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NCETM Secondary Round Up
In this month's Secondary Round-up:
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Securing Foundations at Year 7: exploring a year of impact - Carol Knights shares how this programme is transforming outcomes in Year 7 (especially for FSM students!)
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Can you solve this KS3 question? - watch Charlie Stripp tackle KS3 reasoning problems and join Developing Fluency with Multiplicative Reasoning at KS3 - closing soon!
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New: Oracy in mathematics framework - discover how purposeful talk deepens understanding, and access the new framework to support every student
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Support for Early Career Teachers - find professional development opportunities – from flexible modules to collaborative CPD – designed for ECTs and completely free!
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Developing deep understanding - we break down Ofsted’s recommendations for mathematical progression and highlight CPD to help nurture deep understanding
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Starting the school year with confidence - catch up on September’s Week in Focus: bite-sized insights to help you start the year equipped and supported
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Stats in the Wild – new resources from the RSS - free resources linking maths and ecology, with activities for 11–16s and a student infographic competition.
Catch up on the September 2025 Secondary Round Up here
KS4 professional development materials now available
Two new core concepts covering ‘Using and applying numerical structure’ are ready to download
New materials to support KS4 maths teachers with their professional development and planning are now available. Following on directly from the KS3 PD materials, the KS4 materials will explore five themes in total. The first new theme – Theme 7, covering 7.1 Using structure to calculate and estimate and 7.2 Using structure to transform and evaluate expressions – is now published and ready to download.
Articles
We need to talk (about maths)
The Oracy Commission Report’s recommendations and how this could impact on maths teaching and learning
Work with your colleagues to plan lessons and develop your own knowledge and pedagogy
Prompts for teachers to draw out mathematical thinking in KS2 or KS3 pupils
MASTERY BRINGS ‘PRICELESS’ BENEFITS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL
NCETM Q&C Twitter account
Where Secondary maths teachers can find up-to-date qualifications and curriculum information all in one place !
Check out the article on NCETM five reasons to visit the NCETM Q & C twitter account
Podcast
Secondary Maths: Inside the EEF Practice Review
In this episode, the NCETM’s Dr. Jen Shearman and Carol Knights discuss the EEF’s Secondary maths practice review.