Solent Maths Hub – new Lead School wanted

Opportunity to take on system leadership role now available

Maths4Girls

We speak to Maths4Girls, who provide inspirational speakers and role models to talk to students about why girls can and should study maths

Oracy

The role of oracy in the context of teaching for mastery

Taking on the role of maths lead in a primary school

Ten tips for newcomers to the position

New lead institutions wanted for two Maths Hubs

Opportunities for schools, colleges or trusts to take on system leadership roles in two Maths Hub areas

NCETM Newsletter - January 2023

Maths leadership role opportunities, new Checkpoints, new Lead Institution sought for a Maths Hub, and more

New lead institution wanted for SHaW Maths Hub

We’re looking for a school, college or trust to take on the lead role in SHaW Maths Hub, covering Shropshire, Herefordshire, Telford and Wrekin, and Wolverhampton

Beyond the maths classroom: how trusts can support teacher professionalism

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

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

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

Maths Podcasts: CPD direct to your ears

Podcast listening is on the up and can play a role in maths CPD

Statistics and probability

Theme 5 comprises three core concepts: statistical representations and measure; statistical analysis; probability.

Queen Katharine Academy

The headteacher and second in maths at a Peterborough secondary school explain how introducing teaching for mastery has produced 'priceless' benefits

Our Primary Round-up for March is out!

Our latest Primary Round-up is now available

What mastery has done for our school

Jenny Laurie, deputy head and maths teacher at a central London secondary school, talks about being one of the very earliest to adopt a teaching for mastery approach in maths

Statistics | Year 2

National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 2

NCETM Newsletter - Easter 2020

Coronavirus: End of term message

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

Spring 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

Sense of measure – capacity, volume, mass

Unit 14 – 2 weeks

Podcasts get people talking about maths

How maths education is talked about away from the NCETM

Multiplicative reasoning

Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of multiplicative reasoning in KS1 and KS2

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

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

Geometry - position and direction | Year 5

National Curriculum resources for Geometry - position and direction – Year 5

Wath CE Primary School

An interview with headteacher Paul Beevor, Wath CE Primary School, near Rotherham

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

Secondary Maths Subject Leaders Community

Professional development designed specifically for secondary heads of maths

NCETM’s Deputy Director, Jane Imrie, retires

The PE teacher in the maths department

How Maths Hubs are helping secondary school maths departments 'train up' non-specialists to teach maths

Outstanding schools, Ofsted and mastery

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

Spotlight on LLMEs – Research and Innovation Work Groups (RIWGs)

Hear from the co-leads of the RIWG for Oracy

Geometry - position and direction | Year 4

National Curriculum resources for Geometry - position and direction – Year 4

Number and Place Value | Year 4

National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 4

Numberblocks at home

Resources to accompany the CBeebies Numberblocks series, designed for parents to use at home with children

Sir Robert Woodard Academy

An interview with Kieran Scanlon and Natasha Corrigan, senior leaders from Sir Robert Woodard Academy, Lancing, Sussex

NCETM Newsletter - April 2024

New KS3 projects, CPD for 2024/25, work with us, and more

Composition

Understanding that one number can be made up from (composed from) two or more smaller numbers

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

Professional development for primary teaching assistants

Ensuring impact, effectiveness and pupil progress

Debbie Morgan receives CBE

The NCETM’s Primary Director is included in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Numberblocks – Series 2

Series 2, all episodes

Shape and Space

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

Core Maths: not just more maths

An interview with a teacher who’s taught Core Maths since its launch in 2014

Primary Round-up - June 2022

Our latest Primary Round-up is now available

TRGs: Collaborative professional development in action

Green shoots of Teacher Research Groups (TRGs) are slowly spreading their fronds of mastery exploration across the country

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

Becoming an LLME – what do I need to know?

A summary of our February 2025 Week in Focus across social media

Susan Okereke: speaker, podcaster and maths teacher

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

Secondary maths HoDs – new leadership CPD opportunity

A new Maths Hubs project has been designed specifically for secondary HoDs

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

Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary Mastery Specialist

We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme

Measurement | Year 5

National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 5

Spotlight on Work Group Leads - Primary Mastery

Hear from a Year 6 teacher who leads local Teaching for Mastery Work Groups

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.

Spotlight on LLMEs – Early Years SKTM

Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Early Years Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Programme

Secondary Round-up - January 2025

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

What is it like to be in a Maths Hub Work Group?

Two secondary teachers explain how participating in a Work Group on mathematical thinking helped their teaching

Learning in Lockdown Episode 10 - Hisham Alhassan

A secondary teacher talks about how success with KS5 online lessons has allowed his school to delay Y12 students' return

Hear from a headteacher: top reasons to work with a Maths Hub

Benefits of getting involved as a participating school or LLME

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

Shanghai teacher visit update

Exchange visit to schools in England has regrettably been postponed due to the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak in China

Secondary Round-up - September 2022

Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available

Primary Mastery Specialist Programme

Information about the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme

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

Why we employed a primary teacher for maths in our secondary school

How one school employed a primary teacher to help introduce mastery

Secondary Archive

An archive of all Secondary Round-ups and Magazines

Guest blog post by a Secondary School Head of Maths

An article by Hande Kiamil, Head of Maths at Mill Hill County High School, in the London Borough of Barnet

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

Spotlight on Work Group Leads - Developing A Level Pedagogy

A Post-16 Work Group Lead explains what's involved

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

The non-specialist in the secondary maths department

A Maths Hubs programme that helps ‘train-up’ teachers whose first subject isn’t maths

Introducing the Trailblazers

NCETM Director for Post-16 GCSE/FSQ, Emma Bell, shares details of a new cohort of Mastery Specialists

Measurement | Year 1

National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 1

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

Maths education: the present, the future, and how to get there

An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp

The Five Big Ideas – Mathematical Thinking

What does mathematical thinking really mean in the primary classroom?

Mastery Explained

Evidence, exemplification and illustration to explain the mastery approach

Secondary MAT Maths Leaders Community

Professional development to support those leading maths across multiple schools

Learning in Lockdown 9 – Deb Friis

A maths teacher at an 11-16 school in West Sussex, explains how Year 10's first few weeks back worked

The ECT and the mentor

How can a maths department and mentor best support their maths ECT?

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

Maths games - part 1

Unlock the power and potential of maths games in your classroom

Oracy in the maths classroom - Part 1

Exploring the transformative potential of oracy in the maths classroom

Oracy in the maths classroom - Part 2

Exploring the transformative potential of oracy in the maths classroom

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

School Development Lead Programme

Develop your approach to leading change in schools other than your own

The Bar Model

A representation used to expose mathematical structure

Using calculators in Years 6 and 7

When should Year 6 and 7 teachers get the calculators out? And how might they use them?

Twitter discussions about teaching maths in all phases

Join our Tuesday evening chats or read summaries on our website

Spotlight on LLMEs – Primary SKTM

Hear from a Cohort Lead on the Primary SKTM

Thank-you to all teachers of maths

Despite unprecedented challenges, teachers have kept maths education on track

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

Nine tips for new secondary heads of maths

How to lead a happy and successful department

Looking back on ten years of Maths Hubs

Charlie Stripp reflects on ten years of the Maths Hubs Programme

We need to talk (about maths)

The Oracy Commission Report’s recommendations and how this could impact on 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

‘Exploding Checkpoints’ – co-planning a KS3 curriculum

Discover how the maths department at one Cornwall school went back to the drawing board to develop a new KS3 curriculum

Developing a comprehensive maths curriculum

Developing a school curriculum for mathematics, scheme of work and calculation policy

TIMSS 2023 results published

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) confirms that England has maintained its high global performance in mathematics

Raising girls' participation in maths

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

International Women's Day from a mathematical angle

What are you planning with your class to highlight the day?

NCETM Newsletter - April 2019

Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available

Money

Unit 9 – 1 week

How maths textbooks are making a comeback

Two primary schools explain how they use textbook schemes to support teaching for mastery

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

Supporting Research, Evidence and Argument

Key texts for the key components of teaching for mastery

Background to the Maths Hubs Programme

How did it start and how does it run?

Trusts working with Maths Hubs

Understand how MATs can work in partnership with Maths Hubs

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

NCETM Newsletter - February 2020

Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available

Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme

Become a Mastery Specialist in the secondary phase

How can schools and colleges offer Core Maths?

How a variety of colleges and schools are managing the logistics of offering Core Maths

‘Taking the ceiling off learning’ with Mastering Number

Building number sense and fluency in Reception and Key Stage 1

Measurement | Year 3

National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 3

Raising the status of professional development

An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp

Professional Development – the key to making teaching ‘a career worth having’

An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp

Algebra | Key Stage 3

National Curriculum resources for Algebra – Key Stage 3

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

Charlie’s Angles: Guest Blog by Debbie Morgan

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

Key Stage 3: never more crucial than now

How NCETM resources and Maths Hubs CPD programmes can help repair any damage to learning caused by the pandemic

CPD for non-specialists that strengthens maths departments

How do Maths Hubs support teachers whose main subject isn’t maths?

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

Secondary Teaching for Mastery – Development

Introduce teaching for mastery across your department

Geometry and Measures | Key Stage 3

National Curriculum resources for Geometry and Measures – Key Stage 3

How variation has changed my teaching

Article by Jayne Webster, who teaches maths at Denbigh School in Milton Keynes

Ten calculations A level students should do on a calculator

The AMSP's Tom Button looks at which calculations A level students should be doing on a calculator

Mastery in mathematics: What it is and why we should be doing it

An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp

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 – 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

The Five Big Ideas – Fluency

Is fluency just about recalling facts?

Addition and Subtraction | Year 4

National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 4

Measurement | Year 4

National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 4

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

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

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

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

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

How and why one Yorkshire school is teaching Core Maths

A head of maths and Maths Hub Lead talks about the benefits of the qualification

Aligning curriculum and assessment reform with teaching for mastery in secondary maths (part 2)

Charlie Stripp and Carol Knights continue their two-part discussion with a focus on how secondary maths assessment could be improved

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

Multiplication and Division | Year 3

National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 3

Addition and Subtraction | Year 3

National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 3

Measures

Comparing different aspects such as length, weight and volume, as a preliminary to using units to compare later

Geometry - properties of shapes | Year 3

National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 3

Algebra | Year 6

National Curriculum resources for Algebra – Year 6

Primary Archive

An archive of all Primary Round-ups and Magazines