secondary
NCETM Secondary Round Up
Secondary Round-up:
-
Find Out in Five – the Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme - Jenny Clegg shares how the Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme has strengthened teaching across her school and trust
-
Spotlight on LLMEs - Post-16 - meet Joe and find out how the Post-16 GCSE and FSQ Mastery Specialist Programme is transforming maths teaching at Andover College
-
Oracy, inclusion and inspection - the NCETM’s Charlie Stripp and Jane Hawkins unpick the Ofsted Schools Toolkit through an oracy and inclusion lens
-
Five Big Ideas at Secondary – Variation - Richard Perring explains variation, how it exposes mathematical structures and how to build it into planning
-
Find Out in Five – Building maths leadership through collaboration - find out how leaders in a large trust work with their two local Maths Hubs to strengthen maths teaching across 28 schools
-
Become a Secondary Mastery Specialist - applications open soon! Sign up for an alert and be the first to find out how to join the next cohort.
Catch up with the November 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
What do we mean by variation in the secondary classroom?
Hear how this programme develops teaching expertise, strengthens departments and supports coherent maths practice across schools and trusts.
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
In this episode of the NCETM Maths Podcast, Jane Hawkins, the NCETM’s Assistant Director for Secondary, speaks to Geoff Barton, chair of the Oracy Education Commission.
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.