Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme

Want to become a specialist in teaching for mastery and support your own school to develop teaching for mastery approaches? Join the Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme. During the course of the programme you will receive fully-funded professional development from experts, have time to develop your own expertise, and then to support others.

Any teacher (excluding ECTs) who is teaching maths in a state-funded secondary school in England and who wishes to develop both their own classroom practice and their skills in leading professional development with others, can apply to become a Secondary Mastery Specialist.

Learn what's involved in the application process by downloading this information document.

Hear from a teacher who has been part of the programme as he explains how teaching for mastery has revolutionised the way he teaches, and has had a positive impact on his students.

What is involved?

The Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme enables secondary maths teachers to become experts in teaching for mastery, so they in turn can develop maths departments that are well-led, high-performing, and provide high-quality professional development through collaborative working. It also develops them in their role as a leader of professional development with others, so they are well supported when working with their own department.

Participants first work on their own understanding and practice and then work with members of their own department to develop teaching for mastery. In year three and beyond the school joins a Secondary Teaching for Mastery Work Group to continue to develop specific elements of teaching and practice across their department.

Throughout the training Specialists are supported nationally and locally, enabling them to have professional conversations and share experiences both in-person and online.

In future years, working closely with their local Maths Hub and the national team, Specialists may choose to go on to lead work with other schools.

What is the cost?

The Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme is fully-funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is free to participating schools.

How can you find out more?

Learn what's involved in the application process by downloading this information document.

Hear from Mastery Specialists in our videos below. Find out more about mastery in our case studies. And take a look at the Mastery Specialist Programme in more detail in this diagram.

This video was produced in 2018/19. It describes the programme in more detail and lets you hear from teachers in some of the schools involved.

In the 2017 summer term, we asked some Mastery Specialists for examples of what was changing at their schools as a result of their participation in the programme. They told us about work both in their own classrooms, and with colleagues in maths departments. These short videos are the result. Each video is no more than three minutes long.