Analysis of Ofsted’s Report on Mathematics Education : 13 July 2023. Focus on Primary Mathematics.

I’m delighted to have been invited to run the workshop on the future of primary mathematics at this globally leading education inquiry conference: https://www.toddleapp.com/ties/ Please can you help me prepare for this workshop? Can you write a description of what’s going on in primary maths education in your country (or any other region or education…

Rebecca Hanson from Authentic Maths has been fighting for policy reform on Ofsted at the Liberal Democrats Annual Conference in Glasgow.  You can see her here (at 2:10)during October while the conference is still live on iplayer.

The specification for the MultiplicationTables Check (MTC) (which will be statutory from 2020 – i.e. for the current year 3) was released yesterday and can be found here. Key headlines: What’s in the test? Multiplication will be tested, division will not. 0 x and 1 x tables will not be tested – so 121 multiplications…

Since 2010, the world of English maths education has become more and more dysfunctional.  Most teachers and schools now feel forced to slavishly follow government-endorsed detailed schemes of work because they cannot take the risk of being blamed for failure. What else would you expect to happen if you introduce a curriculum which teaches maths to…

One of the best things about running your own business is that sometimes you can take time out do do other things you really care about, something that’s just not possible when you’re teaching. In November & December last year I took 2 days out each week to campaign for our NHS services which are…