Secondary Teaching for Mastery Sustaining

Project Code: NCP24-14a/b/c/d

The secondary teaching for mastery NCPs form a long-term programme for schools to develop highly effective classroom practices so all students develop a secure, deep and connected understanding of maths. It is vital not only that individual teachers develop teaching for mastery approaches, but also that the department as a whole has systems, policies and ways of working which are compatible with teaching for mastery, and allow for the collaborative professional development structures which are needed in order to develop and embed these approaches and to sustain them in the long term.

The aim of this Work Group is twofold: to enable schools to continue to reflect upon and develop teaching for mastery approaches in their own school, whilst also giving participants the support and professional challenge from colleagues from other schools. It is intended that this Work Group provides a vibrant professional learning community.

The four foci for 2024/25 are:

  • NCP24-14a (Focus A: Developing mathematical thinking)

  • NCP24-14b (Focus B: Developing fluency with multiplicative reasoning in Key Stage 3)

  • NCP24-14c (Focus C: Developing mathematical coherence for learners across maths and science)

  • NCP24-14d (Focus D: Bespoke teaching for mastery focus).

Who can take part?

This project is for departments who participated in a Secondary Teaching for Mastery Development Work Group in or before 2023/24, and the departments of Secondary Mastery Specialists trained in Cohorts 1 to 7 who are embedding their work in developing teaching for mastery approaches. The two lead participants will ideally be the same Advocates who participated in 2023/24. At least one of the Advocates from each school should be an experienced teacher with substantial responsibility within the department and the authority to make change happen. All Advocates should have a passion for developing teaching and an enthusiasm to work with their departmental colleagues to instigate change.

What will you learn?

Mastery Advocates and their departments will:

  • sustain classroom practices aligned to those in the NCETM’s Essence of Mathematics Teaching for Mastery 

  • collaborate to create a coherent curriculum in a culture of professional learning

  • develop and implement a coherent and ambitious sustained development plan with clear aims based on evidence of need, and an associated professional development programme which will support all departmental members in meeting these aims.

How to apply:

If you would like to discuss participating in one of our sustaining Work Groups, please email yhmathshub@outwood.com.