NCETM Primary Mathematics Teaching for Mastery Readiness Work Group             Information and Application form 2024/25
Maths Hubs will be running primary mathematics Mastery Readiness Work Groups led by Mastery Readiness Leads. This programme is for schools who have a commitment to developing a teaching for mastery approach long term. Although the school’s participation involves two participants attending events outside of the school, it is expected that these two teachers have the opportunity to lead development across the whole school. (For small schools, one participant will be considered.) Maths Hubs are now recruiting schools for Work Groups, each involving up to seven schools.

Deadline for applications: 27th June 2024
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Mastery Readiness Work Groups
Each Work Group will be led by one of the Maths Hub’s Mastery Readiness Leads and involve up to seven primary schools. During the year, they will work closely together to develop subject and pedagogical knowledge as well as supporting teaching, learning and leadership of maths across the school by looking at the Five Big Ideas of Mastery Readiness to lay the foundations to developing teaching for mastery in an effective and sustainable manner. The Work Group activity will include:

  • Each school identifying two teachers to lead developments within their school, one of whom should be the maths lead.
  • The two teachers working together with the Mastery Readiness Lead and teachers from the other Work Group schools in regular workshops. It is vital that the headteacher attends at least the first workshop with their staff
  • Each school receiving regular bespoke visits from the Mastery Readiness Lead to support the participants to develop and work on an action plan for the school
  • The headteacher working with the Mastery Readiness Lead and other members of the Maths Hub leadership to develop whole school policies and structures to support teaching for mastery 
  • The participant, supported by the headteacher, working with colleagues to lay foundations for developing teaching for mastery approaches in the classroom, supported by collaborative professional development activity
  • Following the first year, the schools are expected to then continue being part of the Developing Teaching for Mastery Work Group led by a Mastery Specialist. Beyond that year, there will be opportunities to continue to embed and sustain a teaching for mastery approach with the support of a specialist and other schools.

Benefits for participating schools



Participating in the Work Group will provide the following benefits to participant schools:

  • High quality support for the school including teacher professional development for the participants, facilitated by the Mastery Readiness Lead
  • Support for the headteacher in addressing leadership issues related to improving the teaching learning and leadership of maths from the Mastery Readiness Lead and the Maths Hub’s leadership team
  • Opportunity to work closely with other schools also at a Mastery Readiness stage
  • No charge for schools for participation in workshops or for the school visits. This would be a considerable cost to schools but has been completely subsidised. A grant of £500 to help with cover costs is paid if all sessions are attended.
  • In 2025-2026, a grant of £1000 is available to help towards teacher release time for the continuation of the Teaching for Mastery Development Work Group (this is subject to confirmation of funding from the DfE).

Who can apply
Mastery Readiness is designed for schools who are not yet in a position to develop teaching for mastery but want to in the future. This needs to include at least one of the following:
  • The school has been identified, by the Local Authority, as being suitable for the programme
  • The school serves an area of low social mobility (all our region except Cambridge and South Cambs)
  • It has been identified that there is a need for additional support for leadership of maths
  • There has previously been high turnover of staff, meaning that the implementation of sustained change has been difficult but there is now a more stable situation where progress can be made.
  • The school has been judged at RI or Inadequate for at least their most recent Ofsted inspection
  • There is poor progress or attainment data for maths across the school


Expectations of participating schools

Schools chosen to participate in the Work Group commit to the following expectations:

  • The participants will attend workshops with the Mastery Readiness Lead and complete intersessional tasks
  • The participants will be released to work with the Mastery Readiness Lead for the half-day bespoke school visits 
  • The headteacher will meet with the Mastery Readiness Lead during the bespoke school visits
  • The school will introduce a vision for implementing teaching for mastery approaches across the school and will actively work on an action plan in order for the school to be Mastery Ready by the end of 2024/25. This could include introducing or developing collaborative, in-school professional development models to support all teachers and teaching assistants
  • The school will provide any reports required by the Maths Hub and participate in any evaluation processes required
  • The school will continue to work with other schools in the Teaching for Mastery Work Groups for the years 2025/26 and beyond.


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How to apply

Schools interested in applying to be part of a Work Group in 2024/25 should complete the application form below. 
There is the opportunity to engage in the programme with other schools that you already work with, for example as part of an Academy Trust or local cluster of schools. Each school must still make an individual application, but you can indicate on the application form the schools you would like to be placed with. Once the school has applied, the Maths Hub will then make contact with you to explain next steps.

Primary Mastery Readiness Work Group Application Form

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School details

Name of school
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Address
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School URN
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Contact telephone number
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Local Authority
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Name of headteacher
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Email address of headteacher
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Details of Lead Participant 1

Name of Lead Participant 1
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Email of Lead Participant 1
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Teacher reference number (TRN)
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Telephone number

Details of Participant 2

Name of Participant 2
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Email of Participant 2
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Teacher reference number (TRN)
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Telephone number
Headteacher statement
Please give details of why you wish the school to participate in the Work Group and why you believe that Mastery Readiness is suitable for your school. You should reference which of the eligibility criteria your school meets (listed above) (up to 250 words).
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Group Applications
There is the opportunity to engage in the programme with other schools that you already work with, for example as part of an Academy Trust or local cluster of schools. Each school must still make an individual application, but you can indicate below the schools you would like to be placed with. Please note this request cannot be guaranteed but the Maths Hub will take it into consideration in the selection process.
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Please name the schools you would like to be placed with

Please describe your relationship to the schools named above

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Confirmation of school commitment (electronic signatures) 



If we are chosen to participate in the Work Group, we understand and commit to the following expectations:

  • The Lead Participants will participate in half termly workshops with the Mastery Readiness Lead and work towards completing actions from a mutually agreed action plan.
  • The Lead Participants will be released to work with the Mastery Readiness Lead for half-day school visits, each half term.
  • The headteacher will meet with the Mastery Readiness Lead regularly during the bespoke school visits.
  • The school will introduce have a vision for implementing teaching for mastery approaches across the school and will actively work on an action plan in order for the school to be Mastery Ready by the end of 2024/25. This could include introducing or developing collaborative, in-school professional development models to support all teachers and teaching assistants.
  • The school will provide any reports required by the Maths Hub and participate in any evaluation processes required.
  • The school will continue to work with other schools in the Developing Teaching for Mastery Work Group for the year 2025/26.

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