Wath CE Primary School

This interview comes from Wath CE Primary School, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The headteacher, Paul Beevor, gives a management perspective on the many aspects of introducing and embedding teaching for mastery in this school. He mentions the school’s involvement in the Roadmap to Mastery, a programme for schools developed by the South Yorkshire Maths Hub.

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• How the school got started with teaching for mastery
• Why teaching for mastery is so different to what went before
• Rolling out teaching for mastery across the school
• Why teaching for mastery was introduced first in KS2
• Are children good at judging the level of difficulty they should be working at?
• The structure and timing of lessons and same-day intervention
• Where the children sit in the classroom (KS1 & KS2)
• Priorities for funding the changes within a limited budget, and staff training
• How the pupils are finding teaching for mastery
• Catering for pupils previously considered ‘higher/lower ability’
• Catering for SEND pupils
• Keeping parents informed
• Impact on results and impact on children as mathematicians

Anyone interested in learning more about teaching for mastery and CPD available locally, should contact their local Maths Hub.

Reference: The diagram mentioned at the beginning of the interview is: Figure 1.1 on page 13 of Haylock & Cockburn: Understanding Mathematics for Young Children, 5th edition (2017).

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