London South West Maths Hub

LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

Mastery Specialists
 
Please see details of opportunities on the Teaching for Mastery pages below. Applications for these programmes close at 5pm on Friday 14 March 2025. 

 

  • Primary Mastery Specialist - This programme is for primary teachers with a passion for maths. In the first year of the programme, three residentials provide an opportunity to develop understanding the Five Big Ideas of teaching for mastery in depth and to focus on the specialist subject knowledge required to design lessons that unfold the maths for all children. 
  • Secondary Mastery Specialist - Want to become a specialist in teaching for mastery and support your own and other schools to develop teaching for mastery approaches? During the programme you will receive fully funded professional development from experts, have time to develop your own expertise, and then to support others.
  • Post-16 GCSE/FSQ Mastery Specialist - An important two-year professional development programme leading to the designation of Post-16 GCSE/FSQ Mastery Specialist. The programme is aimed at those who teach GCSE Mathematics resit and/or Functional Skills Qualifications (FSQs).

 

Andrew Whitehead (Mastery Specialist, PD Lead and SD Lead) shares his experience of participating in Maths Hub Leadership programmes and the impact they have had on his practice and career.
 
NCETM Professional Development Lead Programme 

NCETM Professional Development Lead Accreditation is designed for those who lead professional development for teachers of maths.

 
Who can take part?
This programme is for teachers of maths in all phases who have existing commitments and responsibility for designing, leading and evaluating maths teacher professional development, and the potential to develop further.
 
What is involved?
  • three one-day workshops
  • completion of an Accreditation Evidence Document (AED, which facilitates critical reflection on your learning and the PD you design, deliver and evaluate over the year)
  • designing, leading, reviewing and refining a programme of support for maths teacher professional development, drawing upon a range of evidence-informed models and activity
 
More details can be found here
 
NCETM School Development Lead programme 

This project aims to support mathematics leads whose role is to lead change in a school or group of schools other than their own.

 
Who can take part?
The programme is for teachers leading change in a school or group of schools other than their own, and will benefit those who have previous experience of developing leadership capacity in schools/groups of schools or who are new to the role.
 
What is involved?
It will provide a regional support programme through a series of three days of workshops (face-to-face and online), practice development activities, and an online community. The face-to-face workshops will run regionally across England.
 
More details and can be found here