Why Cumbrian primary teachers are world-leading in teaching maths for mastery

On the one hand the business community of West Cumbria couldn’t have been more wonderfully supportive and friendly. On the other had there was no mobile network and no internet at Energus – so they couldn’t vote: https://www.vmbvoom.com/pitches/authentic-maths. Aaaargh – everyone is convinced they will remember and promises they will rememer to vote but they…

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…

In my previous post, I published my personal response to this Ofsted report. The Joint Primary Working Group for the ‘Association of Teachers of Mathematics’ and the ‘Mathematics Association’ have now published a response which covers several more issues than those I wrote about in my response. Their work is available here.

This is my submission to the Numeracy for Live Consultation. It focuses on the experiences of our lowest attaining 25% of students. While there are many things which could, and should, be done to address seemingly endless time they spend failing in schools, this submission focuses on two simple changes that offer substantial improvements to…

I will be presenting at this conference and look forward to catching up with many of you then. The title of my workshop is “What is the role of simple apparatus within Cumbrian Mastery Approaches to Primary Mathematics?” The link to the conference is here: https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/about/events/university-events/carlisle—fusehill-street/led-research-centre-teacher-inquiry-conference-.php