to-progress criteria
79 PowerPoints, each one focusing on one of the ready-to-progress criteria in the new DfE maths guidance for KS1 and KS2
Number
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of number in KS1 and KS2
Fractions
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of fractions 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
The Essence of Mathematics Teaching for Mastery
Underpinning principles, lesson design, and how mastery works in the classroom
Reasoning Skills
Developing opportunities and ensuring progression in the development of reasoning skills
Previous Reception experiences and counting within 100
Unit 1 – 7 weeks
Adding and subtracting across 10
Unit 1 – 2 weeks
Calculating using knowledge of structures (1)
Unit 1 – 6 weeks
Decimal fractions
Unit 1 – 5 weeks
Review of column addition and subtraction
Unit 1 – 3 weeks
Numbers 10 to 100
Unit 1 – 4 weeks
Multiples of 1,000
Unit 2 – 2 weeks
Comparison of quantities and part–whole relationships
Unit 2 – 3 weeks
Calculations within 20
Unit 2 – 3 weeks
Numbers to 10,000
Unit 2 – 5 weeks
Money
Unit 2 – 2 weeks
Fluently add and subtract within 10
Unit 3 – 1 week
Numbers up to 10,000,000
Unit 3 – 4 weeks
Negative numbers
Unit 3 – 2 weeks
Numbers 0 to 5
Unit 3 – 2 weeks
Addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers (1)
Unit 4 – 2 weeks
Perimeter
Unit 3 – 2 weeks
Multiplication and division
Unit 5 – 4 weeks
3, 6, 9 times tables
Unit 4 – 4 weeks
Short multiplication and short division
Unit 4 – 6 weeks
Introduction to multiplication
Unit 5 – 7 weeks
Numbers 0 to 10
Unit 5 – 3 weeks
Numbers to 1,000
Unit 2 – 10 weeks
Column addition
Unit 5 – 2 weeks
Understanding and manipulating multiplicative relationships
Unit 6 – 5 weeks
Area and scaling
Unit 5 – 5 weeks
Addition and subtraction facts within 10
Unit 7 – 3 weeks
Introduction to division structures
Unit 6 – 2 weeks
2, 4, 8 times tables
Unit 6 – 3 weeks
Calculating with decimal fractions
Unit 6 – 3 weeks
Area, perimeter, position and direction
Unit 6 – 2 weeks
7 times table and patterns
Unit 5 - 2 weeks
Additive structures
Unit 6 – 4 weeks
Column subtraction
Unit 7 – 1 week
Factors, multiples and primes
Unit 7 – 4 weeks
Fractions and percentages
Unit 7 – 6 weeks
Addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers (2)
Unit 8 – 3 weeks
Ratio and proportion
Unit 9 – 2 weeks
Calculating using knowledge of structures (2)
Unit 10 – 1 week
Solving problems with two unknowns
Unit 11 – 2 weeks
Order of operations
Unit 12 – 1 week
Mean average
Unit 13 – 1 week
Fractions
Unit 8 – 7 weeks
Converting units
Unit 9 - 2 weeks
Review of fractions
Unit 8 – 1 week
Fractions greater than 1
Unit 9 – 5 weeks
Division with remainders
Unit 12 – 2 weeks
Unit fractions
Unit 8 – 5 weeks
Non-unit fractions
Unit 9 – 4 weeks
Fractions
Unit 10 – 2 weeks
Numbers 0 to 20
Unit 8 – 4 weeks
Unitising and coin recognition
Unit 9 – 5 weeks
Resources for teaching maths in all phases
A range of professional development and lesson materials
School leader interviews
Extended interviews with school leaders who have introduced teaching for mastery
Mastery Materials
Materials to help teachers develop a mastery approach in their classrooms and schools
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
Continuity in fractions learning between Year 5 and Year 8
How learning about fractions builds across the four transition years from KS1 to KS2
The April issue of the NCETM Secondary Round-up is out!
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
A Year 1 lesson on difference as a form of subtraction
A lesson from 2015/16 led by Clare Christie, maths subject leader for the Ashley Down Schools Federation in Bristol
Shape
Unit 7 – 2 weeks
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
Training to teach maths with Teach First
Two ECTs share their experiences
The essence of teaching for mastery
Guiding principles that underpin NCETM and Maths Hubs work, in maths teaching at every school and college phase
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
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
Expansion of the Maths Hubs Programme announced
New professional development opportunities and support for schools
Just started teaching maths? What you need to know
Are you a trainee, new to teaching maths or working with teachers early in their careers? Discover resources we have for you
Maths Hubs professional development opportunities for 2019/20 now available
The full range of CPD opportunities available through Maths Hubs has been published
Observing lessons as part of the England-China exchange programme: new podcasts and videos
How does maths teaching in Shanghai schools look and feel to experienced observing teachers from England?
NCETM Newsletter - October 2020
Classroom teaching under Covid-19 restrictions, CPD sessions for secondary maths departments, and more
NCETM Newsletter - May 2021
Register for our new Mastering Number programme, Maths Hubs CPD opportunities for 2021/22, a new podcast episode, and more
NCETM Newsletter - October 2022
New Checkpoints, subject knowledge audits, 2023 subject associations conference, and more
NCETM Newsletter - November 2022
New lead schools sought for two Maths Hubs, research and innovation, and more
North West Three Maths Hub
Led by the North West Learning Partnership
Free technology support for schools
Support with the technology aspects of remote education from Demonstrator Schools and Colleges
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
Online support for parents and teachers during school closures
Find out about online support for parents and teachers being offered by the NCETM during school closures
School leaders
Information for school leaders about free professional development
Using calculators in Years 6 and 7
When should Year 6 and 7 teachers get the calculators out? And how might they use them?
A Year 4 lesson on place value with decimal numbers
A lesson from 2015/16 led by Clare Christie, maths subject leader for the Ashley Down Schools Federation in Bristol
Maths competitions – use them to motivate all students, not just the ‘brightest’
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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
Using mathematical representations at KS3
Guidance for some of the most useful representations for Key Stage 3 mathematics.
Number Facts
Lesson videos on number facts for all four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Summer holiday reading 2019
A round-up of our recent features, which might stimulate your thinking for September
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
Resources and CPD for the new school year
Autumn term support for maths teaching available from the NCETM and Maths Hubs
New diagnostic classroom resources to find out what your Year 7s can do
Addressing two years of disrupted schooling, Checkpoints activities will help you to formatively assess understanding of key topics
How Early Years children develop mathematical thinking
Two experts in the field explain how reception age and below develop their early mathematical thinking
Learning in Lockdown 8 – Melissa Molnar
A Year 1 teacher talks about leading maths across her school and the wider school partnership
Hear from a headteacher: top reasons to work with a Maths Hub
Benefits of getting involved as a participating school or LLME
Early maths concepts: doubles
Exploring the foundations of doubles in Reception and KS1
Mastery Magnified
Insight into how teaching for mastery is working in schools
Issue 13 of Bespoke out now
Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme
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 Newsletter - January 2021
Resources to support learning, teachers helping teachers, maths-teaching discussions, online conferences and more
NCETM Newsletter - October 2021
New KS3 Guidance from the DfE, NCETM Director's new blog post, new discussions on our podcast, and more
NCETM Newsletter - April 2024
New KS3 projects, CPD for 2024/25, work with us, and more
Maths games - part 1
Unlock the power and potential of maths games in your classroom
Oracy in the maths classroom - Part 2
Exploring the transformative potential of oracy in the maths classroom
Extra in-school maths support
Information and advice to help schools seeking maths support from the National Tutoring Programme
Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery
The fundamental characteristics that underpin teaching for mastery in all school and college phases
NCETM Newsletter - March 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
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
England-China teacher exchange 2016/17: Seeing Shanghai teaching at first hand
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Response to Jo Boaler’s view of maths in UK schools
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Mastery in mathematics: What it is and why we should be doing it
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
A Year 6 lesson on comparing fractions
Comparing the value of fractions with the same denominators
Common structures and the part–part–whole relationship
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.28
Secondary Assessment Materials
Materials to support you and your colleagues in assessing students at KS3
Number and Place Value
Lesson videos on children developing understanding and fluency with number
Numberblocks at home
Resources to accompany the CBeebies Numberblocks series, designed for parents to use at home with children
DfE guidance on teaching maths at KS3
What the guidance consists of and how it aligns with other NCETM resources
NCETM Newsletter - January 2019
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2019
Teachers helping teachers, wherever they are
How the latest lockdown has led to an outpouring of no-strings generosity across the maths education landscape
Mastery Myth-busting
We dispel some of the common myths about teaching for mastery
NCETM Newsletter - February 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
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
New email round-up launched for secondary teachers
We have just launched the Secondary Round-up
Latest issue of Bespoke out now
Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme
Numberblocks wins a BAFTA!
The CBeebies television series, Numberblocks, has won a BAFTA award.
Issue 16 of Bespoke out now
Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme
Issue 17 of Bespoke out now
Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme
Secondary Round-up - June 2021
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Maths Hubs Programme annual report published
A comprehensive report on a full year’s activity in the Maths Hubs Programme reflects activity across all school and college phases
NCETM Newsletter - March 2023
Recruiting now for maths professional development leadership opportunities in 2023/24. Apply by the end of March!
NCETM Newsletter - December 2019
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Learning in Lockdown 7 – Laura Behan
An Early Years teacher talks about working in the EYFS bubble as the rest of her school opens up to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6
Books that help maths teaching
Five teachers describe books that have helped in their maths teaching
Maths games - part 2
Motivate and engage with games that deepen understanding
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 1
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 2
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
Problem-solving schools
Making reasoning and problem-solving a coherent part of the maths curriculum
Federations and MATs engaging with Maths Hubs
Two examples of multi-academy trusts (MATs) successfully engaging with Maths Hubs and seeing maths performance rise
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
Recruitment open for maths professional development leadership opportunities
Teachers in all phases are invited to apply for programmes to lead CPD and school-wide development
Maths CPD leadership programmes now recruiting for 2025/26
Teachers in all phases are invited to apply for programmes to lead professional development and school-wide development
What is unitising, and why is it important?
This article follows the concept of unitising through Years 1-6, also demonstrating effective curriculum sequencing
Teaching maths online in the pandemic
Sources of support and accounts of how teachers are overcoming the hurdles
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
Resources and features from the NCETM in 2020/21
What you might have missed and what’s coming up…
Reflections on the Ofsted maths subject report
Charlie Stripp shares his thoughts on ‘Coordinating mathematical success’
Multiplicative Reasoning
Lesson videos on representations in terms of the bar model and double number line are used to support reasoning and problem solving
Key Stage 1 number, addition and subtraction video lessons
Video lessons on number, addition and subtraction for children in Years 1 and 2
Upper Key Stage 2 - Number, Addition and Subtraction video lessons
Video lessons on number, addition and subtraction for children in Years 5 and 6
Upper Key Stage 2 - Fractions video lessons
Video lessons on fractions for children in Years 5 and 6
Upper Key Stage 2 - Linking fractions, decimals and percentages video lessons
Video lessons on linking fractions, decimals and percentages for children in Years 5 and 6
Lower Key Stage 2 - Fractions 1 video lessons
Video lessons on fractions for children in Years 3 and 4
Key Stage 1 - Multiplication 1 video lessons
Video lessons on multiplication for children in Years 1 and 2
Lower Key Stage 2 - Fractions 2 video lessons
Video lessons on fractions for children in Years 3 and 4
Lower Key Stage 2 - Fractions 3 video lessons
Video lessons on fractions for children in Years 3 and 4
Key Stage 1 - Multiplication 2 video lessons
Video lessons on multiplication for children in Years 1 and 2
Key Stage 1 - Multiplication 3 video lessons
Video lessons on multiplication for children in Years 1 and 2
Aligning curriculum and assessment reform with teaching for mastery in secondary maths (part 1)
Charlie Stripp and Carol Knights suggest ways in which the curriculum and assessment of secondary mathematics might be improved
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
Nine reasons to work with your local Maths Hub
Why get involved with the Maths Hubs Programme? Find out how it can benefit you and your school
Statistics | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 5
Learning in Lockdown 2 – Jo Brown
A Year 5 teacher talks about how her pupils have engaged and what lessons she will take forward
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
Schools sought to lead three new Maths Hubs
Department for Education (DfE) is looking for schools or colleges to take the lead role in three new Maths Hubs
NCETM Newsletter - November 2019
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NCETM Newsletter - January 2020
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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
NCETM Newsletter: July 2019
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NCETM Newsletter - April 2019
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Maths Hubs CPD opportunities for 2021/22 now available
30 projects offer schools and teachers a variety of professional development options
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
Spotlight on LLMEs – Research and Innovation Work Groups (RIWGs)
Hear from the co-leads of the RIWG for Oracy
How can the NCETM help secondary teachers with Covid recovery?
Guidance, training materials and videos that unpick the teaching of specific topics.
Learning fractions shouldn’t be difficult
How a well-sequenced curriculum can unlock understanding for all children
Mastering Number: Building strong foundations in early maths
Why number sense, fluency and flexibility are the building blocks young children need for future success in maths.
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
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
Introducing the Trailblazers
NCETM Director for Post-16 GCSE/FSQ, Emma Bell, shares details of a new cohort of Mastery Specialists
Outstanding schools, Ofsted and mastery
Find out how three schools deliver maths through teaching for mastery, and why Ofsted liked what they saw
Statistics | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 6
NCETM Newsletter - September 2019
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Number bonds to 10 using bead strings: a lightbulb moment
Stevie Devlin reflects on what he saw in a Year 1 lesson.
Teaching perimeter and area in Year 7 using NCETM Checkpoints
What do your Year 7s already know and understand? How can you find out? And how can you move their understanding forward in Year 7?
Planning and sequencing for curriculum prioritisation
A maths lead explains how our resource has given her teachers an easy route into the mastery materials as well as excellent pedagogical development
Looking back on ten years of Maths Hubs
Charlie Stripp reflects on ten years of the Maths Hubs Programme
Geometry - properties of shapes | Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 3
NCETM Newsletter - February 2020
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Mastering Number at Reception and KS1
Supporting pupils to develop good number sense
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
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
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 3
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
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
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
Welcome to the NCETM in 2023/24
Whether you’re a new teacher, or coming back to begin another year, we are here to support you with all your maths CPD this year and beyond
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
Mastery Explained
Evidence, exemplification and illustration to explain the mastery approach
Strengthening Partnerships with ITT Providers
A professional learning community for ITT providers and Maths Hub leadership
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
How can teaching for mastery work in a mixed age class?
A group of schools in Northamptonshire have been addressing this issue, with encouraging results
Questioning Marking?
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Maths Podcasts: CPD direct to your ears
Podcast listening is on the up and can play a role in maths CPD
A maths book isn't just for Christmas
Six maths books out in 2019 that might help you enhance your teaching
Available now! Secondary Mastery Professional Development Materials
Read about our comprehensive Secondary Mastery Professional Development Materials, what they are, who they are for, and how they can be used
PISA results for mathematics – how can they help us?
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Language and maths: teaching EAL pupils
Gabriel Flores, teaching in Bangkok, found out how numbers and fractions are expressed in Thai, and used this to understand how his EAL pupils grasp mathematical structure
A grey area: the importance of colour in representations
An article by Emma Hill, a maths subject leader and Year 3 / 4 teacher
Teaching maths in the pandemic
How our podcast guests have been adapting their teaching to get round Covid restrictions
What maths shall we do with Year 6 this term?
We’ve gathered suggestions about preparing pupils for transition in this disrupted year
Prepare your Year 6 pupils for SATs
Ensure Year 6 pupils have the understanding they need to progress by using our handpicked resources
Podcasts get people talking about maths
How maths education is talked about away from the NCETM
Developing your use of manipulatives in maths teaching
Articles, books and video to help you use physical representations more effectively in lessons
How to put the Ofsted maths report into practice
Key recommendations from the Ofsted report and suggestions for implementing them in your school
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
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
'They can see it straight away': the impact of Mastering Number
Successful implementation of Mastering Number has brought huge benefits to pupils in a mixed-age class
Maths education: the present, the future, and how to get there
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Spotlight on LLMEs – Secondary Non-specialist SKTM
Hear from a maths teacher and podcaster who leads a range of projects
Leading the change: a headteacher’s journey with teaching for mastery
What happens when a school fully embraces Maths Hubs professional development?
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
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Developing a comprehensive maths curriculum
Developing a school curriculum for mathematics, scheme of work and calculation policy
Myth busting
NCETM Myth busting
International Women's Day from a mathematical angle
What are you planning with your class to highlight the day?
Maths Hub renamed to honour Alan Turing
Lady Nicola Turing, wife of Alan Turing’s nephew Sir Dermot Turing, officially launched the newly named Turing NW Maths Hub
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
The NCETM Maths Podcast
Our podcast has something for everyone teaching maths
Early Years
The materials in this section are designed to support Reception teachers (those working with 4-5 year olds)
Support for secondary teachers
Teaching and curriculum guidance for secondary teachers planning students' learning and their own CPD
FAQs
Answers to the questions most frequently asked
Post-16 GCSE and FSQ Mastery Specialists
Become a Mastery Specialist in Further Education
Number and Place Value | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 4
The Five Big Ideas - Representation and Structure
Discover how to use representation and structure – one of the Five Big Ideas in teaching for mastery – to improve maths teaching
Raising the status of professional development
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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
Professional Development – the key to making teaching ‘a career worth having’
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Two pleas to maths teachers at the start of the school year
The NCETM’s Director, Charlie Stripp, has warned of the dangers of putting pressure on pupils to ‘catch-up’
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
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
Teacher collaboration supports mixed-attainment classes
A London school models one possible way to make the transition
A Year 3 lesson on multiplication
A set of video clips from 2014/15 centred on one lesson, focusing on the 6-times-table
Statistics
Unit 8 – 1 week
Teaching telling the time: a non-standard approach
After two decades of teaching ‘telling the time’, Kristen Weiss discovers a way to help children better understand the complexities
Three calculations to encourage and support fluency
Prompts for teachers to draw out mathematical thinking in KS2 or KS3 pupils
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
We need to talk (about maths)
The Oracy Commission Report’s recommendations and how this could impact on maths teaching and learning
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
The Five Big Ideas – Variation
Variation can be used to support pupils to develop a deep understanding of the maths they are learning
Maths Hub in North West named after Alan Turing
Agreement reached for North West Two Maths Hub to be named after the famous mathematician and World War Two codebreaker
Background to the Maths Hubs Programme
How did it start and how does it run?
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.
Trusts working with Maths Hubs
Understand how MATs can work in partnership with Maths Hubs
About the NCETM
How we support anyone who teaches maths
Addition and Subtraction | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 4
Geometry - properties of shapes | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 4
Fractions | Year 1
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 1
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
Measurement | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 2
Performance measures and early-entry GCSE
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Two bits of good maths news
Year 11s getting better than their predecessors while A level and Core Maths remains popular
Twitter discussions about teaching maths in all phases
Join our Tuesday evening chats or read summaries on our website
Planning collaboratively and learning together as a department
How a secondary maths department includes everyone in the planning process and fosters shared learning
Maths to age 18, why everyone should welcome it, and what we can do to help make it happen
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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
Becoming an LLME – what do I need to know?
A summary of our February 2025 Week in Focus across social media
If it’s Friday, it must be GCSE re-sit
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
School sees better results through teaching for mastery
Embracing teaching for mastery in maths has seen pupils’ love for the subject contribute to some exceptional end of year outcomes for all year groups
Maths CPD chat
#mathscpdchat, previously managed by the NCETM
Algebra | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Algebra – Year 6
Number and Place Value | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 5
Secondary Teaching for Mastery – Development
Introduce teaching for mastery across your department
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
Supporting Research, Evidence and Argument
Key texts for the key components of teaching for mastery
Shanghai Surprise!
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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!
Teaching ordinality – more than just first, second and third
Ordinality, put simply, is where numbers come in the number system and their relationship to each other. But there’s more to it than that…
Ideas for collaboration in secondary maths teaching
Work with your colleagues to plan lessons and develop your own knowledge and pedagogy
How post-16 Mastery Specialists are leading system change
Based on the underpinning principles of teaching for mastery, the Trailblazers explore ways to develop provision in FE mathematics teaching
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
‘Taking the ceiling off learning’ with Mastering Number
Building number sense and fluency in Reception and Key Stage 1
Addition and Subtraction | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 5
Fractions | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 2
Number and Place Value | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 6
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
Teaching for mastery: isn’t it just 'good teaching'?
Emma Patman, a Year 4 teacher, explains how her teaching has been transformed by her exposure to teaching for mastery pedagogy
Statistics | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 2
Geometry - properties of shapes | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 6
Addition and Subtraction | Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 3
Multiplication and Division | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 2
Measures
Comparing different aspects such as length, weight and volume, as a preliminary to using units to compare later
Fractions | Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 3
Primary Round-up - October 2022
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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
Covid recovery primary maths resources
Training materials, PowerPoints, videos and more are here to help primary schools plan maths teaching for the new school year
NCETM primary resources, support and teacher CPD for 2022/23
A guided tour around what’s on offer for new and experienced primary teachers at the start of the new school year. Updated September 2023
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary SKTM
Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Primary SKTM
Aligning curriculum reform and assessment with teaching for mastery in primary maths
Charlie Stripp and Debbie Morgan respond to a recent TES article by Peter Foulds and David Thomas regarding the primary curriculum and potential reform
Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Mastery Specialist
We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
No need to differentiate in primary school maths lessons
Debbie Morgan explains why all children should be included in all aspects of a primary maths lesson
Embedding mastery in a primary school
Two teachers tell their stories, and explain how mastery is being introduced across a Maths Hub area
Primary maths curriculum prioritisation materials available
Evaluation documents and a guidance video help schools decide on this year’s curriculum focus
November's Primary Round-up is out
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
October's Primary Round-up is out
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Primary Round-up - November 2020
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Primary Round-up - September 2020
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Primary Round-up - April 2020
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Spaces available on Mastering Number Programme from September 2022
The nationwide project for primary schools continues in 2022/23
Primary Round-up - June 2020
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January's Primary Round-up is out!
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Our Primary Round-up for September is out!
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Primary curriculum prioritisation resource for 2021/22
We've recently published a substantial curriculum prioritisation resource for 2021/22
Our Primary Round-up for March is out!
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Representations in our primary video lessons
Mathematical structure, manipulatives and myth-busting
Our Primary Round-up for July is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Taking on the role of maths lead in a primary school
Ten tips for newcomers to the position
The latest issue of the Primary Round-up is out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
April’s Primary Round-up is now out!
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
One primary school’s teaching for mastery journey
A discussion with the head of a Birmingham primary school which embraced teaching for mastery in 2016
Maths vocabulary
A primary maths lead in an area of high social and economic deprivation explains how a mastery approach to teaching precise mathematical vocabulary is giving pupils in her school a voice
Recruitment open for primary teachers to take mastery forward
The NCETM’s Primary Mastery Specialist programme is now accepting applications for 2019/20
Recruitment now open for Primary Mastery Specialists
The NCETM’s Primary Mastery Specialist Programme is now accepting applications for 2020/21
Primary Teaching for Mastery Work Groups now recruiting
Primary Teaching for Mastery Work Groups now recruiting
Primary maths teaching in Shanghai: an exchange teacher’s view
A Mastery Specialist gives her impressions of maths teaching in a primary school in Shanghai
Whole-school approach to learning times tables
How groups of primary schools have been introducing a twin-track approach to times-tables learning
Second year of the Mastering Number Programme: applications still open
Places for up to two thousand primary schools have been funded by the DfE – contact your Maths Hub to apply
Spotlight on Work Group Leads - Primary Mastery
Hear from a Year 6 teacher who leads local Teaching for Mastery Work Groups
Six images to help plan primary maths lessons
Six images that might prompt deeper thought when designing maths lessons from Year 1 to Year 6
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
Why we employed a primary teacher for maths in our secondary school
How one school employed a primary teacher to help introduce mastery
How early primary maths influences school-wide teaching
Two Northumberland teachers on what they've learnt from a focus on the basic maths building blocks in Reception and KS1
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
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
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
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
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
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
Debbie Morgan receives CBE
The NCETM’s Primary Director is included in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Primary teaching for mastery report
Five thousand schools engaging
Useful tips for tackling multiplicative thinking
Embedding multiplicative thinking across the primary maths curriculum
Professional development for primary teaching assistants
Ensuring impact, effectiveness and pupil progress
Debbie Morgan receives CBE at Windsor Castle
The NCETM’s Primary Director attends investiture performed by Princess Anne
NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development Materials
A discussion with the two lead editors of the PD materials
Primary and Secondary Round-ups - July 2022
60-second catch-up, differentiation podcast, Checkpoints explainer video, ECT podcast
Maths curriculum resources available from Oak National Academy
Developed by MEI, Oak’s materials are for both primary and secondary schools
What are the benefits of being a Primary Mastery Specialist?
Leanne Casey tells us about her experiences of becoming a Mastery Specialist
The Five Big Ideas – Mathematical Thinking
What does mathematical thinking really mean in the primary classroom?
Grants for maths projects
How one school and teacher have used separate grants from the SHINE organisation to develop projects for primary maths
NCETM Newsletter - March 2021
Primary maths prioritisation, qualifications and curriculum updates, Maths Hubs planning for 2021/22, Numberblocks at home, and more
NCETM Newsletter - June 2021
Forthcoming support for shaping primary and secondary maths teaching, Mastering Number trials, Maths Hubs opportunities for 2021/22, and more
NCETM Newsletter - November 2021
Sign up for our free Checkpoints seminars, primary spring term curriculum prioritisation materials, and more
NCETM Newsletter - January 2025
New video update, maths CPD leadership opportunities, Five Big Ideas at Primary and Secondary, and more
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
The next batch of primary maths video lessons is now available
Nearly 90 lessons now available
Introducing multiplicative thinking
Building in small steps to ensure all children develop understanding early on in primary school
The Five Big Ideas – Coherence
Why is Coherence one of the Five Big Ideas in teaching for mastery? And what does it mean for primary maths teachers?
NCETM Newsletter - September 2021
Mastering Number Programme underway, new primary and secondary resources for 2021/22, Maths Hubs funded opportunities for you in 2021/22, 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
Make sense of the Curriculum Prioritisation materials
Ever wondered where to begin with the Primary CP materials? This step-by-step guide will take you from website download to classroom activity
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
Fractions Primary Mastery PD Materials now available
The first batch of Spine 3: Fractions mastery professional development materials can be downloaded
Primary and Secondary Round-ups - July 2023
Maths Hubs CPD for 2023/24, podcast discussions, Ofsted maths teaching report and more
Primary and Secondary Round-ups - July 2024
Maths Hubs CPD for 2024/25, podcast, Checkpoints, summer reading and more
Multiplication and Division Primary Mastery PD Materials now available
The first batch of Spine 2: Multiplication and Division mastery professional development materials is now available
Using number lines in Key Stage 1
Five ways to use a number line for maths in Years 1 and 2
NCETM Newsletter - January 2022
Primary Curriculum Prioritisation resource now complete, new Checkpoints, CPD for Early Career Teachers, Twitter Week in Focus, and more
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
Maths education books – reviewed and distilled
Lisa Coe tells us what she gets from reading ‘edu-books’ and what the summaries on her blog can offer time-poor teachers
Using number lines in Key Stage 2
We explore how number lines can be used at KS2 to support children to develop a greater understanding of the linear number system and prepare them for secondary maths
How one secondary school is using Checkpoints at KS3
We visit a school in Lancashire pioneering their use
Funded professional development opportunities for 2020/21
Expression of interest form open for both primary and secondary teachers
Behind the scenes of the Mastery Readiness programme
Headteacher, Sarah Hawes and maths lead, Tracey Baruah explain their enthusiasm for what the Mastery Readiness Programme is offering the children in their school
Shanghai style lesson observation
How an English primary teacher had his maths lesson observed while in Shanghai
Five tips for using number lines in Key Stage 1
We look at five ways number lines can be used in KS1 to explore and reason with numbers
NCETM News and Round-ups - December 2021
Our final communication of the year amalgamates the Primary and Secondary Round-ups and our National Newsletter
NCETM News and Round-ups - April 2022
Our Easter communication amalgamates the Primary and Secondary Round-ups and our National Newsletter
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
NCETM Newsletter - November 2020
New primary ITE resources, secondary guidance, teaching through the pandemic, Core Maths, and more
NCETM News and Round-ups - December 2020
Our final communication of the year amalgamates the Primary and Secondary Round-ups and our National Newsletter
How a mastery approach is helping EAL pupils
Embracing teaching for mastery has enabled EAL pupils to engage fully in maths lessons, says headteacher
Using the NCETM Curriculum Prioritisation materials
A maths lead tells his school's story
Why and how to use the ‘ping pong’ teaching style
Primary Mastery Specialists Faye Glendinning and Sam Shutkever take us through the gritty detail of their episodic lesson planning
Mastering Number at Reception and KS1 now recruiting
Funded places for up to two thousand primary schools available – contact your Maths Hub to apply
Mixed age planning and teaching for mastery
A Work Group looks at ways to manage maths curriculum objectives with two or more year groups in one class
NCETM Newsletter - May 2020
Support for maths learning and teaching during school closures, Primary and Secondary Mastery Specialist recruitment, and other opportunities for 2020/21
NCETM Newsletter - April 2020
Learning in lockdown: support for teaching and learning from the NCETM, including new primary video lessons, plus support available from elsewhere, and more
Using Checkpoints in the Year 7 classroom
We talk to a Year 7 teacher and one of the authors of our newest secondary classroom resource
How maths textbooks are making a comeback
Two primary schools explain how they use textbook schemes to support teaching for mastery
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
Ongoing professional development of maths teachers should be taken more seriously
NCETM Director calls for all maths teachers, and all primary teachers, to be given a protected amount of subject-specific professional development time
Continuity in fractions learning between Year 5 and Year 8
How learning about fractions builds across the four transition years from KS1 to KS2
The April issue of the NCETM Secondary Round-up is out!
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
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
Training to teach maths with Teach First
Two ECTs share their experiences
The essence of teaching for mastery
Guiding principles that underpin NCETM and Maths Hubs work, in maths teaching at every school and college phase
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
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
Expansion of the Maths Hubs Programme announced
New professional development opportunities and support for schools
Just started teaching maths? What you need to know
Are you a trainee, new to teaching maths or working with teachers early in their careers? Discover resources we have for you
Maths Hubs professional development opportunities for 2019/20 now available
The full range of CPD opportunities available through Maths Hubs has been published
Observing lessons as part of the England-China exchange programme: new podcasts and videos
How does maths teaching in Shanghai schools look and feel to experienced observing teachers from England?
NCETM Newsletter - October 2020
Classroom teaching under Covid-19 restrictions, CPD sessions for secondary maths departments, and more
NCETM Newsletter - May 2021
Register for our new Mastering Number programme, Maths Hubs CPD opportunities for 2021/22, a new podcast episode, and more
NCETM Newsletter - October 2022
New Checkpoints, subject knowledge audits, 2023 subject associations conference, and more
NCETM Newsletter - November 2022
New lead schools sought for two Maths Hubs, research and innovation, and more
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
Online support for parents and teachers during school closures
Find out about online support for parents and teachers being offered by the NCETM during school closures
Using calculators in Years 6 and 7
When should Year 6 and 7 teachers get the calculators out? And how might they use them?
Maths competitions – use them to motivate all students, not just the ‘brightest’
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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
Summer holiday reading 2019
A round-up of our recent features, which might stimulate your thinking for September
Resources and CPD for the new school year
Autumn term support for maths teaching available from the NCETM and Maths Hubs
New diagnostic classroom resources to find out what your Year 7s can do
Addressing two years of disrupted schooling, Checkpoints activities will help you to formatively assess understanding of key topics
How Early Years children develop mathematical thinking
Two experts in the field explain how reception age and below develop their early mathematical thinking
Learning in Lockdown 8 – Melissa Molnar
A Year 1 teacher talks about leading maths across her school and the wider school partnership
Hear from a headteacher: top reasons to work with a Maths Hub
Benefits of getting involved as a participating school or LLME
Early maths concepts: doubles
Exploring the foundations of doubles in Reception and KS1
Issue 13 of Bespoke out now
Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme
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 Newsletter - January 2021
Resources to support learning, teachers helping teachers, maths-teaching discussions, online conferences and more
NCETM Newsletter - October 2021
New KS3 Guidance from the DfE, NCETM Director's new blog post, new discussions on our podcast, and more
NCETM Newsletter - April 2024
New KS3 projects, CPD for 2024/25, work with us, and more
Maths games - part 1
Unlock the power and potential of maths games in your classroom
Oracy in the maths classroom - Part 2
Exploring the transformative potential of oracy in the maths classroom
NCETM Newsletter - March 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
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
England-China teacher exchange 2016/17: Seeing Shanghai teaching at first hand
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Response to Jo Boaler’s view of maths in UK schools
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Mastery in mathematics: What it is and why we should be doing it
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
NCETM Newsletter - January 2019
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2019
Teachers helping teachers, wherever they are
How the latest lockdown has led to an outpouring of no-strings generosity across the maths education landscape
Mastery Myth-busting
We dispel some of the common myths about teaching for mastery
NCETM Newsletter - February 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
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
New email round-up launched for secondary teachers
We have just launched the Secondary Round-up
Latest issue of Bespoke out now
Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme
Numberblocks wins a BAFTA!
The CBeebies television series, Numberblocks, has won a BAFTA award.
Issue 16 of Bespoke out now
Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme
Issue 17 of Bespoke out now
Up-to-date news from the Maths Hubs Programme
Secondary Round-up - June 2021
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Maths Hubs Programme annual report published
A comprehensive report on a full year’s activity in the Maths Hubs Programme reflects activity across all school and college phases
NCETM Newsletter - March 2023
Recruiting now for maths professional development leadership opportunities in 2023/24. Apply by the end of March!
NCETM Newsletter - December 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Learning in Lockdown 7 – Laura Behan
An Early Years teacher talks about working in the EYFS bubble as the rest of her school opens up to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6
Books that help maths teaching
Five teachers describe books that have helped in their maths teaching
Maths games - part 2
Motivate and engage with games that deepen understanding
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 1
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 2
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
Problem-solving schools
Making reasoning and problem-solving a coherent part of the maths curriculum
Federations and MATs engaging with Maths Hubs
Two examples of multi-academy trusts (MATs) successfully engaging with Maths Hubs and seeing maths performance rise
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
Recruitment open for maths professional development leadership opportunities
Teachers in all phases are invited to apply for programmes to lead CPD and school-wide development
Maths CPD leadership programmes now recruiting for 2025/26
Teachers in all phases are invited to apply for programmes to lead professional development and school-wide development
What is unitising, and why is it important?
This article follows the concept of unitising through Years 1-6, also demonstrating effective curriculum sequencing
Teaching maths online in the pandemic
Sources of support and accounts of how teachers are overcoming the hurdles
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
Resources and features from the NCETM in 2020/21
What you might have missed and what’s coming up…
Reflections on the Ofsted maths subject report
Charlie Stripp shares his thoughts on ‘Coordinating mathematical success’
Aligning curriculum and assessment reform with teaching for mastery in secondary maths (part 1)
Charlie Stripp and Carol Knights suggest ways in which the curriculum and assessment of secondary mathematics might be improved
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
Nine reasons to work with your local Maths Hub
Why get involved with the Maths Hubs Programme? Find out how it can benefit you and your school
Learning in Lockdown 2 – Jo Brown
A Year 5 teacher talks about how her pupils have engaged and what lessons she will take forward
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
Schools sought to lead three new Maths Hubs
Department for Education (DfE) is looking for schools or colleges to take the lead role in three new Maths Hubs
NCETM Newsletter - November 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
NCETM Newsletter - January 2020
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
NCETM Newsletter - May 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
NCETM Newsletter - October 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
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
NCETM Newsletter: July 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
NCETM Newsletter - April 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Maths Hubs CPD opportunities for 2021/22 now available
30 projects offer schools and teachers a variety of professional development options
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
Spotlight on LLMEs – Research and Innovation Work Groups (RIWGs)
Hear from the co-leads of the RIWG for Oracy
How can the NCETM help secondary teachers with Covid recovery?
Guidance, training materials and videos that unpick the teaching of specific topics.
Learning fractions shouldn’t be difficult
How a well-sequenced curriculum can unlock understanding for all children
Mastering Number: Building strong foundations in early maths
Why number sense, fluency and flexibility are the building blocks young children need for future success in 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
Introducing the Trailblazers
NCETM Director for Post-16 GCSE/FSQ, Emma Bell, shares details of a new cohort of Mastery Specialists
Outstanding schools, Ofsted and mastery
Find out how three schools deliver maths through teaching for mastery, and why Ofsted liked what they saw
NCETM Newsletter - September 2019
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Number bonds to 10 using bead strings: a lightbulb moment
Stevie Devlin reflects on what he saw in a Year 1 lesson.
Teaching perimeter and area in Year 7 using NCETM Checkpoints
What do your Year 7s already know and understand? How can you find out? And how can you move their understanding forward in Year 7?
Planning and sequencing for curriculum prioritisation
A maths lead explains how our resource has given her teachers an easy route into the mastery materials as well as excellent pedagogical development
Looking back on ten years of Maths Hubs
Charlie Stripp reflects on ten years of the Maths Hubs Programme
NCETM Newsletter - February 2020
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
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
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
I Can’t Do Maths - Part 3
Challenging the way we think about maths teaching and learning with Professors Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair
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
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
Welcome to the NCETM in 2023/24
Whether you’re a new teacher, or coming back to begin another year, we are here to support you with all your maths CPD this year and beyond
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
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
Questioning Marking?
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Maths Podcasts: CPD direct to your ears
Podcast listening is on the up and can play a role in maths CPD
A maths book isn't just for Christmas
Six maths books out in 2019 that might help you enhance your teaching
Available now! Secondary Mastery Professional Development Materials
Read about our comprehensive Secondary Mastery Professional Development Materials, what they are, who they are for, and how they can be used
PISA results for mathematics – how can they help us?
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Language and maths: teaching EAL pupils
Gabriel Flores, teaching in Bangkok, found out how numbers and fractions are expressed in Thai, and used this to understand how his EAL pupils grasp mathematical structure
A grey area: the importance of colour in representations
An article by Emma Hill, a maths subject leader and Year 3 / 4 teacher
Teaching maths in the pandemic
How our podcast guests have been adapting their teaching to get round Covid restrictions
What maths shall we do with Year 6 this term?
We’ve gathered suggestions about preparing pupils for transition in this disrupted year
Prepare your Year 6 pupils for SATs
Ensure Year 6 pupils have the understanding they need to progress by using our handpicked resources
Podcasts get people talking about maths
How maths education is talked about away from the NCETM
Developing your use of manipulatives in maths teaching
Articles, books and video to help you use physical representations more effectively in lessons
How to put the Ofsted maths report into practice
Key recommendations from the Ofsted report and suggestions for implementing them in your school
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
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
'They can see it straight away': the impact of Mastering Number
Successful implementation of Mastering Number has brought huge benefits to pupils in a mixed-age class
Maths education: the present, the future, and how to get there
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Spotlight on LLMEs – Secondary Non-specialist SKTM
Hear from a maths teacher and podcaster who leads a range of projects
Leading the change: a headteacher’s journey with teaching for mastery
What happens when a school fully embraces Maths Hubs professional development?
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
International Women's Day from a mathematical angle
What are you planning with your class to highlight the day?
Maths Hub renamed to honour Alan Turing
Lady Nicola Turing, wife of Alan Turing’s nephew Sir Dermot Turing, officially launched the newly named Turing NW Maths Hub
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
The Five Big Ideas - Representation and Structure
Discover how to use representation and structure – one of the Five Big Ideas in teaching for mastery – to improve maths teaching
Raising the status of professional development
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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
Professional Development – the key to making teaching ‘a career worth having’
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Two pleas to maths teachers at the start of the school year
The NCETM’s Director, Charlie Stripp, has warned of the dangers of putting pressure on pupils to ‘catch-up’
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
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
Teaching telling the time: a non-standard approach
After two decades of teaching ‘telling the time’, Kristen Weiss discovers a way to help children better understand the complexities
Three calculations to encourage and support fluency
Prompts for teachers to draw out mathematical thinking in KS2 or KS3 pupils
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
We need to talk (about maths)
The Oracy Commission Report’s recommendations and how this could impact on maths teaching and learning
The Five Big Ideas – Variation
Variation can be used to support pupils to develop a deep understanding of the maths they are learning
Maths Hub in North West named after Alan Turing
Agreement reached for North West Two Maths Hub to be named after the famous mathematician and World War Two codebreaker
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
Performance measures and early-entry GCSE
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Two bits of good maths news
Year 11s getting better than their predecessors while A level and Core Maths remains popular
Twitter discussions about teaching maths in all phases
Join our Tuesday evening chats or read summaries on our website
Planning collaboratively and learning together as a department
How a secondary maths department includes everyone in the planning process and fosters shared learning
Maths to age 18, why everyone should welcome it, and what we can do to help make it happen
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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
Becoming an LLME – what do I need to know?
A summary of our February 2025 Week in Focus across social media
If it’s Friday, it must be GCSE re-sit
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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
Shanghai Surprise!
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
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!
Teaching ordinality – more than just first, second and third
Ordinality, put simply, is where numbers come in the number system and their relationship to each other. But there’s more to it than that…
Ideas for collaboration in secondary maths teaching
Work with your colleagues to plan lessons and develop your own knowledge and pedagogy
How post-16 Mastery Specialists are leading system change
Based on the underpinning principles of teaching for mastery, the Trailblazers explore ways to develop provision in FE mathematics teaching
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
‘Taking the ceiling off learning’ with Mastering Number
Building number sense and fluency in Reception and Key Stage 1
Primary Calculation Guidance
Recommendations and effective practice teaching ideas
Primary Subject Knowledge Audit
Assess your confidence in teaching the content of the KS1 and KS2 maths curriculum
Curriculum prioritisation in primary maths
A term-by-term framework to support planning and teaching
Curriculum prioritisation in primary maths
What maths to teach for the rest of 2020/21
Primary ITE professional development materials
Six professional development units designed for ITE tutors to use with primary trainee teachers exploring maths
Primary Assessment Materials
Questions, tasks and activities supporting teaching for mastery.
Shaping the Year 7 curriculum: building on Year 6
Ready-to-use training materials, ideal for use in planning effective curriculum transition from primary
Training materials for DfE Mathematics guidance
A ready-to-use PowerPoint designed for whole school development, and videos to introduce the guidance
Marking Guidance
Guidance documents to enable effective marking and feedback
The Bar Model
A representation used to expose mathematical structure
Multiplicative reasoning
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of multiplicative reasoning in KS1 and KS2
Multiplication
Lesson videos on elements of progression in multiplication across the primary school
Checkpoints
Diagnostic maths activities to help teachers develop their assessment of students' prior learning for KS3
Meeting the needs of all without ability setting
Removing setting from maths teaching in a three-form entry primary school
Year 5 Shanghai showcase lesson
Ms Dai, part of the the England–China exchange, leads a Year 5 lesson at Tubbenden Primary School
A Year 6 lesson on line graphs
A lesson from 2015/16 led by James Berry, subject leader and deputy head at Chesterton Primary School in Wandsworth
Year 2 Shanghai showcase lesson
Ms Lynn, part of the the England–China exchange, leads a Year 2 lesson at Tubbenden Primary School
Gap tasks: maximising the impact of Work Groups
We visit Gorse Hill Primary School Work Group in Swindon, and find out how gap tasks are driving powerful changes in pedagogy
Using a high quality textbook to support teaching for mastery
We visit the classroom of Hannah Gray, a primary teacher involved in trialling new Singapore-style textbooks, designed to support a mastery approach
Exemplification of ready-to-progress criteria
79 PowerPoints, each one focusing on one of the ready-to-progress criteria in the new DfE maths guidance for KS1 and KS2
Number
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of number in KS1 and KS2
Fractions
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of fractions 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
Reasoning Skills
Developing opportunities and ensuring progression in the development of reasoning skills
Previous Reception experiences and counting within 100
Unit 1 – 7 weeks
Adding and subtracting across 10
Unit 1 – 2 weeks
Calculating using knowledge of structures (1)
Unit 1 – 6 weeks
Decimal fractions
Unit 1 – 5 weeks
Review of column addition and subtraction
Unit 1 – 3 weeks
Numbers 10 to 100
Unit 1 – 4 weeks
Multiples of 1,000
Unit 2 – 2 weeks
Comparison of quantities and part–whole relationships
Unit 2 – 3 weeks
Calculations within 20
Unit 2 – 3 weeks
Numbers to 10,000
Unit 2 – 5 weeks
Money
Unit 2 – 2 weeks
Fluently add and subtract within 10
Unit 3 – 1 week
Numbers up to 10,000,000
Unit 3 – 4 weeks
Negative numbers
Unit 3 – 2 weeks
Numbers 0 to 5
Unit 3 – 2 weeks
Addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers (1)
Unit 4 – 2 weeks
Perimeter
Unit 3 – 2 weeks
Multiplication and division
Unit 5 – 4 weeks
3, 6, 9 times tables
Unit 4 – 4 weeks
Short multiplication and short division
Unit 4 – 6 weeks
Introduction to multiplication
Unit 5 – 7 weeks
Numbers 0 to 10
Unit 5 – 3 weeks
Numbers to 1,000
Unit 2 – 10 weeks
Column addition
Unit 5 – 2 weeks
Understanding and manipulating multiplicative relationships
Unit 6 – 5 weeks
Area and scaling
Unit 5 – 5 weeks
Addition and subtraction facts within 10
Unit 7 – 3 weeks
Introduction to division structures
Unit 6 – 2 weeks
2, 4, 8 times tables
Unit 6 – 3 weeks
Calculating with decimal fractions
Unit 6 – 3 weeks
Area, perimeter, position and direction
Unit 6 – 2 weeks
7 times table and patterns
Unit 5 - 2 weeks
Additive structures
Unit 6 – 4 weeks
Column subtraction
Unit 7 – 1 week
Factors, multiples and primes
Unit 7 – 4 weeks
Fractions and percentages
Unit 7 – 6 weeks
Addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers (2)
Unit 8 – 3 weeks
Ratio and proportion
Unit 9 – 2 weeks
Calculating using knowledge of structures (2)
Unit 10 – 1 week
Solving problems with two unknowns
Unit 11 – 2 weeks
Order of operations
Unit 12 – 1 week
Mean average
Unit 13 – 1 week
Fractions
Unit 8 – 7 weeks
Converting units
Unit 9 - 2 weeks
Review of fractions
Unit 8 – 1 week
Fractions greater than 1
Unit 9 – 5 weeks
Division with remainders
Unit 12 – 2 weeks
Unit fractions
Unit 8 – 5 weeks
Non-unit fractions
Unit 9 – 4 weeks
Fractions
Unit 10 – 2 weeks
Numbers 0 to 20
Unit 8 – 4 weeks
Unitising and coin recognition
Unit 9 – 5 weeks
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
A Year 1 lesson on difference as a form of subtraction
A lesson from 2015/16 led by Clare Christie, maths subject leader for the Ashley Down Schools Federation in Bristol
Shape
Unit 7 – 2 weeks
A Year 4 lesson on place value with decimal numbers
A lesson from 2015/16 led by Clare Christie, maths subject leader for the Ashley Down Schools Federation in Bristol
Using mathematical representations at KS3
Guidance for some of the most useful representations for Key Stage 3 mathematics.
Number Facts
Lesson videos on number facts for all four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
A Year 6 lesson on comparing fractions
Comparing the value of fractions with the same denominators
Common structures and the part–part–whole relationship
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.28
Secondary Assessment Materials
Materials to support you and your colleagues in assessing students at KS3
Number and Place Value
Lesson videos on children developing understanding and fluency with number
Numberblocks at home
Resources to accompany the CBeebies Numberblocks series, designed for parents to use at home with children
DfE guidance on teaching maths at KS3
What the guidance consists of and how it aligns with other NCETM resources
Multiplicative Reasoning
Lesson videos on representations in terms of the bar model and double number line are used to support reasoning and problem solving
Key Stage 1 number, addition and subtraction video lessons
Video lessons on number, addition and subtraction for children in Years 1 and 2
Upper Key Stage 2 - Number, Addition and Subtraction video lessons
Video lessons on number, addition and subtraction for children in Years 5 and 6
Upper Key Stage 2 - Fractions video lessons
Video lessons on fractions for children in Years 5 and 6
Upper Key Stage 2 - Linking fractions, decimals and percentages video lessons
Video lessons on linking fractions, decimals and percentages for children in Years 5 and 6
Lower Key Stage 2 - Fractions 1 video lessons
Video lessons on fractions for children in Years 3 and 4
Key Stage 1 - Multiplication 1 video lessons
Video lessons on multiplication for children in Years 1 and 2
Lower Key Stage 2 - Fractions 2 video lessons
Video lessons on fractions for children in Years 3 and 4
Lower Key Stage 2 - Fractions 3 video lessons
Video lessons on fractions for children in Years 3 and 4
Key Stage 1 - Multiplication 2 video lessons
Video lessons on multiplication for children in Years 1 and 2
Key Stage 1 - Multiplication 3 video lessons
Video lessons on multiplication for children in Years 1 and 2
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
How can teaching for mastery work in a mixed age class?
A group of schools in Northamptonshire have been addressing this issue, with encouraging results
Teacher collaboration supports mixed-attainment classes
A London school models one possible way to make the transition
A Year 3 lesson on multiplication
A set of video clips from 2014/15 centred on one lesson, focusing on the 6-times-table
Statistics
Unit 8 – 1 week
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
School sees better results through teaching for mastery
Embracing teaching for mastery in maths has seen pupils’ love for the subject contribute to some exceptional end of year outcomes for all year groups
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
Teaching for mastery: isn’t it just 'good teaching'?
Emma Patman, a Year 4 teacher, explains how her teaching has been transformed by her exposure to teaching for mastery pedagogy
Measures
Comparing different aspects such as length, weight and volume, as a preliminary to using units to compare later