What will you learn?

Pupil Outcomes: 

• Pupils will have high expectations and a positive attitude towards maths. 
• Pupils will demonstrate behaviours linked to teaching for mastery. 
• They will experience coherent, well-designed lessons, leading to fewer pupils falling below age-related expectations (ARE) and deeper understanding in focused areas. 

Whole-School/Departmental Policies: 

• Strengthen leadership for implementation. 

• Refine school systems to support sustainable teaching for mastery. 

• Ensure continuous professional development (CPD), including collaborative planning and specialist subject knowledge. 

• Identify and support teachers needing extra input. 

• Foster system leadership in collaboration with other schools. 

Practice Development: 

• Collaborate on planning, teaching, and reflecting, using deeper subject knowledge for a coherent mastery curriculum. 

• Demonstrate the Five Big Ideas in everyday practice. 

Professional Learning: 

• Enhance subject knowledge, focusing on progression in key areas. 

• For subject leaders: Learn to implement teaching for mastery further, including fostering a collaborative planning culture. 

• Value ongoing professional development to support continuous improvement. 

Programme Structure

This programme includes:

• Six half-termly,  Work Groups sessions each year, led by a Mastery Specialist
• Collaborative school visits to embed teaching for mastery in setting and to learn from one another
• Optional focused themes to help develop specific areas of teaching for mastery 
• Optional live lessons for any teacher to observe and reflect upon teaching and learning
• Release time for participants to attend sessions and school visits across 2025/26 and 2026/27

Who should attend

• Schools aiming to embed and sustain a teaching for mastery approach
• Schools that have previously engaged in development, embedding, sustaining or teaching for mastery work groups continuous in previous years 
• Maths Leads or lead teachers in maths should attend core sessions
• Any member of the staff team can attend focus themes and live lessons 
• Participants should be supported by the headteacher to implement and evaluate changes to school policies and practices

Benefits

Participants will:

• Develop a deep and secure understanding of mathematics teaching
• Support pupils to build long-term, adaptable mathematical knowledge
• Improve pupils’ confidence, progress and enjoyment in maths
• Embed consistent approaches that support deeper understanding over time
• Be part of a community of schools to collaborate with and learn from year on year