Primary Subject Knowledge Audit

Effective subject knowledge of maths underpins high-quality teaching. For any teachers in training or new to the profession, or anyone simply wanting to find out more about the maths taught in primary schools, these subject audits can help.

The materials are divided into four mathematical areas with up to twelve ‘question documents’ in each area, all drawing heavily on the NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development materials.

Each document starts by asking you how confident you are in supporting children’s learning in a specific area of maths. Examples are provided to prompt your initial thinking, which you can then refer to while reading detailed notes on how this area might be taught in a primary classroom. Additional guidance then points to possible pupil errors. You can download and personalise each question document, to support you in meeting the standards in the early career framework (ECF). The question documents are also available to download as a single zip file within each area. Some questions are supplemented by a series of short videos giving advice on how a topic might be handled in the classroom.

Don’t worry if you find these questions daunting at first, or are unfamiliar with some of the technical language. We have deliberately used this language from the outset, but fully expect that those new to teaching will take at least an academic year to work through these materials.