Have you ever pondered a change from your current role to teaching maths in a secondary school?

It seems to be becoming more common these days for some teachers to find themselves teaching maths in a secondary school, when they have trained either as a primary school teacher or as a secondary school teacher of a different subject. In this article we hear from two such colleagues who share their experiences of doing this.

After five years as a primary teacher, Rob Shaw realised he wanted something different. That turned out to be a job as a maths teacher in a nearby secondary school. In this podcast episode, for the NCETM, he explains how it all came about, and how he feels as the first day in his new job approaches.

Simon Hemsworth, who trained as a secondary PE teacher, is now in a role called transition teacher at an Oxfordshire secondary school, a role in which he teaches about ten lessons of KS3 maths every week. To support him in this new role, the school enrolled him on a training programme for non-specialist secondary maths teachers, run by his local Maths Hub. In this podcast episode for the NCETM, he discusses his experience with his head of department and Dr Nic Trubridge who designed the programme:

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