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UPDATE Sun 23 Feb 2025 : Following substantial feedback, my draft report which was here has now been replaced with my final report. I’d like to express my deepest thanks to all who have helped. Previous post: I’m back teaching maths in secondary schools on supply these days and I’m working in a lot of…
Authentic Maths News May 2018
Authentic Maths primary maths training has thrived. The first thing I must do here is to express my deepest and most sincere thanks to every headteacher who has invested their money and time in this training and every teacher and teaching assistant who has contributed to it. I don’t know how to put into words…
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What should done during a 5-year parliamentary term to improve primary maths SATs? This document is not formal set of proposal. It is a ‘work in progress’ which captures some apparently sensible suggestions, so that discussions and comments can start from what’s already been suggested rather than from scratch. I expect that there will be further versions…
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Following the writing of my first report on the 2014 Primary National Curriculum in December I have been corresponding with the key people involved in its development. As a results of their comments I have written a second report which calls for the immediate suspension of the implementation of the 2014 Primary National Curriculum for Mathematics. This new…
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Fun for parents in 2014
I originally thought that Authentic Maths would focus on providing support for primary school. However the feedback from parents who’ve tried it has been so great that I’ve decided to restructure the business and focus on this service instead. This is a big change and so explains why the full business launch has been delayed. …
